History of state roads in Orange County, FL

[NE2]

At least in Orange County, plats were filed in the official records for all roads transferred from the state in accordance with Florida Statutes 337.29 (1977), which reversed the 36-year trend of system growth. Because Orange County's official records are online, this makes it easy to see what roads in the county used to be state roads. Maps were also filed when the state took over the roads, but years are a bit sketchier, so not all years listed below are necessarily correct.

I've started adding section numbers in bold; you can search for these in the 'both names' field on http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/docSearch.jsp if you change search type to wildcard.

Note that the numbers given are not always the final numbers, since often the same maps were used for the earlier acquisition by the state.

I also found some notes I took about ten years ago from records at the Orange County Public Works Department.

Marked for addition or retention in 1976-78:
SR 15, SR 551 to SR 552: acquired before 1945 (SR 29)
SR 15, SR 552 to SR 5098: acquired ?
SR 15, SR 5098 to SR 526: acquired 1976 75000
SR 15, SR 526 to SR 50: acquired before 1945? (SR 3), returned ? to Orlando
SR 15/600, SR 50 to Seminole County, acquired before 1945 (SR 3)
SR 50, Lake County to SR 545: acquired 1946 7507
SR 50, SR 545 to SR 439/526: acquired 1946 7507 (though defined in 1945)
SR 50, SR 439/526 to SR 500/600: acquired 1946 7507
SR 50, SR 500/600 to Brevard County: acquired before 1945 (SR 22)
SR 414 (earlier SR 426-A), Seminole County to SR 400: acquired 1984 75011
SR 414 (earlier SR 426-A), SR 400 to SR 15/600: acquired 1972 75504
SR 416 (earlier SR 438), SR 438 to Eunice Avenue: acquired before 1945? (SR 432)
SR 416 (earlier SR 438), Eunice Avenue to SR 500: acquired 1959 75250
SR 423, SR 50 to SR 500: acquired 1968 75190
SR 423 (earlier SR S-438), SR 500 to SR 424: acquired 1947 (SR 625)
SR 423 (earlier SR S-438), SR 424 to Wymore: acquired 1951?
SR 423 (earlier SR S-438), Wymore to SR 15/600: acquired 1953 7555
SR 424, Lake Adair to Par: acquired 1955 (or before 1945?) 7526, returned ?
SR 424 (earlier SR S-424), Par to SR 423: acquired 1970 (or before 1945?) 75260
SR 426 (earlier SR 424-A), SR 400 to SR 15/600: acquired 1972 75006
SR 426, SR 527 to Seminole County, acquired before 1945 (SR 202)
SR 434 (earlier SR S-520), Seminole County to SR 50: acquired 1959 75701
SR 435 (earlier SR S-435), SR 482 to SR 526: acquired 1957 7570/7527
SR 435 (earlier SR S-435), SR 526 to SR 50: acquired 1958 7527
SR 436, SR 500 to Seminole County: acquired before 1945 (SR 288)
SR 436 (earlier SR S-436), Seminole County to SR 50: acquired 1964 75502
SR 436 (earlier SR S-526), SR 50 to SR 552: acquired 1963 75510
SR 436 (earlier SR S-526), SR 552 to SR 528: acquired 1964 75510
SR 437, SR 438 to SR 438: acquired before 1945 (SR 24)
SR 437A, SR 437 to SR 500 (may have never been acquired, since SR 437 south of here was returned in 1980)
SR 438, SR 545 to SR 537: acquired before 1945 (SR 22), returned 2001 to Winter Garden
SR 438, SR 537 to SR 429: acquired before 1945 (SR 22), returned 2008 to Winter Garden
SR 438, SR 429 to SR 439: acquired before 1945 (SR 22)
SR 438 (earlier SR S-438), SR 437 to SR 435 (Lake Stanley): acquired 1959 75702
SR 438 (earlier SR S-435), SR 435 (Lake Stanley) to SR 435 (Hiawassee): acquired 1959 75590
SR 438, SR 435 (Hiawassee) to SR 416: acquired before 1945? (SR 432)
SR 438, SR 416 to SR 500: acquired 1975 75250
SR 438, SR 500 to Rio Grande: acquired 1962 75680
SR 438, Rio Grande to SR 400 (was this actually acquired?)
SR 439, SR 50 to SR 438: acquired before 1945 (SR 22), returned ? to Ocoee
SR 482 (earlier SR S-528, then SR 528-A), SR 400 to SR 500/600: acquired 1956 7558
SR 482 (earlier SR 528-A), SR 500/600 to SR 527: acquired ?
SR 482 (earlier SR S-528, then SR 528-A), SR 527 to east of Daetwyler: acquired 1958 75580
SR 500, Osceola County to SR 500-A: acquired before 1945 (SR 2), realigned at Overland 1955 7502
SR 500, SR 500-A to Lake County: acquired 1959 75020
SR 500-A, SR 500 to Lake County: acquired before 1945 (SR 2), returned 1989
SR 520, SR 50 to Brevard County: acquired 1948 7514
SR 526, SR 15 to Crystal Lake, acquired before 1945? (SR 580)
SR 526, Robinson to SR 15, acquired ?
SR 527, SR 482 to Gore: acquired before 1945 (SR 3A)
SR 527, Gore to SR 50: acquired before 1945 (SR 3A), returned ? to Orlando (Lake Lucerne causeway and one-way pair created in 1955 7504)
SR 527, SR 50 to SR 426: acquired before 1945 (SR 3A)
SR 530, Lake County to Osceola County: acquired 1968 75220
SR 535, SR 400 to SR 50: acquired before 1945 (SR 24), returned ?
SR 537 (earlier SR 535-A), SR 50 to SR 438: acquired 1956 7500, returned 2009 to Winter Garden
SR 545, SR 50 to SR 438: acquired before 1945 (SR 208), returned 2001 to Winter Garden
SR 551 (earlier SR 15-A), SR 15 to SR 426: acquired 1947 (SR 287)
SR 5098, SR 527 to SR 15: acquired ?, returned ? to Orlando

