Florida State Road 15
State Road 15 (commonly SR 15) is part of the Florida State Road System. It runs from SR 80/SR 880 at Belle Glade north along the east shore of Lake Okeechobee to Okeechobee. Then it runs north to SR 500 (US 192) at Holopaw, and northwest along SR 500 to Ashton (east of St. Cloud), where it ends.
County Road 15 in Osceola County and Orange County connects to the beginning of the next section, at SR 528 (the Bee Line Expressway) east of Orlando International Airport. From there, SR 15 travels north on Narcoossee Road, west on Hoffner Road, north on Conway Road through Conway, west on Lake Underhill Road, and west on South Street (northbound) and Anderson Street (southbound) on both sides of SR 408 (the east–west Expressway) to downtown Orlando. It then travels north on Mills Avenue and continues all the way to downtown Jacksonville. From there it goes north along Main Street and west on the 20th Street Expressway, and then northwest into Georgia, as Georgia State Route 15.
SR 15 is unsigned, except in four places:
- from the south end to US 441 south of Runyon
- from Pahokee north to Okeechobee
- SR 528 to SR 50 in downtown Orlando
- the junction sign on CR 209 for US 17 also posts a sign for SR 15, even though it is signed US 17 on that portion.
The rest is signed as various U.S. Highways:
- US 441 from south of Runyon to the end of the first section, east of St. Cloud
- US 17 from Orlando to Jacksonville
- US 1 / US 23 from Jacksonville to Georgia
- US 301 from Callahan to Georgia (co-signed with US 1 and US 23)
SR 15 is locally maintained along Mills Avenue in Orlando from SR 526 (Robinson Street) to SR 50 (Colonial Drive).
Read more about Florida State Road 15: Major Roads Intersected, History, Spur in Jacksonville
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