NASA Causeway - NASA Parkway West (from West To East)

NASA Parkway West (from West To East)

The portion of the parkway between U.S. Route 1 and State Road 3 is designated NASA Parkway West and also known as NASA Causeway West.

Although the designation of Florida State Route 405 begins further inland, the Parkway itself begins on the mainland when Columbia Boulevard crosses U.S. Route 1 in Titusville. Continuing eastward, NASA Parkway West crosses the Indian River Lagoon. A bascule bridge permits boats on the Intercoastal Waterway to pass through the causeway. Continuing eastward, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km), it enters the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and the John F. Kennedy Space Center near its intersection with Space Commerce Way (also known as Government Road). At this point, the Merritt Island peninsula is at its widest and about 6 miles (9.7 km) wide, permitting the Parkway to make maximum use of land sections in reaching Cape Canaveral.

East of Space Commerce Way, the Parkway passes the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The general public is not permitted beyond this point. Approximately 0.6 miles (0.97 km) east of the Visitor Complex, a NASA security gate permits access to authorized tour buses and Kennedy Space Center staff and supply vehicles only. Immediately east of the gate, the Parkway intersects with Florida State Route 3, the division line between the western and eastern portions of the Parkway.

Tour buses access the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Saturn V Center and the Space Shuttle landing strip by journeying north from this point on Kennedy Parkway.

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