Marked for removal in 1976-78 (looks to be only primary routes; secondary routes went to the county by default):
SR 15, Osceola County to SR 528: acquired before 1945 (SR 29), returned ?
SR 15, SR 528 to SR 551: acquired before 1945 (SR 29) (was this actually returned before the recent transfer south of Lee Vista?)
SR 15, SR 527 to Crystal Lake (which alignment of SR 15? this appears to have been proposed for deletion in 1976 but not 1978)
SR 419, SR 50 to Seminole County: acquired before 1945 (SR 203), returned 1978
SR 420, SR 50 to SR 50: acquired before 1945 (SR 296), returned ?
SR 435, SR 500 to Lake County: acquired before 1945 (SR 24), returned 1978 (Welch to Kelly Park), 1981 (SR 500 to Welch), 1983 (Rock Springs/Kelly Park to Lake County)
SR 437, SR 438 to CR 437A: acquired before 1945 (SR 24), returned 1980 (map includes the two blocks that are now SR 437, perhaps erroneously)
SR 437, CR 437A to SR 500 (via both Orange and Lakeview): acquired 1947 7518, returned 1979
SR 438, Lake County to SR 545: acquired before 1945 (SR 22), returned 1981
SR 438 (Tubb Street), SR 50 to SR 438: acquired 1953 7523, returned 1979
SR S-448, Lake County to SR 500: acquired before 1945 (SR 290), returned 1979
SR 526, SR 50 to SR 500/600: acquired before 1945 (SR 22), returned 1976
SR 527, Osceola County to SR 482: acquired before 1945 (SR 3A), returned 1985
SR 532 (earlier SR S-419), Osceola County to Taylor Creek Road: acquired 1956 7564, returned 1978
SR 532, Taylor Creek Road to SR 520: acquired 1963 75001, returned 1978
SR 545, SR 530 to SR 50: acquired before 1945 (SR 208), returned 1983

