Brevard County Brevard County ( ) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 606,612, making it the 10th-most populated county in Florida. The official county seat is located in T ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

has transportation available in the usual modes for a coastal county - highways, shipping, and airlines. Regular, scheduled, commercial airline service is provided from the county by the

Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Orlando International Airport is a public airport northwest of downtown Melbourne, Florida, Melbourne, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, and 50 miles southeast of Orlando, located on central Florida's Space Coast. The air ...

. The airport serves about half a million people annually. It is served by

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and several regional airlines. No tax money is used to fund operations. The airport owns, develops and rents lands adjacent to the airport, many for non-aviation related purposes.

Space Coast Area Transit Space Coast Area Transit is the public transit system serving the communities in Brevard County, Florida. In 2021, Space Coast Area Transit will undergo a rebranding effort with the name of the system changing to 321Transit as an homage to the c ...

is a government-subsidized bus system serving the County area. Besides providing routine transportation, low cost service is available to disabled and disadvantaged citizens. Barges can be an inexpensive form of transporting goods in Brevard. This was important to

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

, since the barge canals connected the

Michoud Assembly Facility The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) is an manufacturing complex owned by NASA in New Orleans East, a district within New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. Organizationally it is part of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and is currentl ...

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which worked on the Shuttle's External Fuel Tanks and then transported them to the Space Center. Barges are usable the length of Brevard in the

Intracoastal Waterway The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following th ...

. Among other uses, barges are employed for very heavy lifting where road transport would be impossible because of the total weight involved. The county government regulates taxicabs throughout the county, including municipalities.

Airports

* Arthur Dunn Airpark *

* Merritt Island Airport *

Space Coast Regional Airport Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually conside ...

Valkaria Airport Valkaria Airport is a public-use airport located west of the central business district of the city of Grant-Valkaria in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned. The airport was originally constructed by the U.S. ...

Major highways

Extending all the way from the northern boundary with

Volusia County Volusia County (, ) is located in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Florida, stretching between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the county was home to 553,543 people, an incr ...

to the southern boundary with

Indian River County Indian River County ( es, Condado de Río Indio, link=) is a county located in the Treasure Coast region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 159,788. Its seat is Vero Beach. It is Florida's 7th richest county ...

is the major expressway

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

, which links all cities in Brevard County with each other, and with

Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, or simply Daytona, is a coastal resort-city in east-central Florida. Located on the eastern edge of Volusia County near the Atlantic coastline, its population was 72,647 at the 2020 census. Daytona Beach is approximately nort ...

to the north, and

Vero Beach Vero Beach is a city in and the seat of Indian River County, Florida, United States. Vero Beach is the second most populous city in Indian River County. Abundant in beaches and wildlife, Vero Beach is located on Florida's Treasure Coast. It is thi ...

to the south. Extending westward from downtown

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 ...

is the major highway US Rte-192, providing access to Osceola County. The county has of roads to maintain that are outside of incorporated municipalities, plus within cities. It also has 12.511 streetlights and 223 traffic signals. Motorists drove across the county in 1997–98. They drove in 2007–08. During the same time, traffic on I-95 and SR 528 rose 55%: from to . There are about 300

gas stations A filling station, also known as a gas station () or petrol station (), is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel. Gasoline ...

in the county. Travelocity.com named route A1A which runs along the Brevard shore as the "Best Driving Route" in Florida. See State Roads in Florida for explanation of numbering system. *

* 21 of the 99 local fatalities in 2007 occurred on I-95 * U.S. 1* *

U.S. Route 192 U.S. Route 192 (US 192) is an east–west route of the United States Numbered Highway system in central Florida. It runs from U.S. Route 27 ( State Road 25) in Four Corners, Lake County, east past Walt Disney World and through Kissimmee, S ...

