State Road 3 - Courtenay Parkway

CR 3 follows Tropical Trail 4.5 miles north from the Mathers Bridge joining Indian Harbor Beach with Merritt Island to SR 404 (Pineda Causeway).

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Posted just beyond SR 520, this is the lone shield northbound excluding the end assembly at John F. Kennedy Space Center.

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Merritt Avenue comprises a three to four lane boulevard west to Tropical Trail and east to Sykes Creek Parkway.

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The traffic light along SR 3 (Courteney Parkway) at Hurwood Avenue west and Needle Boulevard east serves traffic to Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School.

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Richland Avenue ties into Courtenay Parkway across from a retail plaza at the succeeding traffic light on SR 3 north.

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Catalina Isle Drive connects with SR 3 west from canal lined neighborhoods off Sykes Creek.

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Lucas Road links SR 3 with Tropical Trail west from Courtenay Parkway at Mustang Way and Merritt Island High School.

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Grove Road intersects SR 3 between Merritt Island High School and an elementary school to the west.

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The seventh traffic light within the first two miles of SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) northbound operates at Crockett Boulevard west and Diana Boulevard east.

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Florida Boulevard, entrance to the Waterway Manor subdivision, meets SR 3 across from Meadows Boulevard.

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Pioneer Road crosses SR 3 east from Tropical Trail to Sykes Creek Drive.

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SR 3 meets SR A1A/528 (Bennett Causeway) 11 miles south of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. SR A1A/528 constitute a freeway across the Indian and Banana Rivers between Cocoa and Cape Canaveral.

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SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) enters the diamond interchange with SR A1A/528 (Bennett Causeway) beyond Venetian Way. Future work will upgrade this exchange into a SPUI.

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State Road 528 joins Cocoa and the Space Coast with Orlando via the tolled Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway.

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SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) crosses the Canaveral Barge Canal to the immediate north of SR A1A/528 and Sea Ray Drive. The subsequent U-turn links with Marine Harbor Drive, which runs along the north side of Bennett Causeway to the west.

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Separate bascule bridges take SR 3 across the Canaveral Barge Canal. Both measuring 297.9 feet in length, the northbound span was built in 1997 while the southbound crossing dates to 1961 (Baughn, n.d.a).

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Traffic lights operate at the U-turn for Marine Harbor Drive along SR 3 north beyond the Canaveral Barge Canal.

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The Indian River Lagoon Florida Scenic Highway overlays Courtenay Parkway north from SR A1A into Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Smith Road and Grant Road converge with SR 3 at the ensuing signal.

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A distance sign for Kennedy Space Center was previously posted along SR 3 north at Gator Drive.

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Hall Road leads east from SR 3 to The Savannahs Golf Course community and Kars Park along the Banana River. Mitchell Ellington Park lines the road westward to Tropical Trail.

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SR 3 passes through the unincorporated community of Courtenay prior to reaching the entrance into Kennedy Space Center.

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Pine Island Road runs northwest from SR 3 at Judson Road to Pine Island Conservation Area along the Indian River.

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Prior to 2025, State Road 3 (Courtenay Parkway) ended at the boundary of Kennedy Space Center east of D'albora Road.

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Kennedy Parkway S extends north from Courtenay Parkway 1.6 miles to Space Commerce Way. Space Commerce Way (SR 321) leads 2.67 miles to NASA Parkway and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

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Kennedy Space Center is also a part of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

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Trailblazers for I-95 and U.S. 1 direct motorists from Kennedy Parkway S onto Space Commerce Way.

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Traffic is restricted along Kennedy Parkway S beyond the intersection with Space Commerce Way.

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Exiting Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Parkway S transitions onto SR 3 through the community of Courtenay.

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A begin shield for SR 3 stood along Courtenay Parkway southbound ahead of Simons Avenue / D'albora Road.

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Tropical Trail branches west from SR 3 at the southerly turn of Courtenay Parkway. Split into discontinuous segments, Tropical Trail parallels SR 3 southward to Indianola and Merritt Island.

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SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) advances south to Hall Road by Mitchell Ellington Park.

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Grant Road connects SR 3 with Tropical Trail and subdivisions to the west. Smith Road spurs east toward Sykes Creek.