Secondary routes returned ca. 1980:
SR S-424, SR 423 to railroad near Clarcona-Ocoee: acquired before 1945? (old SR 2), returned 1980 (why does this include SR 423 to SR 434? this is a standard deed rather than a plat)
SR S-424-A, SR 500 to SR 424: acquired 1960 75705, returned 1980
SR S-425, two bridges on Curry Ford Road (canal west of Chickasaw and Little Econ): acquired 1955 7562, returned 1980
SR S-425, bridge on Dean over Little Econ: acquired 1955 7562, returned ?
SR S-427, SR 15/600 to Seminole County: acquired before 1945? (old SR 3), returned 1980 (part of this is a standard deed rather than a plat)
SR S-428 (Michigan), Unitah (east of SR 400) to Clark (east of Bumby): acquired 1968 75680, returned 1980
SR S-436-A, SR 427 to Seminole County: acquired 1969 75706, returned 1980
SR S-438-A, SR 434 to SR 15/600: acquired 1959 75703, returned 1980
SR 526-A, Fern Creek to SR 15: acquired before 1945 (SR 29, then post-1945 SR 15 for a while), returned 1980
SR S-527-A, bridge on Boggy Creek Road over Boggy Creek: acquired 1955 7566, returned 1983
SR S-528, bridge on Moss Park Road (canal south of Lake Mary Jane Road): acquired 1956 7563, returned 1980

Other current routes:
SR 423, Church to SR 408: acquired 1974 75190 (was this actually acquired south of Church?)
SR 426, SR 424 to SR 400: acquired ?
SR 426, SR 15/600 to SR 527: acquired ?
SR 526, SR 500/600 to SR 15: acquired before 1945? (SR 3)
SR 528 (earlier SR 524), SR 520 to Brevard County: acquired 1969 75005
SR 535, Osceola County to SR 400: acquired before 1945 (SR 24), returned ?, reacquired ? (what's 75560?)
SR 536, SR 400 to SR 535: acquired 1980 75000
SR 552 (earlier SR 526-A), SR 15 to SR 436: acquired 1974 75620
SR 552 (earlier SR 526-A), SR 436 to SR 551: acquired ?

Other routes:
SR 13 (unbuilt): acquired 1950 from FEC Railway, given to Orange County 1984 (this is a standard deed rather than a plat)
SR 15 (Gore), SR 500/600 to Parramore: acquired 1948 7508, returned ? (the history of SR 15 and SR 600 in the 1940s is rather muddled)
SR 414 [sic - this is the pre-1945 number] (Apopka-Vineland), SR 535 to SR 526: acquired ?, returned 1983 (this is a standard deed rather than a plat)
SR 423, SR 528 to SR 482: acquired 1981 75190, returned ? (map says 2010 but it was actually ca. 2000)
SR 424, railroad near Clarcona-Ocoee to SR 500 in Apopka or Plymouth: acquired before 1945? (old SR 2), returned ??
SR 431 (Pine Hills Road)
SR 434 (earlier SR S-431), SR 424 to Seminole County: acquired before 1945? (SR 398) or 1962 75550
SR 435 (Good Homes and Apopka-Vineland), SR 526 to Apopka city limits: acquired ?, returned 1983 (this is a standard deed rather than a plat)
SR 435 (Hiawassee)
SR S-439, near Lake Down: acquired 1956 7553, returned ?
SR S-439, Sixth Avenue to SR 50: acquired 1960 75530, returned ?
SR S-446, SR 435 to Vineland: acquired ca. 1974, returned 1975
SR S-506: acquired ?, returned ?
SR 526, SR 15 to SR 436: acquired ?, returned ?
SR S-527-A (Landstreet): acquired ?, returned ?
SR 545 (Bali Boulevard, also called SR S-530 and earlier SR 545-A; east of present SR 545 was originally part of SR 545), Lake County to SR 545: acquired 1950 7522, returned 1984 (this is a standard deed rather than a plat)