** - "New Haven Avenue" with a few blocks in old downtown Melbourne called "Strawbridge Avenue" * SR A1A* * SR 3 * SR 46 * SR 404 * SR 405 * SR 406 * SR 407 * SR 50* * SR 501 * SR 503 * SR 507 - Babcock Street * SR 508 - NASA Boulevard * SR 509 * SR 511 * SR 513 * SR 514 * SR 516 *

SR 518 Route 518, or Highway 518, may refer to: Canada *Manitoba Provincial Road 518 * Ontario Highway 518 United Kingdom * A518 road United States * Florida State Road 518 * County Road 518 (Pasco County, Florida) * Louisiana Highway 518 * Mary ...

* SR 519 * SR 520* * SR 524 *

SR 528 The following highways are numbered 528: Canada *Alberta Highway 528 * Ontario Highway 528 ** Ontario Highway 528A United States

* * * * * * * * {{Road index, 528 ...

* * Signifies that the road is almost always called by its number locally. ** Signifies that the road is often called by its number by locals. Nearly all other routes are referenced locally by name, not its number Houses are assigned odd numbers on the east and north of roads. This is true even when the road changes direction, so the numbers can switch sides.

Bridges

Seven bridges cross the

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 ...

providing clearances for boat traffic using the

, and five bridges provide access to the Banana River Lagoon. Five bridges connect the mainland to

Merritt Island, Florida Merritt Island is a peninsula, commonly referred to as an island, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Floridian coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the name of an unincorporated town in the central and sout ...

. *A. Max Brewer Memorial Parkway ( CR 402) * NASA Causeway (West) ( SR 405) * Emory L. Bennett Causeway (

SR 528 The following highways are numbered 528: Canada *Alberta Highway 528 * Ontario Highway 528 ** Ontario Highway 528A United States

* * * * * * * * {{Road index, 528 ...

/ SR A1A) * Hubert H. Humphrey Bridge (Merritt Island Causeway)) ( SR 520) * Pineda Bridge (Pineda Causeway) (SR 404) Two bridges connect the mainland to the barrier island: * Dr. W. J. Creel Bridge (Eau Gallie Causeway) (

) * Ernest Kouwen-Hoven Bridge (Melbourne Causeway) (

US 192 U.S. Route 192 (US 192) is an east–west route of the United States Numbered Highway system in central Florida. It runs from U.S. Route 27 ( State Road 25) in Four Corners, Lake County, east past Walt Disney World and through Kissimmee, ...

)/( SR 500) Five bridges connect

to the barrier island: * NASA Parkway (East) ( SR 405) * Banana River Bridge (Emory L. Bennett Causeway) (

SR 528 The following highways are numbered 528: Canada *Alberta Highway 528 * Ontario Highway 528 ** Ontario Highway 528A United States

* * * * * * * * {{Road index, 528 ...

/ SR A1A) * Willard Peebles Bridge (Merritt Island Causeway) ( SR 520) * Banana River Bridge (Pineda Causeway) (SR 404) *

Mathers Bridge Mathers Bridge is a low-level swing bridge located on the southern tip of Merritt Island, Florida, Merritt Island, Florida, crossing the Banana River at the end of County Road 3 (Brevard County, Florida), County Road 3. History The bridge was ...

Canals and channels

The county and its constituted cities maintain of canals and channels, excluding the

, of which is inside the county.

Rail Lines

The

Florida East Coast Railway The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México. Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a pr ...

runs through the county. There are 146 railroad crossings. 41 of these were given a low safety rating by the

Florida Department of Transportation The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment, maintenance, and regulation of public transportation in the state of Florida. The department was formed in 1969. It absorbed the powers of t ...

. These low ratings may result in the allocation of public funds for upgrades. In the early 1900s the

Union Cypress Railroad The Union Cypress Company operated a three-story double-band sawmill in Melbourne, Florida, built in 1912. The small company town of Hopkins (now South Melbourne), named after its owner George W. Hopkins, was built at the site. The company built ...

was built from present day Lipscomb Rd and University Blvd west to Deer Park.

Footnotes

External links

Road map of Brevard CountyBridges in Florida, with Brevard County at the top
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