State Road 500 (SR 500) is a
state highway
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running through
Florida
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as a mostly unsigned route under several
U.S. Highway
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s. From
Chiefland
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History
A village of the Timucua people was once locat ...
to
Williston it is
U.S. Highway 27 Alternate (US 27 Alt.). From Williston to
Ocala
Ocala ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marion County within the northern region of Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 63,591, making it the 54th most populated city in Florida.
Home to ...
, it is
US 27. From Ocala to
Holopaw
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, it is
US 441. From
Kissimmee
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to
Indialantic it is
US 192.
![Indialantic](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Indialantic.jpg)
Names for State Road 500 include Young Boulevard, 100th Street, Hathaway Avenue, Noble Avenue, Blichton Road, 10th Street, Pine Street, Abshier Boulevard, North Boulevard, Main Street, Burleigh Boulevard,
Orange Blossom Trail
U.S. Route 441 (US 441) in Florida is a north–south United States Highway. It runs from Miami in South Florida northwest to the Georgia border north of the Lake City area.
Like all AASHTO designated highways in Florida, US 441 always ...
, East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Space Coast Parkway, New Haven Avenue the
Melbourne Causeway
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and Fifth Avenue.
Major intersections
Related route
![Us highway 192 alignments osceola](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Us_highway_192_alignments_osceola.jpg)
State Road 500A (SR 500A) is a short signed
state highway
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in
Tavares
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Places Brazil
*Tavares, Paraíba
*Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul
*Rodovia Raposo Tavares, the longest highway in São Paulo
*Tavares Bastos (favela), a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Tavares River
Jamaica
*Tavares Garden ...
, in
Lake County, Florida
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, connecting
US 441 (SR 500) with
SR 19. Other alignments have existed, including
Lake County's
CR Old 441,
CR 500A in
Orange County
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*Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Orange County may also refer to:
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*Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando
*Orange County, Indiana
*Orange County, New ...
, between SR 19 and US 441 through Tavares,
Eustis and
Mount Dora; and a former section of
US 192 in eastern
Osceola County.
Old USGS maps show the abandoned section of the Kissimmee Highway between Lake X and
Deer Park having been SR 500A at some point.
References
External links
Florida Route Log (SR 500)
{{wikisource3, 1945 Florida State Road renumbering#500, SR 500's definition in 1945
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