STATE ROAD 528 (MARTIN ANDERSEN BEACHLINE EXPRESSWAY)
The State Road 528 - Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway provides a crucial connection for residents and tourists between the attractions area, the Orlando International Airport and the East Coast beaches and Cape Canaveral. The toll road, formerly known as the Bee Line Expressway, also connects the John F. Kennedy Space Center and the aerospace industry with metropolitan Orlando.
The 41-mile expressway extends east from Interstate 4 in the International Drive resort area across State Road 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay) and Interstate 95 to end at U.S. Highway 1 in Cocoa.
The Beachline is owned and maintained by three agencies – the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, the Florida's Turnpike Enterprise and the Florida Department of Transportation. The Expressway Authority operates the 24 miles from near U.S. Highway 441 to SR 520. The Turnpike operates the western-most eight miles as the Beachline Expressway West. FDOT District 5 operates the nine miles east of SR 520 to the Bennett Causeway at US 1.
The Expressway Authority opened the first 24-mile stretch of the then-Bee Line Expressway in 1967 at a cost of $6.8 million. It was the first project completed by the agency, which was established by the state legislature in 1963. The toll road was named after Martin Andersen, the long-time Orlando Sentinel publisher who helped push to get SR 528 built and for his efforts to promote Central Florida for 30 years.
With the initial Florida Turnpike Authority having been abolished in May 1969, the Florida Department of Transportation took up the east and west extensions of SR 528. FDOT opened those ends of the roadway in 1973. When work was finished motorists could go from I-4 to the East Coast for 70 cents.
Initially there was an at-grade intersection between SR 528 and SR 436. In a joint project, the Expressway Authority and FDOT built and opened a full interchange in that location in January 1983 to accommodate traffic heading to the then-new Orlando International Airport (opened in 1981).
SR 528 had been named the Bee Line Expressway because it "bee-lined" or took a straight shot east to Interstate 95. In July 2005, in an effort to spur tourism and promote Central Florida beaches, the toll road was renamed to the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway.
In April 2008, the Expressway Authority finished a new flyover ramp from westbound SR 528 to southbound SR 436, improving access into the Orlando International Airport. To enhance safety, the old westbound SR 528 ramp to southbound SR 436 into OIA was removed. The portion of SR 528 and the bridge over the expressway at the interchange also are now wider following the project.
For the Expressway Authority's SR 528 map, click here  .
For information on current SR 528 Expressway Authority projects, click here.
For information on current SR 528 Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise projects, click here  .
For information on the Expressway Authority portions of the SR 528- Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway, contact:
Brian Hutchings
Public Information Officer
407-383-5817
408work@oocea.com
For information on the Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise portion of the SR 528- Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway, contact:
Christa Deason
Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Headquarters
Public Information Office
PO Box 613069
Ocoee, FL 34761
407-264-3492
christa.deason@dot.state.fl.us
For information on the Florida’s Department of Transportation portion of the SR 528- Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway, contact:
Steve Homan
Florida Department of Transportation
District 5 Public Information Office
719 S. Woodland Blvd.
Deland, FL 32720
386-943-5479
steve.homan@dot.state.fl.us
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