State Road 50 (Florida)

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Florida State Road 50 runs across the center of Florida through Orlando, with its termini at SR 55 (US 19) at Weeki Wachee and SR 5 (U.S. Route 1) in Titusville.

SR 50 is signed east-west.

Starting somewhere near SR 436, SR 50 follows the original Cheney Highway, which was the first road to the coast from Orlando.

Major roads intersected

SR 55/CR 550 (US 19) at Weeki Wachee
SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway)
SR 50A (West Jefferson Street)/CR 485 (Cobb Road) in Brooksville
SR 45/SR 700 (US 41) in Brooksville begin SR 700 concurrency
SR 50A (US 98) (East Jefferson Street) in Brooksville begin US 98 concurrency
CR 541 (Spring Lake Highway)/484 (Mondon Hill Road) at Rolling Acres
SR 93 (Interstate 75)
SR 700 (US 98) end US 98/SR 700 concurrencies
SR 35 (US 301) at Ridge Manor
CR 575
SR 471 at Tarrytown
CR 469 east of Mabel
CR 33 in Mascotte begin SR 33 concurrency
SR 19 in Groveland
SR 33 in Groveland end SR 33 concurrency
SR 25 (US 27) in Clermont
SR 91 (Florida's Turnpike) in Oakland
CR 545 south of Tildenville in Winter Garden
CR 535 in Winter Garden
SR 537 in Winter Garden
SR 429 (Western Expressway) in Winter Garden and Ocoee
SR 91 (Florida's Turnpike) in Ocoee connector ramp without a crossing
former SR 439 (Bluford Avenue) at Minorville in Ocoee
SR 408 (East-West Expressway) in Ocoee
SR 435 (Kirkman Road)
SR 423 (John Young Parkway) in Orlando
SR 500/SR 600 (US 17/US 92/US 441) (Orange Blossom Trail) in Orlando begin SR 600 concurrency
SR 400 (Interstate 4) in Orlando
SR 527 (Orange Avenue/Magnolia Avenue) in Orlando
SR 15/SR 600 (US 17/US 92) (Mills Avenue) in Orlando end SR 600 concurrency
SR 436 (Semoran Boulevard)
SR 551 (Goldenrod Road)
SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay) at Union Park
SR 434 (Alafaya Trail)
SR 408 (East-West Expressway)
SR 520 east of Bithlo
SR 9 (Interstate 95)
SR 405 (Smith Street/Columbia Parkway)
SR 5 (US 1) in Titusville

History

Prior to the 1945 renumbering, the route that became SR 50 had the following numbers:

SR 15 from Weeki Wachee to Brooksville
SR 34 from Brooksville to Rolling Acres
SR 51 from Brooksville to Tildenville
SR 210 from east of Ridge Manor to east of Mabel
SR 22 from east of Mabel to Tildenville
SR 2 from Mascotte to Groveland
SR 208 from Tildenville south 1/4 mile
SR 434 from south of Tildenville to Minorville
SR 22 from Minorville to Indian River City
SR 51 from Minorville to Orlando
SR 322 from near Gotha to Orlando

SR 50 was defined in the 1945 renumbering as:

From Weekiwachee Springs on SR 55 Northeasterly via Wiscon and Spring Hill to a junction with SR 45 in Brooksville and East along SR 45 to intersection with Main St. then South on Main St. to a point near the South City Limits of Brooksville. Then East and Southeasterly via Rita to Richloam thence Northeasterly via Riverland - Tarrytown and Mable to a junction with SR 33 in Mascotte and along SR 33 to intersection with SR 459 at Groveland. Thence in an Easterly direction via Minneola - Oakland - Minorville and Orlovista to a junction with SR 500 in Orlando and North along SR 500 to Colonial Drive then East along Colonial Drive and Easterly via Bithlo - Ft. Christmas to junction with SR 5 at Indian River City in Brevard County.
Also from intersection of SR 50 and Massachusetts St. in Mascotte North along Massachusetts St. to intersection with SR 33.

Since then, the following changes have been made:

SR 50 was extended west from its west end to Bayport, on the Gulf of Mexico. Later it was given back to Hernando County as CR 50 (now CR 550).
A new alignment for SR 50 was built east of Brooksville, removing the section on Main Street (which may have become SR 581) and a part east of Main Street.
Later, SR 50 was realigned around Brooksville, and the old road through downtown became SR 50A.
Near the Withlacoochee River a higher four-lane bridge was built on a short realigned section. The old road, which only exists on the east side of the river is now called Paul N. Steckle Lane, and can be found behind a Hernando County Firehouse.
Three dirt roads inside Withlacoochee State Forest were once part of SR 50. They include Richloam-Clay Sink Road, Riverland Road, and Ham Road.
The spur in Mascotte is no longer state-maintained.
A whole new alignment was built from east of Groveland to south of Tildenville, via Clermont. The old road became, in order from west to east, SR 565A (now CR 565A), SR 561A (now CR 561), SR 561 (now partly abandoned and partly maintained by Clermont), an unknown number (now CR Old 50), and SR 438 (now CR 438). The short north-south connector at Tildenville became an extension of SR 545 (now CR 545).
A whole new alignment was built from Minorville to west of downtown Orlando. The old road became an extension of SR 526 (now CR 526), and the concurrency with SR 500/SR 600 was removed.
Several minor realignments were built in 1948 (at least the eastern two) at SR 436 and west of and at Bithlo. The old roads are now Old Cheney Highway.

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