FL 408 East/West Expressway

[Max Rockatansky]

I drove FL 408 East from Florida's Turnpike to FL 527 on Orange Avenue today.  Had a second look at the new ramp being built to I-4:

https://flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/sets/72157677937376038

Interesting to see that 408 hasn't been converted fully to some form of toll-by-plate since I last lived in Orlando.  I drove Orange Avenue southward out of Downtown later in the day, not a single 527 shield beyond what was on the FL 408 exit ramps. 

[roadman65]

FL 527 is not that well signed. Only at Sand Lake and from SR 408 it is. It's just like riding LA 23 in Plaquimines Parish, La.

[Max Rockatansky]

FL 527 is not that well signed. Only at Sand Lake and from SR 408 it is. It's just like riding LA 23 in Plaquimines Parish, La.

I could have sworn there was at one reassurance shield at one point north of Michigan on Orange Avenue.  I used to head north into downtown via Orange Avenue, maybe I'm thinking of a side street?

[The Ghostbuster]

Wasn't there a proposal to extend 408 eastward to SR-520? If so, will it be built anytime soon?

[Max Rockatansky]

Wasn't there a proposal to extend 408 eastward to SR-520? If so, will it be built anytime soon?

Now it's I-95, I believe it was called OOCEA 2030?

[roadman65]

There are two agencies competing to get the connection completed to the coast.  FDOT wants to have SR 50 upgraded to freeway while CFX wants to build a new alignment to the south of SR 50.

[Max Rockatansky]

There are two agencies competing to get the connection completed to the coast.  FDOT wants to have SR 50 upgraded to freeway while CFX wants to build a new alignment to the south of SR 50.

Really if FL 408 was built closer to the FL 50/FL 520 junction it would clear up much of the traffic issues obstructing access from UCF.  I find it far fetched to have another coastal road when FL 528 is already available.

[Max Rockatansky]

One last blog post from the recent Florida trip regarding FL 408:

https://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2019/02/florida-state-road-408east-west.html