State Road 417 North - Central Florida GreeneWay - Orlando

SR 417 north enters the Orlando city limits east of Boggy Creek Road. The succeeding exit is for Lake Nona.

03/08/24

Lake Nona is a large master planned community spreading south from Lake Nona to the Osceola County line. Lake Nona Boulevard represents the main arterial from west to east through the area.

06/07/24

Lake Nona Boulevard parallels the Central Florida GreeneWay to the south through Lake Nona's Medical City to Exit 19.

03/08/24

An auxiliary lane accompanies the northbound roadway of SR 417 to Exit 19 for Lake Nona Boulevard. $63 million in construction widened SR 417 to six lanes with accommodates for Flex Lanes from Exits 17 B to 22 (CFX, 2024a). The 4.5 mile long project ran from mid 2021 to Fall 2024 (CFX, 2024b).

03/08/24

A diamond interchange links SR 417 with Lake Nona Boulevard at Exit 19. Lake Nona Boulevard opened to traffic in 2006.

03/08/24

SR 417 gradually turns northward through Lake Nona in Orlando.

10/13/21

The Seminole County seat of Sanford lies 29 miles to the north. Daytona Beach is 70 miles away via SR 417 north and Interstate 4 east.

10/14/17

SR 417 advances one mile to a diamond interchange (Exit 22) with Narcoossee Road (County Road 15).

06/07/24

Narcoossee Road heads north from the Narcoossee and Fells Cove area of northern Osceola County to Lake Nona and Conway. County Road 15 is poorly signed along the arterial route.

10/13/21

CR 15 (Narcoossee Road) connects several retail centers through the Lake Nona community between SR 417 and Dowden Road. North of SR 528 (Beachline Expressway) at Lee Vista Boulevard, CR 15 becomes SR 15 en route to Conway and central Orlando. SR 15 is the unsigned counterpart of U.S. 17 from Sanford north to Jacksonville.

06/07/24

Moss Park Road stems 1.17 miles east from CR 15 (Narcoossee Road) to the first of two succeeding parclo A2 interchanges along SR 417 north.

10/13/21

The exit to Moss Park Road opened to traffic by the East Park and Moss Park communities in December 2009.

10/13/21

Segment 5 of the SR 417 Corridor Capacity Improvements project added a lane in each direction along the 4.7 miles between Narcoossee Road and SR 528 (Beachline Expressway). The $94 million project was completed in Fall 2024 (CFX, 2024c).

09/20/17

Exit 23 leaves the GreeneWay north for Moss Park Road west to Lake Nona and southeast to Moss Park on Lakes Hart and Mary Jane.

10/13/21

Advancing north between East Park and Moss Park, the ensuing exit connects with Dowden Road.

10/13/21

Dowden Road is a suburban arterial leading west to the Waters Edge at Lake Nona community by MCO Airport and east to the Storey Park development. Prior to 2014, Dowden Road ended at SR 417.

09/20/17

Exit 24 opened to traffic in December 2009. The exchange further enhanced development of land to the east. An extension of Innovation Way southwest from the Beachline Expressway will tie into Dowden Road less than a mile to the east.

10/13/21

SR 417 next meets SR 528 (Beachline Expressway), a toll road connecting Orlando and Orlando International Airport (MCO) with Cocoa and the Space Coast.

10/13/21

SR 417 runs along the east side of the Randal Park development to the Beachline Expressway.

10/13/21

Formerly the Bee Line Expressway, SR 528 travels 16 miles west to I-4 near Sand Lake and 21 miles east to SR 407 (Challenger Memorial Parkway) north to Titusville and Kennedy Space Center.

10/13/21

Exit 6 separates from SR 417 north for SR 528 west to Conway, Orlando and Belle Isle and SR 528 east to Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach.

10/13/21

Exit 26 partitions into ramps for the Beachline Expressway just ahead of the elevated Brightline high speed rail. The two toll roads converge at a cloverstack interchange.

10/13/21

Lee Vista Boulevard meets the Central Florida Greeneway next. Lee Vista Boulevard is an arterial serving newer subdivisions and commercial parks in the Vista Park and Vista Lakes area of southeast Orlando.

09/20/17

SR 417 is at least six lanes wide from the Beachline Expressway north to the University Mainline Toll Plaza.

09/20/17

Two lanes depart from SR 417 north for Lee Vista Boulevard at Exit 27. The arterial ends just east of the toll road at a distribution center.

09/20/17

Lee Vista Boulevard takes a winding course west from Exit 27 to SR 15 (Narcoossee Road), SR 551 (Goldenrod Road) and SR 436 (Semoran Boulevard) at the Lee Vista retail and commerce park.

09/20/17

SR 417 advances 0.75 miles north to the Curry Ford Mainline Toll Plaza.

09/20/17

A distance sign 22 miles from Sanford and 64 miles from Daytona Beach precedes the Lee Vista Boulevard on-ramp. The previous sign here listed Orlando at 14 miles.

09/20/17

The Curry Ford Main Plaza was expanded to include EPass lanes by 2005. Widening of the AET lanes to three lanes per direction was underway in 2012.

09/20/17

Leaving the Orlando city limits, SR 417 continues with four northbound lanes to the diamond interchange (Exit 30) with Curry Ford Road.

