Bee Line Expressway Engineering Report

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Title

Bee Line Expressway Engineering Report

Alternative Title

Bee Line Engineering Report

Subject

Roads--Florida
Highways

Description

An engineering report for the planned construction of Florida State Road 528 (SR 528), also called the Martin Andersen Bee Line Expressway, published in November of 1964. This report include details regarding the original phase of the project, along with a summary of future extensions, site plans, maps, and bridge plans. Now known as the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway, SR 528 is a Central Florida Toll Road that connects Orlando, Florida, at Interstate 4 (I-4) with Cocoa Beach at Florida State Road A1A (SR A1A). The highway operates under the joint guidance of the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) and the Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). The first segment of the 41 mile road was opened on July 14, 1968. Martin Anderson, the influential owner of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, proposed the road to connect Orlando to the Florida State Road 520 (SR 520) exchange that ran to Cocoa Beach.

Source

Original 52-page report: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.

Date Created

ca. 1964-11

Date Copyrighted

1964-11-01

Date Submitted

8.01 MB

Contributor

Hills
Bergendoff
Lake, Harriett

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 52-page report.

Is Part Of

Sky Lake Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

application/pdf

Medium

52-page report

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Florida State Road 528, Orlando, Florida
Florida State Road 528, Christmas, Florida
Interstate 4-Florida State Road 528 Crossroad, Orlando, Florida
Sunshine State Parkway-Florida State Road 528 Crossroad, Orlando, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally published by the Orange County Expressway Authority.

Rights Holder

This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. of state copyright laws:
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This resource is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to Secton 24 of the Florida Constitution.

Curator

Barnes, Mark

Digital Collection

Source Repository

External Reference

"Welcome to State Road 528." Central Florida Expressway Authority. https://www.cfxway.com/TravelersExpressways/Expressways/CurrentExpressways/528BeachLine.aspx.

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Original Format

52-page report

Collection

Citation

“Bee Line Expressway Engineering Report,” RICHES, accessed March 19, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7017.

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