State Road 536 (SR 536), named World Center Drive for its entire length, is an east-west state highway that extends from Interstate 4 (I-4) near the EPCOT theme park to SR 535 in Lake Buena Vista, with the road continuing east to SR 417 (The Central Florida GreeneWay) and International Drive.
 State Road 536 | ||||
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| World Center Drive | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 2.034 mi[1] (3.273 km) | |||
| Existed | October 1, 1982–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Walt Disney World Resort | |||
| East end |  SR 535 near Lake Buena Vista | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Orange | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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SR 536 begins at an interchange with I-4/SR 400 in Lake Buena Vista, with the road continuing west into the Walt Disney World Resort as Epcot Center Drive and providing access to the EPCOT theme park section of Disney World. From this interchange it heads east as six-lane divided World Center Drive, passing by two resort hotels and a golf course before intersecting with SR 535. At this intersection, SR 536 ends, with World Center Drive continuing east to International Drive and providing access to an interchange with northbound SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay), with the westbound lanes coming from a southbound exit of the Greeneway.[2][3]
History
editSR 536 was built in the early 1980s to serve the new EPCOT theme park, opened October 1, 1982. After the road was finished, all the land for it that had formerly been part of the Walt Disney World Resort was de-annexed from the City of Lake Buena Vista and the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Orange County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Lake Buena Vista | 0.000 | 0.000 | Epcot Center Drive west – Walt Disney World | Western terminus; continues west as Epcot Center Drive | |
| 0.580 | 0.933 |    I-4 (SR 400) to US 192 – Orlando, Tampa | I-4 exit 67 | ||
| | 2.034 | 3.273 |  SR 535 to I-4 – Kissimmee, Orlando | Eastern terminus | |
| |    International Drive / World Center Drive east to SR 417 north – International Airport, Sea World, Convention Center | World Center Drive continues east | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014
- ^ "Straight-Line Diagrams". Florida Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ^ "overview of State Road 536" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
External links
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Media related to Florida State Road 536 at Wikimedia Commons
