Florida State Road 15

"FL 15" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Florida's 15th congressional district.

State Road 15
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	337.31 mi[1] (542.85 km)
Major junctions
South end:	SR 80 / SR 880 in Belle Glade
North end:	US 1 / US 23 / US 301 / SR 4 / SR 15 at Georgia state line, northwest of Hilliard
Highway system
Florida State and County Roads Interstate • US • SR (Pre-1945) • Toll • County ← SR 14 SR 15A →

SR 15 north at SR 5098 in Orlando

State Road 15 (commonly SR 15) is part of the Florida State Road System. It runs from SR 80/SR 880 at Belle Glade north along the east shore of Lake Okeechobee to Okeechobee. Then it runs north to SR 500 (US 192) at Holopaw, and northwest along SR 500 to Ashton (east of St. Cloud), where it ends.

County Road 15 in Osceola County and Orange County connects to the beginning of the next section, at SR 528 (the Bee Line Expressway) east of Orlando International Airport. From there, SR 15 travels north on Narcoossee Road, west on Hoffner Road, north on Conway Road through Conway, west on Lake Underhill Road, and west on South Street (northbound) and Anderson Street (southbound) on both sides of SR 408 (the east–west Expressway) to downtown Orlando. It then travels north on Mills Avenue and continues all the way to downtown Jacksonville. From there it goes north along Main Street and west on the 20th Street Expressway, and then northwest into Georgia, as Georgia State Route 15.

SR 15 is unsigned, except in four places:

• from the south end to US 441 south of Runyon
• from Pahokee north to Okeechobee^[2]
• SR 528 to SR 50 in downtown Orlando
• the junction sign on CR 209 for US 17 also posts a sign for SR 15, even though it is signed US 17 on that portion.

The rest is signed as various U.S. Highways:

• US 441 from south of Runyon to the end of the first section, east of St. Cloud
• US 17 from Orlando to Jacksonville
• US 1 / US 23 from Jacksonville to Georgia
• US 301 from Callahan to Georgia (co-signed with US 1 and US 23)

SR 15 is locally maintained along Mills Avenue in Orlando from SR 526 (Robinson Street) to SR 50 (Colonial Drive).

Major roads intersected

• SR 80/SR 880 in Belle Glade begin SR 80 concurrency
• SR 717 in Belle Glade begin SR 717 concurrency
• SR 717 in Belle Glade end SR 717 concurrency
• SR 80 (US 441/US 98) end SR 80 concurrency
• SR 729 in Pahokee
• SR 715 in Pahokee
• SR 729
• SR 700 in Canal Point begin SR 700 concurrency
• SR 76 in Port Mayaca
• SR 78
• SR 70/SR 700 (US 98) in Okeechobee end SR 700 concurrency
• CR 68
• SR 60 in Yeehaw Junction
• CR 523 in Kenansville
• SR 500 (US 192) in Holopaw begin SR 500 concurrency
• CR 532
• SR 500/CR 15 (US 192) in Ashton end SR 15 end SR 500 concurrency

• SR 528/CR 15 in Orlando begin SR 15
• SR 551 (Goldenrod Road) in Orlando
• SR 436 (Semoran Boulevard) in Orlando
• CR 506 (Hoffner Road/Conway Road) in Belle Isle
• SR 552 (Curry Ford Road) in Orlando
• SR 408/CR 526 (east–west Expressway/Lake Underhill Road) in Orlando eastbound offramp and westbound onramp
• SR 408 (east–west Expressway) in Orlando eastbound onramp and westbound offramp
• SR 526 (Crystal Lake Drive) in Orlando
• SR 408 (east–west Expressway) in Orlando eastbound offramp and westbound onramp
• SR 408 (east–west Expressway) in Orlando eastbound onramp and westbound offramp
• SR 5098 (Anderson Street/South Street) in Orlando
• SR 526 (Robinson Street) in Orlando
• SR 50/SR 600 (US 17/US 92) (Colonial Drive) in Orlando begin SR 600 concurrency
• Princeton Street in Orlando
• SR 527 (Orange Avenue) in Winter Park
• SR 426 (Fairbanks Avenue) in Winter Park
• SR 423 (Lee Road) in Winter Park
• Park Avenue in Maitland
• CR 438A (Lake Avenue) in Maitland
• CR 427 (Maitland Avenue) in Maitland
• Horatio Avenue in Maitland
• SR 414 (Maitland Boulevard) in Maitland
• SR 436 (Semoran Boulevard) in Casselberry
• SR 434 (Sanlando Springs Road) in Longwood
• SR 419 (Sanford-Oviedo Road)
• CR 427 (Ronald Reagan Boulevard)
• SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay) in Sanford
• SR 46 (25th Street) in Sanford begin SR 46 concurrency
• CR 415 (13th Street) in Sanford
• SR 46 (First Street) in Sanford end SR 46 concurrency
• SR 400/CR 15 (Interstate 4)
• SR 472
• SR 15A in DeLand
• SR 44 in DeLand
• SR 600 (US 92) in DeLand end SR 600 concurrency
• SR 15A/CR 15A
• SR 40 in Barberville
• CR 305 in Seville
• SR 20/SR 100 in San Mateo begin SR 20/SR 100 concurrency
• SR 207 in East Palatka
• SR 20 in Palatka end SR 20 concurrency
• SR 100 in Palatka end SR 100 concurrency
• SR 19 in Palatka
• SR 16 in Green Cove Springs begin SR 16 concurrency
• SR 16 in Green Cove Springs end SR 16 concurrency
• SR 224 in Orange Park
• SR 9A (Interstate 295) in Jacksonville
• SR 211 in Jacksonville
• SR 134 in Jacksonville
• SR 128 in Jacksonville
• SR 21 in Jacksonville
• SR 15 (spur) in Jacksonville
• SR 129 in Jacksonville
• SR 228 in Jacksonville begin SR 228 concurrency
• SR 211 in Jacksonville begin SR 211 concurrency
• SR 9 (Interstate 95) in Jacksonville
• SR 13 (Acosta Bridge) in Jacksonville end SR 211 concurrency
• SR 5/SR 10 (U.S. Route 1/US 90) in Jacksonville begin SR 5/SR 10 concurrency
• SR 228 in Jacksonville end SR 228 concurrency
• SR 10 (US 90) in Jacksonville end SR 10 concurrency
• SR 139 (US 23) in Jacksonville one-block concurrency between northbound and northbound only
• SR 5/SR 115 (US 17/Alt US 1) in Jacksonville end SR 5 concurrency
• SR 139 (US 23) in Jacksonville
• SR 111 in Jacksonville
• SR 9A (Interstate 295) in Jacksonville
• SR 104 in Jacksonville
• SR 115 in Callahan
• SR A1A/SR 200 (U.S. Route 301) in Callahan
• State Route 4/State Route 15 (U.S. Route 1/US 23/U.S. Route 301) at the Georgia state line

