The Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway is a scenic byway located in
Florida
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. The highway is a collection of several roads, running north and south along either side of the Indian River Lagoon, connected by other roads running over the Lagoon.
Route overview
The two main north–south roads are:
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* US 1 along the western side of the Lagoon
* A1A, and State Road 3 along the eastern side of the Lagoon
The east west connectors are, from north to south:
* State Road 402, Playalinda Beach Road, at the northernmost reach of the Lagoon. This road deadends.
* State Road 405 connecting US 1 to State Road 3
The remainder of the east–west roads connect US 1 to A1A:
* State Road 528
* State Road 520
* State Road 404 over the Pineda
* The Eau Gallie Causeway ( State Road 518)
* The Melbourne Causeway (U.S. Highway 192)
* The Wabasso Causeway at the south end of the Lagoon
Detailed description
The north end starts at the eastern terminus of CR 402, Kennedy Parkway inside the Kennedy Space Center
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. It turns west toward Historic Downtown Titusville. At the other end of CR 402, the
road turns southward to U.S. Route 1. south of Downtown Titusville, the scenic byway meets CR 515, part of the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway. After the southern terminus of CR 515, it passes Pineda, Palm Shores
Palm Shores is a town in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 900 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne– Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Palm Shores is located at .
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, Melbourne
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, Palm Bay, Grant-Valkaria
Grant-Valkaria is a town in Brevard County, Florida. The town's population was 3,850 at the 2010 United States Census.
Grant-Valkaria is located south of Melbourne, between Palm Bay and Sebastian. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne&nda ...
, Barefoot Bay, Micco, Roseland, Sebastian
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, and Wabasso.
At SR 510 in Wabasso, the byway turns eastward on the Wabasso Causeway to Orchid
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to State Road A1A
State Road A1A (SR A1A) is a major north–south Florida State Road that runs along the Atlantic Ocean, from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Fernandina Beach, just south of Georgia on Amelia Island. It is the main road through m ...
and then north. Several places along the way are: Windsor
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, Sebastian Inlet State Park
Sebastian Inlet State Park is a Florida state park located 10 miles south of Melbourne Beach and 6 miles north of Vero Beach in Florida. The park lies on both sides of the Sebastian Inlet
Sebastian Inlet, located in Sebastian Inlet State Park ...
, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic
Indialantic (officially incorporated as Indialantic-By-The-Sea, though the official name is seldom used in casual parlance) is a town in Brevard County, Florida. The town's population was 2,720 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the ...
, Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, Indian Harbor Beach, Satellite Beach
Satellite Beach is a coastal city in Brevard County, Florida, U.S. The population was 11,346 at the 2020 United States Census, and it is located with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Indian River to the west.
Satellite Beach is part of t ...
, Patrick Space Force Base
Patrick Space Force Base is a United States Space Force installation located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is named in honor of Major General Mason Patrick, USAAC. It is home to Space Lau ...
, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,539 at the 2018 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The first non-native s ...
, and Cape Canaveral
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.
State Road 528 begins at Cape Canaveral as the Emory L. Bennett Causeway and heads to the southern terminus of the road. It goes over State Road 3 in Merritt Island
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, and finally, it ends at U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making i ...
in Cocoa
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(also the west end of the Emory L. Bennett Causeway.
See also
*U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making i ...
*State Road A1A
State Road A1A (SR A1A) is a major north–south Florida State Road that runs along the Atlantic Ocean, from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Fernandina Beach, just south of Georgia on Amelia Island. It is the main road through m ...
*Indian River Lagoon
The Indian River Lagoon is a grouping of three lagoons: the Mosquito Lagoon, the Banana River, and the Indian River, on the Atlantic Coast of Florida; one of the most biodiverse estuaries in the Northern Hemisphere and is home to more than 4,300 ...
Footnotes
External links
Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway (Florida Department of Transportation)
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Transportation in Brevard County, Florida
Transportation in Indian River County, Florida
Tourist attractions in Brevard County, Florida
Tourist attractions in Indian River County, Florida
Indian River Lagoon
National Scenic Byways in Florida
Florida Scenic Highways