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A U-turn signal for northbound traffic precedes the draw bridges taking SR 3 across the Canaveral Barge Canal.

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A diamond interchange joins SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) with SR A1A/528 (Bennett Causeway) just beyond the Canaveral Barge Canal. SR A1A/528 overlap west to U.S. 1 at Cocoa and east to SR 401 and Port Canaveral.

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The southbound bascule bridge over Canaveral Barge Canal was built in 1961 and rehabilitated in 1998 (Baughn, n.d.b).

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SR A1A/528 cross the Indian River west from SR 3 to U.S. 1 at Cocoa. SR 528 continues from there along Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway to I-95, Orlando International Airport (MCO) and I-4 south at Orlando.

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Work slated for 2027 will convert the exchange joining SR 3 with SR A1A/528 into a SPUI as part of an widening project along Bennett Causeway.

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SR A1A turns south onto Astronaut Boulevard from the end of Bennett Causeway and SR 528 at Cape Canaveral to Cocoa Beach.

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The lone confirming marker for SR 3 south stands between Bennett Causeway and Venetian Way. Venetian Way links Courtenay Parkway with the continuation of Tropical Trail south.

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Pioneer Road links SR 3 with Tropical Trail to the west and Sykes Creek Drive at the Villa De Palmas development along Sykes Creek.

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Meadows Boulevard intersects SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) from the Carlton Groves neighborhood across from Florida Boulevard and the Waterway Manor canal lined subdivision.

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Crockett Boulevard winds east from Tropical Trail and the Croton River Estates subdivision to meet SR 3 across from Diana Boulevard. Diana Boulevard provides one of two entrances to the Diana Shores development along Sykes Creek.

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The signal at Grove Boulevard serves traffic to Merritt Island High School. Grove Boulevard leads west from SR 3 to the Orange Blossom Heights subdivision and Jordan Road south.

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Lucas Road stem west from Mustang Way and Merritt Island High School to Tropical Trail by the Lucas Terrace subdivision.

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Catalina Isle Drive ties into SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) west from the Cataline Isle Estates canal based subdivision off Sykes Creek.

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Richland Avenue stems east from a retail plaza and traffic light with SR 3 to the Skylark Estates and Cataline Isles Estates subdivisions.

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Needle Boulevard west from Hampton Homes and Hurwood Avenue east from the Hibiscus Park neighborhoods come together at the ensuing signal along SR 3 southbound.

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Merritt Avenue crosses Courtenay Parkway at the Merritt Park Place community. The multi lane boulevard leads west to Tropical Trail and east to Sykes Creek Parkway.

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State Road 3 concludes at the commercialized intersection with SR 520 (Merritt Island Causeway). Merritt Island Causeway joins the cities of Cocoa and Cocoa Beach.

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SR 520 travels 34.7 miles northwest from SR A1A and the Space Coast to SR 50 east of Bithlo and the Orlando metropolitan area.

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Courtenay Parkway continues south from SR 3 and SR 520 (Merritt Island Causeway) as an unnumbered arterial to Magnolia Avenue.

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Fortenberry Road runs along the south side of the retail strip along SR 520 to Merritt Square Mall and Sykes Creek Parkway.

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Cone Road connects Courtney Parkway with Tropical Trail (unsigned CR 3) to the west and industrial parks along the north side of Merritt Island Airport (COI).

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Courtenay Parkway angles southeast to the community of Footman, transitioning to a rural highway beyond Jefferson Middle School.

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Paralleling the Banana River, Courtenay Parkway heads south by Rotary Park-Merritt Island.

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Hidden Creek Drive links Courtenay Parkway with Tropical Trail (CR 3) across the Hidden Creek subdivision.

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Tropical Trail (CR 3) overtakes Courtenay Parkway south from Rockwell and Georgiana.

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Straddling the west banks of the Banana River, Tropical Trail (CR 3) extends six miles southward on Merritt Island to Pineda Causeway.

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A diamond interchange joins CR 3 (Tropical Trail) with SR 404. Pineda Causeway comprises a controlled access roadway west to U.S. 1 at Palm Shores.

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SR 404 spans the Banana River east along an expressway to SR 513 at Patrick Air Force Base and SR A1A at South Patrick Shores.

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