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(located in the East of Central Florida), operates a system of

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that serve all portions of the county. The Brevard County Public Works Department, Road and Bridge Division, is responsible for maintaining all of the Brevard County roads. Most of the county roads are city streets and rural roads. The numbers and routes of all Florida highways are assigned by the

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(FDOT), while county road numbers are assigned by the counties, with guidance from FDOT. North-south routes are generally assigned odd numbers, while east-west routes are generally assigned even numbers.

CR 3

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. For the first five miles the route is extremely narrow, narrowing down to 1.5 lanes in some cases. As a consequence, the speed limit is a low 25 mph. Later, the speed limit rises to 35 mph. Briefly at the highway interchange with Florida State Road 404, the road is a divided four lane road. After the highway interchange, the road narrows to two lanes. The road turns left around Georgianna to follow Tropical Trail. The road is known locally as Banana River Drive for the first half mile and Tropical Trail for the remaining distance.

Major intersections

CR 5A

CR 5A (former

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), known locally as Deering Parkway, is a long county road located entirely within the Brevard County Game Refuge in the

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of Scottsmoor. The highway begins at exit 231 from

I-95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadia ...

and travels due northeast through woodlands until it terminates at an intersection with US 1. The highway is the northernmost county route in Brevard County, located only from the

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county line. The route is a

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directly in front of the

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with I-95, which then condenses to an undivided two-lane road for the remainder of its existence. While short, the speed limit is 45 mph.

Major intersections

CR 402

CR 402 (former SR 402) links US 1 in Titusville to Kennedy Parkway at the Merritt Island NWR.

CR 405

CR 405 (former SR 405) exists in two segments. The northernmost, unsigned, rather unknown one links Norwood Avenue in Titusville to Singleton Avenue in Mims. The second one, also unsigned and relatively unknown, links the end of SR 405 to Space Commerce Parkway over the

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CR 406

CR 406 (former SR 406) links Carpenter Road to

in Titusville.

CR 502

CR 502 (former SR 502) links

and SR 519 in Rockledge to US 1.

CR 503

CR 503 (former SR 503) links SR 501 in

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to US 1.

CR 507

CR 507 (former SR 507 north of US 192) is a pair of extensions of State Road 507 north from

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and south from SR 514 in Palm Bay to

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CR 509

County Road 509 (former SR 509) is a major north–south throughway in southern and central

. The road extends from Palm Bay to Viera. North of New Haven Avenue ( US 192/ SR 500) in West Melbourne, CR 509 is known locally as Wickham Road; south of the U.S. Highway, its street name is Minton Road (in the 1980s and 1990s, this section of current CR 509 was signed by

as State Road 509). It carries up to 37,960 vehicles daily. The current southern terminus of County Road 509 is an intersection with Malabar Road ( CR 514, a westward extension of State Road 514); the northern terminus is an interchange with

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( SR 9) in the midst of Pineda, Suntree, and Viera.

History

The northern section of the road was named after the Wickham family, including John Q. Wickham, a Brevard county surveyor and

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, a prominent Brevard County politician. Joe Wickham worked with the county to clear the route in 1950s. Since the road led to an undeveloped area, some viewed the project with skepticism. However, the planned road made sense because it ran between two ranges 36 and 37, which effectively divided the county in half.johneriksen.net
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Retrieved on December 10, 2017. Upon completion, the road led to development of Suntree and Viera in the late 1970s. Development in the area on the northern terminus picked up considerably with the completion of I-95. In 1929, Malabar Road was extended to the north. Later, this northern section of Malabar was redesignated as Minton Road, named after Alton M. Minton, who owned a drug store at Mintons Corner Shopping Center. By 1957, the locals referred to the area this road traveled through as Minton's Corner. In the early 1980s, Brevard County exercised

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and purchased 18 houses to clear land in a road improvement project near the intersection between Wickham and Minton roads. This project aligned Minton Road with Wickham Road. In 2013, a county commissioner reported that Minton is probably the heaviest traveled route in the county. He added that it was failing for lack of proper maintenance.

CR 511

County Road 511 (former SR 511) consists of a north–south street and an east–west avenue in the

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, area. The road is locally known as John Rodes Boulevard and Aurora Road. The southern terminus of CR 511 is an intersection with New Haven Avenue (

- SR 500) in June Park, just outside the city limits of West Melbourne and three blocks from a

between New Haven Avenue and

( SR 9); the eastern terminus is an intersection with Harbor City Boulevard (

- SR 5) in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne. John Rodes Boulevard extends four miles (6 km) north–south between US 192 and Aurora Road, which continues CR 511 as an east–west commercial and residential street. Until the late 1990s, the southernmost of CR 511/John Rodes Boulevard (south of Eau Gallie Boulevard/

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) was signed by

as State Road 511. The former State Road serves as an

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for I-95. The southernmost of John Rodes Boulevard has several communities along it. One of these is Hammock Trace Preserve, which is about south of Eau Gallie Blvd on John Rodes Blvd. While Aurora Road has maintained its importance as a commercial and residential avenue, the character of John Rodes Boulevard has changed since the 1980s due to population growth in June Park, Melbourne, West Melbourne, and nearby Palm Bay.

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has replaced much of the

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on both sides on the former SR 511 as trees gave way to business and industrial parks,

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s, and

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History

John Rodes Boulevard was named after John B. Rodes, a local politician. Aurora Road was initially named 5th Street as town of Eau Gallie was first established. Later, a local resident renamed it Aurora Road after his hometown in Illinois.Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. ''Melbourne: A Century of Memories'' (Melbourne, FL: National Printing, Inc., 1980), p. 86.

CR 514

CR 514 (former SR 514) links the end of CR 509 to

at the west end of SR 514 in Palm Bay.

CR 515

CR 515 (former SR 515) links US 1 in Rockledge to US 1 in Sharpes. The highway is widely known by locals as "The Scenic Road" because it runs along the

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CR 516

County Road 516 (former SR 516), locally known as Palm Bay Road, is a former

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, located entirely in Palm Bay. Between CR 509 and State Road 507, it forms the southern borders of the cities of West Melbourne and

. CR 516 is mostly 6 lanes wide. Pbsignpatriotic cropped

The western terminus is with an intersection of CR 509 in Palm Bay, just 262 inches south of West Melbourne. Just west of

, an access road called Culver Drive spurs off Emerson Drive and provides access to

for residents of Palm Bay enclosed by CR 509, SR 514,

, and Palm Bay Road itself. At

, Palm Bay Road forms an overpass that has the name "Palm Bay" on both sides of the

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. It was erected in 2002, and modified ever since. The eastern terminus is with an intersection with FL 507 in eastern Palm Bay.

Major intersections

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CR 5054

CR 5054 links the east end of SR 5054 at CR 509 to US 1 in

References

FDOT Map of Brevard County

FDOT GIS data
accessed January 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:List of county roads in Brevard County, Florida

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