Route Description
SR 408 begins at Florida's Turnpike, heading east towards its official western terminus at West Colonial Drive, (Florida State Road 50) near Ocoee. After the interchange with Good Homes Road (exit 2), the tollway passes through the Hiawassee barrier toll, the first of four mainline toll barriers. From there, SR 408 serpentines eastward through the neighborhoods of Orlovista and Pine Hills making major junctions with Florida State Road 435 (Kirkman Road), passing through the Pine Hills barrier toll east of Pine Hills Road, Florida State Road 423 (John Young Parkway), and US Route 441 (Orange Blossom Trail), with the Citrus Bowl being accessible from the Orange Blossom Trail exit. East of the exit, the high rise skyline of Central Orlando becomes visible. The east-west Expressway makes a major junction with Interstate 4 in Downtown and proceedes eastward to the Conway Toll Plaza, followed by major junctions with Florida State Road 436 (Semoran Boulevard), and Florida State Road 417 (Central Florida Greeneway). The route continues through the Dean Road Toll Plaza and the exits to Florida State Road 434 (Alafaya Trail) and Florida State Road 50 (East Colonial Drive). The tollway's eastern terminus is Challenger Parkway, however Challenger Parkway continues until Alafaya Trail.
SR 408 runs almost entirely parallel to Florida State Road 50 throughout its entire course. At the 408/417 spur is the only location where SR 408 stops running parallel to SR 50 and takes a northeastely turn which takes it from being parallel to SR 50.
Read more about this topic: Florida State Road 408
Famous quotes containing the words route and/or description:
“The route through childhood is shaped by many forces, and it differs for each of us. Our biological inheritance, the temperament with which we are born, the care we receive, our family relationships, the place where we grow up, the schools we attend, the culture in which we participate, and the historical period in which we live—all these affect the paths we take through childhood and condition the remainder of our lives.”
—Robert H. Wozniak (20th century)
“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)