History

Prior to the 1945 renumbering, the route that became SR 15 had the following numbers:

• SR 143 from Belle Glade to Canal Point
• SR 194 from Canal Point to south of Okeechobee
• SR 29 from south of Okeechobee to Orlando
• SR 24 from Holopaw to Ashton
• SR 3A in downtown Orlando
• SR 3 from Orlando to south of Jacksonville, Florida
• SR 21 north of downtown DeLand
• SR 28 from San Mateo to Palatka
• SR 14 from East Palatka to Palatka
• SR 48 in Green Cove Springs
• SR 363 from south of Jacksonville to Jacksonville
• SR 3 in downtown Jacksonville
• SR 4 from Jacksonville, Florida to Georgia

SR 15 was defined in the 1945 renumbering as:

• Extending from SR 80 in Belle Glade in Palm Beach County in a general Northwesterly direction along Lake Okeechobee via Pahokee to Okeechobee then Northwesterly to a junction with SR 500 at Holopaw and along SR 500 to Ashton, then continuing Northwesterly to a junction with SR 600 in Orlando and along SR 600 to an intersection with SR 46 at 25th St. in Sanford, then along SR 600 and SR 46 to First St. then along SR 600 across St. Johns River to an intersection with SR 40 and SR 44 in Deland, then along SR 600 and SR 40 to a point North of Deland and along SR 40 to Barberville, then Northwesterly via Pierson, Crescent City and Satsuma to a junction with SR 20 and SR 100 at San Mateo, then along SR 20 and SR 100 via East Palatka to an intersection of SR 20 and SR 100 at Reid St. and 7th St. in Palatka, then along SR 100 to an intersection of SR 100 and SR 15 on Madison St. near the NW City Limits of Palatka, then Northwesterly to SR 16 in Green Cove Springs and along SR 16 to Orange Ave., then in a Northwesterly direction via Orange Park, Jacksonville, and Callahan to the St. Mary's River at the Georgia State Line.
• Also proposed route running North and Northwest from junction with SR 500 at Holopaw to a point near the Orange County and Osceola County Line on SR 15.
• Also from a point on SR 15 and SR 600 North of Longwood in Seminole County in a Northerly direction to intersection with SR 15 and SR 600 just South of St. Johns River at the Volusia County and Seminole County Line.
• Also a proposed route from a point on SR 15 North of Satsuma, North to intersection with SR 15 and SR 100 in Palatka.

Neither proposed route was built. The alternate route in Seminole County was going to be a bypass of Sanford, but construction of SR 400 (Interstate 4) relegated it to a minor road, and it became CR 15 in the 1980s.

The main route has stayed mostly the same. Here are the places where the route now differs:

• The south end of SR 15 has stayed the same, but SR 80 has moved to the north, and thus the first three miles (5 km) of SR 15 is also SR 80.
• SR 15 is now CR 15 in Osceola County and Orange County from SR 500 in Ashton to SR 528 east of Orlando International Airport.
• SR 15 originally went from Conway to Orlando along Conway Road, but then turned west at Curry Ford Road and used Briercliff Drive, Delaney Avenue, and Gore Street to reach SR 527. The part of the old alignment on Curry Ford Road became part of SR 526A when SR 15 was moved.
• Until around 1975, when the Mills Avenue Extension was built, SR 15 continued west from Mills Avenue along what is now SR 5098, and then went north on SR 527 through downtown Orlando, returning to the current route via SR 50.
• When the 20th Street Expressway was built in Jacksonville, SR 15 was rerouted onto it; the old route is now SR 139 (and was first given the number SR 15A).

Spur in Jacksonville

Main article: Roosevelt Expressway (Jacksonville)

SR 15 is also a short arterial and freeway connector from the main part of SR 15 (US 17) southwest of downtown Jacksonville northeast to SR 8 (Interstate 10).

The spur is unsigned. Southbound it is signed for US 17, and northbound it is signed for I-10 east.

Major roads intersected

• SR 15 (US 17) in Jacksonville
• SR 129 in Jacksonville
• SR 15/SR 228 (US 17) in Jacksonville no access
• SR 8 (Interstate 10) in Jacksonville

History

The spur was built as part of the original Jacksonville freeway system. It was originally signed as part of US 17 Alt.

References

1. ^ Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT GIS data". http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm. Retrieved June 27, 2007. 
2. ^ This was recently done as part of the US 98 relocation to run concurrent with US 441 in Palm Beach County.