There are also some state roads that may have never been numbered, perhaps taken over as federal aid projects (though numbers are not given for a few of the above as well, such as S-424-A and 537):
several SR 400 frontage roads: acquired 1959-1962, returned 1978
Bennett Road, SR 50 to Corrine Drive: acquired 1972 75507, returned 1980
Buck Road, bridge over Little Econ: acquired 1955 7565, returned 1980
Rio Grande Avenue, Grand to Gore: acquired 1960 75680, returned 1980
Oak Ridge Road and Mary Jess Road, in the median of SR 527: acquired 1961 75600, returned 1980
Bumby Street, Robinson to Colonial: acquired 1956 7568, returned 1980
Primrose Drive, Curry Ford to south of Vine: acquired 1967 75680, returned 1980
Virginia/Forest/Corrine, Mills to Bennett: acquired 1960 75680, returned 1980
Overland Road, bridge over two railroads: acquired 1981 75000, returned 1985 (this was old SR 500 - was it given back to the county in between?)
Garland, SR 50 to SR 527: acquired 1956 7500, returned ?
Diagonal connection from Mills/Anderson to Quincy/South: acquired 1962 75080, now covered by SR 408
Unbuilt road where the Cady Way Trail is now, NTC to SR 426: acquired 1970 75680
Lakemont, NTC to SR 426: acquired 1972 75512, returned ?

I will probably edit this post if I find more information.

[realjd]

Can you share a link to the old maps?

[NE2]

http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/docSearch.jsp
Right now they have the road books arranged strangely. Later ones are "right of way map" (specific types above the search boxes) book 2, but earlier ones are plat book 13.

[florida]

I have always wondered about S-428 after seeing it on only one printed map (so far).

What about S-446?

[NE2]

I have always wondered about S-428 after seeing it on only one printed map (so far).

The Orange County Property Appraiser (or whoever they get their shield data from) calls it CR 428: http://paarcgis.ocpafl.org/Webmap3/default.aspx

What about S-446?

Hmmm - I thought I saw a plat of it a while ago but it doesn't seem to be in the list I compiled. I remember there was a sign for it on Vineland until about 2000.
I do have a note that it was removed from the state secondary system at the monthly FDOT meeting on March 27, 1975 since it was entirely within Orlando city limits. In 1973 Orange County was required to pave it per an agreement with Orlando wrt Valencia College, so S-446 had a rather short life.

I'll have to go through these notes I just rediscovered in more detail. [edit] done.

[NE2]

As a sort-of aside, here's an interesting map showing the former one-way pair around Lake Lucerne: http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/downloads/27989298.pdf?id=DOCC27989298.A0&parent=DOCC27989298
And check this out - OBT was supposed to tie into Bermuda (John Young) in Kissimmee: http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/downloads/27989300.pdf?id=DOCC27989300.A0&parent=DOCC27989300

[NE2]

Can you share a link to the old maps?

In addition to the links above, FDOT has scanned these for some counties: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/surveyingandmapping/rowmap.shtm
You can click through from the PDF to "transferred and old" for former state roads.

[NE2]

Making a note here that one set of plats shows University Boulevard as UCF Boulevard (SR 518). It's probably just an error (this part of University was likely SR S-436-A) but who knows.
http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/downloads/22001003.pdf?id=DOCC22001003.A0&parent=DOCC22001003
http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/downloads/22001045.pdf?id=DOCC22001045.A0&parent=DOCC22001045

[edit] false alarm - it was Orange County Project No. 518.

[D-Dey65]

All the links require that you log in.

Anything regarding the history of Park Avenue in Winter Park and Maitland? Was it somehow an old segment of US 17, or at least SR 15?

[NE2]

All the links require that you log in.

No they don't: "If you are not a registered user, click on I Acknowledge below."

Anything regarding the history of Park Avenue in Winter Park and Maitland? Was it somehow an old segment of US 17, or at least SR 15?

It was SR 3 (US 17-92), later SR 3-A. The new alignment was built in the 1930s, though the portion of Orlando Avenue north of Orange Avenue was already an improved county road known as "Orlando Short Cut".