State Road 429 North - Apopka to Mt. Plymouth

SR 50 (Colonial Drive) is busy commercial arterial throughout Winter Garden, Ocoee, Pine Hills and Orlando. Due to growing traffic congestion, the East-West Expressway (SR 408) was built as a bypass for Colonial Drive in 1971.

12/05/10

The systems interchange joining the Western Beltway with Florida's Turnpike opened in December 2002 along with a 4.5 mile section of SR 429 from SR 50 southwest to CR 535.³

12/05/10

Flyover ramps with the Turnpike pass over SR 429 as northbound travelers enter the diamond interchange (Exit 23) with SR 50 (W Colonial Drive). Widening projects through 2018 brought Colonial Drive up to six lanes throughout Ocoee and Pine Hills.

12/05/10

Straddling the Ocoee and Winter Garden City line northward, SR 429 (Western Beltway) next meets SR 438 (Franklin / Plant Streets) at Exit 24.

05/19/22

Widening the toll road to six overall lanes, Segment 2 of the SR 429 Corridor Capacity Improvements Project got underway from south of Florida's Turnpike to West Road in January 2022.

05/19/22

SR 438 previously followed Plant Street west 1.7 miles to Dillard Street (old SR 537) in Winter Garden. Plant Street continues west from there to the town of Oakland. The Ocoee city center lies just east of Exit 24.

05/19/22

Two lanes depart at Exit 24 for SR 438 (Franklin Street) east and Plant Street (old SR 438 west). SR 438 extends east along Silver Star Road from Ocoee and SR 437 (Ocoee Apopka Road) to unincorporated Pine Hills.

05/19/22

Entering the parclo interchange (Exit 24) with Plant Street west to Winter Garden and Franklin Street east into Ocoee.

05/19/22

SR 438 travels 10.1 miles overall from SR 429 to U.S. 441 (Orange Blossom Trail) and College Park in Orlando.

12/05/10

Confirming marker for SR 429 north posted ahead of an unincorporated area between the Ocoee and Winter Garden city limits.

05/19/22

The Western Beltway (SR 429 / SR 451) extends eight miles north to U.S. 441 (Orange Blossom Trail) at Vick Road in Apopka.

05/19/22

Clarcona-Ocoee Road west and West Road east come together at a diamond interchange (Exit 26) with SR 429 at north Ocoee in one mile.

05/19/22

CR 437 (Ocoee-Apopka Road) stems north from SR 437/438 (Silver Star Road) to pass under the Western Beltway ahead of Exit 26. West Road links SR 429 with parallel CR 437 at the Westyn Bay community.

05/19/22

West Road originally curved south from Exit 26 to become Lakewood Avenue. The 2012-13 realignment Clarcona-Ocoee Road overtook a portion of West Road, with Clarcona-Ocoee Road forming a four lane arterial east to Clarcona, Hiawassee and northern reaches of Pine Hills.

05/19/22

Bending back to the north, SR 429 (Western Beltway) passes through Forest Lake Golf Course ahead of the Forest Lake Mainline Toll Plaza.

05/19/22

Traffic separates with motorists paying cash tolls shifting to the outside lanes for a set of toll booths and all others remaining on the beltway mainline through the EPass / Sunpass lanes.

05/19/22

Confirming marker posted for SR 429 north ahead of a golf cart underpass at Forest Lake Golf Club.

05/19/22

The speed limit remains at 70 miles per hour along the open road tolling lanes. Three toll booths serve traffic in each direction on the outside lanes.

05/19/22

SR 429 curves back to the west, passing between the Paradise Heights community and Oak Pointe subdivision developed in 2021 to a diamond interchange (Exit 29) with CR 437A (Ocoee Apopka Road).

05/19/22

Replacing the previous exchange with Ocoee Apopka Road located further north, ramps at Exit 29 for CR 437A were built in 2012. The former exit was located along a portion of the Western Beltway bypassed during work to build the John Land Apopka Expressway. Opened in 2017, Apopka Hospital was built where the old exit was.

05/19/22

CR 437 splits with CR 437A just south of Exit 29 to follow Binion Road along a winding course closer to Lake Apoka. CR 437A extends 3.96 miles north, following Ocoee Apopka Road to Michael Gladden Boulevard in the city of Apopka street grid.

05/19/22

A three-wye interchange (Exit 30) follows where SR 429 north combines with SR 414 west. The John Land Apopka Expressway constitutes a 6.55 mile long toll road east from the Western Beltway to U.S. 441 (Orange Blossom Trail) and Maitland Boulevard at Lockhart.

05/19/22

The forthcoming ramp for SR 414 (Apopka Expressway) east also connects with the original Western Beltway spur (SR 451) north to U.S. 441 (Orange Blossom Trail) in Apopka.

05/19/22

An auxiliary lane opens from the Ocoee Apoka Road entrance ramp to Exit 30 with SR 414 east. SR 414 west combines with SR 429 north for 3.07 miles to Connector Road linking the toll road with U.S. 441 near Plymouth.

