U.S. Route 192 is an east–west route of the United States Numbered Highway system in central Florida. It runs 75.04 miles (120.76 km) from U.S. Route 27 (State Road 25) in Citrus Ridge, Lake County, east past Walt Disney World and through Kissimmee, St. Cloud and Melbourne, to end at State Road A1A in Indialantic, one block from the Atlantic Ocean. It crosses (and runs concurrent with) its "parent", U.S. Route 92, in Kissimmee.
The U.S. Route is assigned the following unsigned State Road numbers:
- The full length of State Road 530, 18.41 miles (29.63 km) from US 27 (SR 25) to Main Street in Kissimmee
- The southernmost part of State Road 500, 56.62 miles (91.12 km) from Kissimmee to Indialantic
US 192 is a major tourist strip in the area around the Walt Disney World Resort, including "mile markers" (with a variable distance between each) to help tourists locate businesses. In the late 1990s, the Osceola Parkway (County Road 522) opened, providing a tolled alternate between Walt Disney World and Kissimmee.
For most of its route, US 192 is the Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, named after former state representative, senator and cattleman Irlo O. Bronson, Sr.. It is also known as Space Coast Parkway, as it leads to the Space Coast.
Read more about U.S. Route 192: Route Description, History, Major Junctions
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