Florida State Route 451
| SR-451 | |||
| Get started | South Apopka | ||
| End | apopka | ||
| Length | 2 mi | ||
| Length | 3 km | ||
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According to CITYPOPULATIONREVIEW.COM, State Route 451 or State Road 451 (SR-451) is a state route in the U.S. state of Florida. State Road 451 is a toll road in the Orlando metropolitan area. The toll road forms a short connection between State Road 414 and US 441 in Apopka and is 3 kilometers long.
Travel directions
State Route 451 travels north from State Road 414 with 2×2 lanes and a broad median strip and ends after 2 miles at US 441, a major underlying connection in the area.
History
SR-451 was originally numbered State Road 429 and opened to traffic in July 2000. It was originally planned to extend State Road 429 north to Interstate 4 at Sanford, but the right-of-way north of US 441 has not been cleared, making expropriation too expensive. State Road 429 is then planned over a more westerly route, with State Road 429 being rerouted with State Road 414 to Plymouth. The old State Road 429 was renumbered to the State Road 451 in 2004. As a result, the road has less significance than was once intended and is now mainly an access point to Apopka.
Toll
State Road 451 is a toll road, largely operated by the Central Florida Expressway Authority. The toll collection is largely electronic with the E-Pass. The SunPass is also accepted. There are no toll gates on State Road 451 itself.
Traffic intensities
12,000 vehicles use State Road 451 every day.
Florida State Route 538
| SR-538 | |||
| Get started | Loughman | ||
| End | poinciana | ||
| Length | 9 mi | ||
| Length | 14 km | ||
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State Route 538 or State Road 538 (SR-538), also known as the Poinciana Parkway, is a state route and toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, located in the south Orlando metropolitan area. The toll road opens up the suburb of Poinciana and is 14 kilometers long.
Travel directions
The Poinciana Parkway connects the suburb of Poinciana with US 17 / US 92 at Loughman, about 25 miles south of Orlando. The parkway is a super two, single-lane with grade separated connections along Poinciana. The central portion of the parkway is a 1,900-foot bridge over a swamp.
History
The Poinciana suburb was developed from the early 1970s. Although it is a suburb of Orlando, which lies to the north, one can only go south out of the suburb. Because the area grew rapidly to approximately 83,000 inhabitants in 2012, the access to Poinciana became a problem.
The Poinciana Parkway began construction in January 2014. The first volume opened on April 30, 2016, 8 months ahead of schedule. The part along Poinciana itself was built for 1 year. This 5 kilometer long section was opened on November 23, 2016. Just before opening, the number State Road 538 was assigned to the toll road.
Toll
The Poinciana Parkway is a fully electronic toll road, like virtually all new toll roads in the United States. It is one of many toll roads in the Orlando area. It is a toll road operated by the Osceola County Expressway Authority.
Traffic intensities
A month after opening, 6,000 vehicles were already using the toll road daily, significantly more than expected. A few years later, about 10,000 vehicles were driving on the road every day.
Florida State Route 568
| SR-568 | |||
| Get started | keystone | ||
| End | Cheval | ||
| Length | 3 mi | ||
| Length | 5 km | ||
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State Route 568 or State Road 568 (SR-568), also known as the Veterans Expressway, is a state route, toll road, and highway in the U.S. state of Florida. The highway is a short branch off State Road 589 (Suncoast Parkway) north of Tampa. State Road 568 is 5 kilometers long.
Travel directions
State Road 568 is in fact a long exit from State Road 589 (Suncoast Parkway), there are no connections between the interchange with Suncoast Parkway and the traffic lights at the end of the freeway at Dale Mabyr Highway. State Road 568 has 2×2 lanes.
History
State Road 568 was constructed as part of the Veterans Parkway and opened to traffic in 1994 and then numbered State Road 589. In 2001 it was renumbered to its current number State Road 568. It was planned to extend the highway eastwards to Interstate 275, but this was canceled due to local opposition.
Toll
State Road 568 is operated by Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, the Florida Department of Transportation agency that manages toll roads.
Traffic intensities
14,000 vehicles use State Road 568 every day.
Florida State Route 570
| SR-570 | |||
| Get started | Lakeland | ||
| End | Polk City | ||
| Length | 24 mi | ||
| Length | 39 km | ||
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According to ASK4BEAUTY, State Route 570 or State Road 570 (SR-570) is a state route and toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, also known as the Polk Parkway. The highway forms a three-quarter ring around the city of Lakeland in Central Florida, Interstate 4 forms the rest of the ring. State Route 570 is 39 kilometers long.
Travel directions
State Route 570 forms the southern and eastern beltway of the Lakeland region, a suburban area with no major downtown area, halfway between Tampa and Orlando. The toll road has 2×2 lanes and begins and ends at Interstate 4. The toll road runs through wooded areas and partly through Lakeland suburbs. It does not cross any other highways except I-4.
History
A ring road around Lakeland in Central Florida was planned as early as the 1950s, but lack of funds prevented this region from being prioritized by the state. Later in the 1970s, a connection was added parallel to I-4 to the SR-618/Selmon Expressway to Tampa, but the project’s delays prevented it from getting off the ground. In 1990, the Lakeland Beltway was included in Florida’s Turnpike expansion program.
Construction of the highway began in 1996, and on August 9, 1998, the first 12 miles in western Lakeland opened. The central section opened on August 2, 1999 and the eastern 12-kilometer section on December 12, 1999, completing the toll road. Construction cost $490 million.
Opening history
| From | Unpleasant | Length | Opening |
| 0 | 7 South Florida Avenue | 12 km | 09-08-1998 |
| 7 South Florida Avenue | 17 Lakeland | 16 km | 02-08-1999 |
| 17 Lakeland | 24 | 12 km | 12-12-1999 |
Traffic intensities
18,000 to 26,000 vehicles drive on the south ring every day. The eastern ring road is still very quiet with 5,500 vehicles.
Toll
The entire State Route 570 is a toll road, operated by Florida’s Turnpike. For a long time, the toll road had a classic toll system with physical toll stations, but on September 23, 2022, it switched to a fully electronic toll system.
