Interstate 95 North - Fort Pierce to Palm Bay

Interstate 95 passes over CR 709 (Glades Cut Off Road) and a Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway line ahead of Exit 126 with CR 712 (Midway Road).

10/17/21

St. Lucie County Road 712 runs 11.93 miles east from SR 70 and the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds to Indian River Drive (CR 707) by Savannas Preserve State Park.

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 126) with CR 712 (Midway Road). Midway Road lines the northern city limits of Port St. Lucie between CR 609A and Christensen Road. White City is 4.5 miles to the east.

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Interstate 95 angles northeast another two miles to a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 129) with SR 70 (Okeechobee Road). Daytona Beach is within a two hour drive.

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04/24/19

Florida's Turnpike and Interstate 95 cross paths for the final time ahead of Tenmile Creek.

07/27/16

Forthcoming State Road 70 is a 148.03 mile long cross peninsular route between U.S. 41 at Oneco and U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce.

10/17/21

SR 70 links Interstate 95 with Florida's Turnpike at SR 713 in west Fort Pierce.

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Exit 129 with SR 70 (Okeechobee Road) represented the temporary end point of I-95 south from Indian River County. The freeway was completed through St. Lucie County in December 1987.
Okeechobee Road heads northeast from Exit 129 to Downtown Port Pierce as CR 770 beyond a split with SR 70 at Virginia Avenue.

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SR 68 stems west from U.S. 1 in Downtown Fort Pierce to meet Interstate 95 at Exit 131.

10/17/21

Confirming marker posted beyond the Graham Road overpass.

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Connections from SR 68 (Orange Avenue) in Fort Pierce lead motorists northward to SR A1A for Fort Pierce Inlet State Park and the National Navy SEAL Museum.

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Orange Avenue doubles as State Road 68 east from adjacent SR 713 to U.S. 1 for a distance of 4.50 miles.

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A distributor roadway separates from I-95 north at Exit 131 to SR 68 (Orange Avenue) east to Fort Pierce.

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West of SR 714, SR 68 transitions to County Road 68, a 25.25 mile long continuation of the route to U.S. 441 in rural Okeechobee County.

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Interstate 95 passes over SR 713 ahead of a set of rest areas south of Belcher Canal.

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Part of a $78.3 million project commenced in July 15, 2011 to widen I-95 from four to six lanes between SR 70 and SR 614 (Indrio Road). Work finished in early 2015.¹

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A rural diamond interchange joins Interstate 95 with SR 614 (Indrio Road) at Exit 138.

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SR 614 spurs east from Interstate 95, 3.58 miles to SR 713 (Kings Highway) by Lakewood Park.

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Two lanes part ways with I-95 north for Exit 138 to SR 614 (Indrio Road). Indrio Road leads directly to U.S. 1 at Indrio while SR 713 angles northeast to U.S. 1 near Oslo.

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An east side frontage road parallels I-95 northward to the Spanish Lakes Fairways manufactured homes community. This is the lone development along the freeway northward to Exit 147.

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Vero Beach is the next control city along Interstate 95 north in 14 miles. Costing $17.2 million, the phase widening I-95 between Indrio Road and the Indian River County line was completed in June 2013 as part of the overall expansion northward from SR 70.²

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The 27.23 mile drive through St. Lucie County concludes as Interstate 95 enters a 19.20 mile stretch through Indian River County.

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Curving westward by 90th Avenue, I-95 converges with SR 60 west from Indian River Mall and the West Vero Corridor. $54.4 million in widening from September 29, 2011 and Fall 2014 expanded the freeway to six overall lanes. Expansion focused on 6.84 miles of I-95 from the St. Lucie County to SR 60 (Osceola Boulevard).³

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SR 60 and Interstate 95 converge at a parclo interchange (Exit 147), eight miles west of Downtown Vero Beach.

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Holman Stadium and the Jackie Robinson Training Complex lies north between SR 60 and Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB) off 43rd Avenue in Vero Beach.

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Traveling 161.34 miles overall, SR 60 joins Clearwater Beach on the Gulf Coast with Vero Beach on the Treasure Coast. The state road carries four overall lanes for the majority of its route.

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An emergency detour route for Interstate 95 northbound follows SR 60 west to CR 512 north into Fellsmere.

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Lake Wales lies 70 miles to the west via SR 60 at U.S. 27 in Polk County. SR 60 crosses the Merril P. Barber Bridge onto Orchard Island at the Riverside Theatre in ten miles.