05/19/22

Curving west from CR 437A, SR 429 (Western Beltway) traverses a partially rural stretch west of Medicine Lake.

05/19/22

The original Western Beltway right of way angles northeast from just ahead of Exit 30. The westward realignment of SR 429 in 2012 coincided with renumbering the remaining beltway spur north to SR 451.

05/19/22

SR 451 spurs 1.87 miles north from the adjacent directional T interchange with SR 414 (Apopka Expressway) to U.S. 441 (OBT) at Vick Road.

05/19/22

Exit 30 parts ways with the Western Beltway north for SR 414 (Apoka Expressway) east. SR 414 (Maitland Boulevard) extends east from U.S. 441 (OBT) along a controlled access expressway to Interstate 4, and an at-grade arterial to U.S. 17/92 in the city of Maitland.

05/19/22

SR 451 branches northward from SR 414 with no local access to U.S. 441 (OBT) and Vick Road. Vick Road extends from the toll road end to suburban areas of north Apoka.

05/19/22

The Lake County city of Mount Dora lies 13 miles northwest via U.S. 441 (Orange Blossom Trail) from the north end of the John Land Apopka Expressway (SR 414-429.

05/19/22

John Land Apopka Expressway overtakes the Western Beltway along SR 429 north ahead of the Binion Road (CR 437) overpass.

06/29/13

SR 414/429 combine northward between western reaches of Apopka and the Lake Apopka Restoration Area.

05/19/22

Providing commuters with a bypass of U.S. 441 (OBT) through Downtown Apopka, the Apopka Expressway was completed on January 19, 2013. The north end of the expressway is a single point urban interchange (Exit 34) with SR 429 Connector Road.

05/19/22

SR 429 transitions onto Wekiva Parkway through northwestern reaches of Apopka. All sections of Wekiva Parkway utilize all electronic tolling (AET).

05/19/22

With opening of Sections 1A/B of the Wekiva Parkway, the forthcoming exchange for U.S. 441 and CR 437 (Plymouth Sorrento Road) was numbered as Exit 34. U.S. 441 extends northwest to Zellwood and Mount Dora.

05/19/22

Exit 34 leaves SR 414/429 (Apopka Expressway) northbound. U.S. 441 travels northwest from Orlando and Hiawassee to Mt. Dora, Eustis and Taveras.

05/19/22

SR 429 Connector is an access road arcing west to U.S. 441 (OBT) and east to CR 437 (Plymouth-Sorrento Road). CR 437 parallels Wekiva Parkway north to Bay Ridge and SR 453 (Mt. Dora Connector) near the Lake County line.

05/19/22

An end shield for SR 414 west stands just ahead of mile marker 34 at the beginning of Wekiva Parkway.

05/19/22

Wekiva Parkway spans a wetland area north between Southfork Drive and the Belgian Street overpass.

09/03/17

Confirming marker for SR 429 north at the Belgian Road overpass.

05/19/22

Tolls along Wekiva Parkway are collected electronically at AET gantries between each interchange.

05/19/22

Traveling north through the Ponkan mainline toll collection point.

09/03/17

The initial guide sign for Exit 39 to SR 453 precedes the off-ramp for Kelly Park Road. The Mount Dora Connector (Section 2C) provides a high speed route northwest to SR 46 west to Mount Dora.

05/19/22

SR 429 (Wekiva Parkway) shifts westward beyond the Ponkan Road underpass. A parclo interchange (Exit 38) follows with Kelly Park Road.

05/19/22

Kelly Park Road provides a second link with parallel CR 437 (Plymouth Sorrento Road). CR 437 passes below SR 429 north en route to Sorrento.

05/19/22

One half mile ahead of Exit 38 to Kelly Park Road. Kelly Park Road extends east to CR 435 (Mt. Plymouth Road) and Kelly Park / Rock Springs.

05/19/22

Wekiva Parkway opened north from Kelly Park Road to SR 46 in Lake County at 2 PM on March 31, 2018.

05/19/22

CR 437 is poorly signed outside of assemblies posted by the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX). The route originates from SR 438 in Ocoee and ends at CR 46 (Sorrento Avenue) in Sorrento.

09/03/17

A second branch of CR 437 leads north from CR 46 (Sorrento Avenue) and Sorrento to SR 44 and CR 44A (Burlington Avenue) in Lake County.

09/03/17

Advancing north across Kelly Park Road, SR 429 meets SR 453 (Mt. Dora Connector) in three quarters of a mile.

05/19/22

SR 453 continues the U.S. 441 bypass from the Apopka Expressway north for motorists headed west to Taveras, Eustis and Leesburg.

05/19/22

SR 429 begins a gradual eastern turn toward Mt. Plymouth in Lake County.

05/19/22

An auxiliary lane opens along Wekiva Parkway northbound from Kelly Park Road to the two lane flyover (Exit 39) for the Mt. Dora Connector.

05/19/22

SR 453 branches northwest three miles from Exit 39 to link with SR 46 west to Mt. Dora and Sorrento Avenue east to Sorrento.

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