09/20/17

Curry Ford Road travels east by Andover Lakes, Cypress Springs, Andover Cay and other subdivisions to Alafaya Trail.

09/20/17

West from Exit 30, Curry Ford Road extends 2.7 miles to SR 551 (Goldenrod Road), where SR 552 begins and overlays the arterial to SR 15 (Conway Road).

09/20/17

Econlockhatchee Trail converges with SR 417 and parallels the Central Florida GreeneWay north to the cloverstack interchange (Exits 33A/B) with SR 408.

12/06/18

09/20/17

SR 417 spans Barry Deese Road one mile ahead of SR 408 (East-West Expressway). Also operated by the CFX, SR 408 stretches 22 miles across the Orlando area from Ocoee to Union Park.

12/06/18

The SR 408/SR 417 South Interchange Project through Fall 2019 rebuilt the forthcoming exchange. Completed in the Fall 2017, the initial phase added a lane in each direction along 1.6 miles of SR 417 north from Barry Deese Road to East-West Expressway (CFX, 2015).

12/06/18

Subsequent construction realigned and widened the ramp from SR 417 north to SR 408 east for Union Park and Titusville (via SR 50) and added sound walls (CFX, 2015).

12/06/18

Phase 2 of the SR 408/SR 417 South Interchange Project combined Exit 33 into a single ramp departure, with traffic partitioning onto a new flyover ramp for SR 408 west. The previous loop ramp (Exit 33B) to SR 408 west was subsequently removed (CFX, 2015).

12/06/18

The East-West Expressway opened in 1973 as a bypass for the congested Colonial Drive (SR 50) through Orlando. SR 408 travels seven miles west from Exit 33B to ramps for Downtown Orlando and I-4.

09/20/17

The succeeding northbound exit links SR 417 with SR 50 (E Colonial Drive). Colonial Drive comprises a heavily traveled arterial running across the Orlando metropolitan area.

12/06/18

Completion of the flyovers linking SR 408 east with SR 417 north and from SR 417 south to SR 408 eliminated the unsigned SR 4080 connector freeway further northwest. The new ramps were built in 2011-12.

07/27/13

SR 417 angles northwest from the Holland East-West Expressway by Valencia Community College and the Valencia Woods subdivision ahead of Exit 34 with SR 50 (E Colonial Drive) near Union Park.

04/18/25

SR 417 bends eastward at the site of the wye interchange with SR 4080 north. The parclo interchange (Exit 34) with SR 50 lies a half mile ahead.

04/18/25

The auxiliary lane gained from SR 408 defaults onto Exit 34 for SR 50 (E Colonial Drive). SR 50 heads east to University Park, Bithlo and Christmas. The state road ends at U.S. 1 in Titusville.

04/18/25

Exit 34 departs SR 417 northbound for SR 50 (E Colonial Drive). SR 50 continues west from the GreeneWay through older suburbs of east Orlando to Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) and northern reaches of Downtown.

04/18/25

East toward Christmas and west to Winter Garden, SR 50 (Colonial Drive) encompasses an almost uninterrupted commercial strip.

03/06/22

The Central Florida GreeneWay turns more easterly across the Little Econ River to the University Mainline Toll Plaza.

04/18/25

University Boulevard converges with SR 417 beyond the toll collection point at Exit 37. The arterial between the University of Central Florida (UCF) and SR 436 (Semoran Boulevard) at Aloma.

04/18/25

The University Mainline Toll Plaza was rebuilt in 2002-03 with two dedicated EPass / SunPass lanes in each direction. Completed on August 15, 2003, it was the first plaza along SR 417 to use open road tolling (Orlando Sentinel, 2003).

04/18/25

Located south of McCulloch Road on the campus of UCF, FBC Mortgage Stadium is the home of Knights football.

04/18/25

The CFX conversion to cashless tolling transition will be implemented before the end of 2025.

04/18/25

A slip ramp links the high-speed EPass lanes with the cash lanes ahead of a collector distributor roadway for University Boulevard.

04/18/25

Exit 37 departs from the EPass lanes for University Boulevard. SR 417 previously reduced to four overall lanes from this point northward, however the master plan for the Seminole Expressway calls for eight overall lanes northward to Sanford.

04/18/25

University Boulevard extends 2.5 miles east from Exit 37 A to SR 434 (Alafaya Trail) at the UCF campus.

12/06/18

The $21 million project to convert the University Main Plaza for open road tolling coincided with work to build the northbound c/d roadway for University Boulevard (Orlando Sentinel, 2003).

12/06/18

SR 417 north next meets SR 426 (Aloma Avenue) at a diamond interchange (Exit 38).

12/06/18

Curving back to the west, SR 417 travels through the Watermill community to the Seminole County line.

12/06/18

SR 426 constitutes a 14.5 mile route west to SR 424 (Edgewater Drive) at Fairview Shores and northeast to SR 419 and 434 (Central Avenue) at Oviedo.

12/06/18

Maintenance of SR 417 shifts from the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) to Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) at the Seminole County line.

12/06/18

Maintenance of SR 417 shifts from the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) to Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) at the Seminole County line.

07/27/13