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Final widening of Interstate 95 along the Treasure Coast kicked off on May 28, 2013. Completed in Summer 2016, expansion of the 12.51 mile segment to the Brevard County line cost $50.6 million.⁴

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Sebastian, a city along U.S. 1 at County Road 512, is 11 miles away. Daytona Beach is another 114 miles further along I-95 north.

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CR 512 continues east from Exit 156 and St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park to become Sebastian Boulevard northward to U.S. 1 at Riverview Park in Sebastian.

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Exit 156 departs Interstate 95 north for CR 512 (Fellsmere Road). Overall the county road travels 19.65 miles.

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The Central Railroad Corridor Greenway Pedestrian Overpass spans I-95 within the exchange at CR 512. Costing $4.6 million, the bridge connects a two mile section of the Trans-Florida Central Rail Trail between North County Regional Park and the Fellsmere Trailhead Preserve. Work on the overpass ran from April 2017 to July 2018.⁵

04/24/19

Construction of a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) with St. Johns Heritage Parkway at Exit 166 reduced the distance to the ensuing exit north from CR 512 to nine miles.

09/28/13

Advancing north toward Brevard County. Melbourne is about a 30-minute drive while Daytona Beach (105 miles) is less than two hours away.

04/24/19

The freeway turns northwest to cross Canal Number 54.

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Interstate 95 north enters Brevard County just ahead of the bridge across Canal Number 54. The freeway extends 73 miles north through the Space Coast county en route toward Daytona Beach and Jacksonville.

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I-95 shifts from FDOT District 4 to District 5 into Brevard County. Jacksonville replaces Daytona Beach as the main control city for the freeway northbound. 51.76 million in construction expanded 12.44 miles of I-95 from the Indian River County line to Malabar Road by Spring 2014. Included was the replacement of bridges over C-54 Canal and Fellsmere Canal.⁶

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Curving northward ahead of the Micco Road overpass, I-95 advances two miles to an extension of St. Johns Heritage Parkway. Historically referred to as Palm Bay Parkway, the first segment of the arterial beltway north to Melbourne was completed in the city of Palm Bay between Malabar Road and an extension of Emerson Drive.

04/24/19

The DDI at Exit 166 with a 1.67 mile segment of St. Johns Heritage Parkway SE remained closed to traffic until on August 11, 2020. Delays due to gopher tortoise removal, weather and design changes pushed completion of the adjacent $9.9 million parkway section funded by the city of Palm Bay. Began in May 2018, construction was scheduled for completion on June 19, 2019 and subsequently pushed back to December 2, 2019.⁸

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Travelers advance to the first of two rest areas along I-95 north within Brevard County in two miles.

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The south Brevard rest area lies north of Grant Road overpass. The north Brevard rest area is located 1.5 miles beyond SR 46 and Exit 223.

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Reassurance shield for northbound after the rest area near mile marker 168.

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Exit 173 is the first of two exits for Palm Bay from I-95 north. Connecting I-95 with U.S. 1 in Malabar, SR 514 (Malabar Road) stems east 4.26 miles.

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A random reassurance shield precedes the Babcock Street (CR 507) overpass and Exit 173 along I-95 northbound.

04/01/14

Exit 173 departs Interstate 95 for SR 514 (Malabar Road).

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Suburban development from Palm Bay extends west 6.5 miles from the diamond interchange with I-95 to the first segment of St. Johns Heritage Parkway.

04/24/19

The town of Malabar spreads to the east along SR 514 to U.S. 1 along the Indian River.

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Progressing northwest through Palm Bay, I-95 meets CR 516 at Exit 176 in two miles. Seven miles away, Melbourne lies between the freeway and U.S. 1 along U.S. 192. Travelers bound for Jacksonville reach the First Coast city in 174 miles.

05/05/18

The diamond interchange at Exit 176 joins I-95 with a commercialized stretch of Palm Bay Road (CR 516) in one mile.

09/28/13

CR 516 (Palm Bay Road) travels 5.48 miles east from nearby CR 509 (Minton Road) to U.S. 1. Palm Bay Road comprises a six lane arterial between Minton Road and Robert J. Conlan Boulevard.

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Interstate 95 proceeds 3.5 miles northwest from CR 516 (Exit 176) to June Park and U.S. 192 (New Haven Avenue).

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