Florida State Road 434

State Road 434
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	28.490 mi[1] (45.850 km)
Existed:	1945 – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 423 in Orlando
	SR 414 in Altamonte Springs I‑4 in Longwood SR 419 / SR 426 in Oviedo
East end:	SR 50 near Bithlo
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US SR Former Pre-1945 Toll ← SR 430 SR 435 →

State Road 434 (SR 434) is a major roadway in the Central Florida area. Starting at SR 424 (Edgewater Drive) just north of Orlando city limits, the road runs north as Forest City Road through Forest City before dropping the name at the Seminole County line. SR 434 continues north and east through Altamonte Springs and Longwood before turning south and east through Winter Springs and Oviedo. SR 434 is called Central Avenue when it first turns south towards downtown Oviedo. After going through downtown Oviedo, SR 434 is called Alafaya Trail from its intersection with Mitchell Hammock Road south to the Orange County line to its end at SR 50 (Colonial Drive). The road continues south as Alafaya Trail only without the state road designation. Alafaya meets with State Road 50 in Union Park, FL.

West of Oviedo SR 434 is signed east–west, south of Oviedo it is signed north–south.

Route description

In Seminole County, official maps show SR 434 as being named Sanlando Springs Road through Longwood and Sanford-Oviedo Road through Winter Springs. A 1995 United States Geological Survey map of Forest City calls SR 434 Forest City Palm Springs Road north of its intersection with SR 436. Despite this it is virtually unheard of for a local resident to refer to the road as such with most not even aware of the names. The road is referred to locally as simply State Road 434, Highway 434, Route 434 or just as 434.

SR 434 is called Alafaya Trail from Mitchell Hammock Road in Oviedo, continuing south into Orange County, to its end at SR 50 (Colonial Drive). Alafaya Trail continues south of Colonial Drive without the SR 434 designation.

In the 1883 plat of Forest City Orange Park, a section of what is now SR 434 south of its intersection with SR 436 was named Bay Street.

History

SR 434 was defined in the 1945 renumbering as:

• From a point on SR 436 South for approximately one mile then Northeast to Forest City, thence North and Northeasterly to Longwood, thence South to intersection with SR 436 East of Altamonte Springs; thence Southeasterly to intersection with SR 426 South of Gabriella.

SR 431 was defined as:

• From a point on the old Orlando-Apopka Road near the N.E. corner of Section 4, T. 22 S - R. 29 E. Northerly to intersection with SR 436 at Forest City

The original route of SR 434 had it begin at SR 436 and Bear Lake Road, run south on Bear Lake Road, northeast on Bunnell Road, along the current SR 434 to Longwood, south on CR 427 and Anchor Road, southeast on current SR 436, south on Lake Howell Road, and east on Howell Branch Road to end at SR 426.

At some point, Alafaya Trail from Oviedo south to SR 50 was added as an extension of SR 520. Also around the same time, SR 434 west of Forest City and east of Longwood was removed, and SR 434's east end was extended to SR 419.

Eventually, around 1985, SR 434 was extended in both directions, south from the west end along SR 431 and east and south from the east end along SR 419 and SR 520 (which had, in the meantime, become County Road 520 on Alafaya Trail).

In 2013, a short extension of SR 434 opened, connecting the road directly to SR 423 (John Young Parkway) via a flyover bridge across US 441 (Orange Blossom Trail). A major goal of this extension was to alleviate I-4 traffic.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Orange	Orlando	0.000	0.000	SR 423 south (John Young Parkway)	interchange
		1.242	1.999	SR 424 west / CR 424 west (Edgewater Drive)
	Eatonville	1.819	2.927	Kennedy Boulevard (CR 438A east) / All American Boulevard
Seminole	Altamonte Springs	3.39	5.46	SR 414 (Maitland Boulevard) to I‑4	interchange
		5.150	8.288	SR 436 (Semoran Boulevard) – Altamonte Springs, Apopka
	Longwood	8.422	13.554	I‑4 (SR 400) – Daytona Beach, Orlando	I-4 exit 94
		11.136	17.922	CR 427 (Ronald Reagan Boulevard)
		12.308	19.808	US 17 / US 92 (SR 15 / SR 600)
	Winter Springs	14.550	23.416	SR 419 north	west end of SR 419 overlap
		18.85	30.34	SR 417 – Sanford, Orlando	SR 417 exit 44
	Oviedo	21.087	33.936	To CR 419 / Franklin Street
		21.337	34.339	SR 426 west / CR 419 south (Broadway Street) / CR 426 east (Geneva Drive)	east end of SR 419 overlap
		22.336	35.946	To SR 417 / Mitchell Hammock Road – Seminole State College
Orange	University of Central Florida	26.338	42.387	To SR 417 / University Boulevard
		28.043	45.131	To SR 408 / Challenger Parkway
		28.490	45.850	SR 50 (East Colonial Drive)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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