State Road 514 (SR 514), known locally as Malabar Road, is a east–west highway that serves eastern Palm Bay and

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. It is the only east–west major road in Brevard County to be in both the 27th and

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degrees latitude.

Route description

SR 514's western terminus is at the interchange with Interstate 95 at exit 173, where the road continues west as County Road 514. Through the city of Palm Bay, Florida, the road is a minimum of four lanes. This narrows down to two lanes as it enters Malabar. The route passes

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on the north side. Weber Road and Corey Road, the two major north-south highways through Malabar, both intersect State Road 514. Between the town limits of Malabar and U.S. Route 1, the speed limit is 50 mph with two lanes. Both the city hall of Malabar and the volunteer fire department are located on this road.

Future

Causeway

There is a proposed

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over the

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east of U.S. Route 1, that would extend the

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for two miles (3 km). If it was built, the route would be approximately long totaled. Because of a

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community on the barrier island, it would steer away from it and head directly east–west to

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Improvements

In February 2017, the town of

Malabar, Florida Malabar is a town in Brevard County, Florida, Brevard County, Florida. The population was 2,757 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay, Florida, Palm Bay–Melbourne, Florida, Melbourne–Titusville, Florida, Titusvi ...

sent a packet of information to Florida's governor

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about the numerous problems plaguing the eastern portion of the road. This included recommendations to expand the current two lanes to four in order to align with the portion of road in Palm Bay, Florida as well as adding various traffic control features at several dangerous intersections (such as Weber Road), installing an additional turning lane for Palm Bay Hospital and adding a caution light at the Malabar Fire Department.

Major intersections

References

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