Florida State Road 514

State Road 514
	Malabar Road
	SR 514 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	4.262 mi[1] (6.859 km)
Major junctions
West end	I-95 in Palm Bay
East end	US 1 in Malabar
Location
Counties	Brevard
Highway system

State Road 514 (SR 514), known locally as Malabar Road, is a 4.262-mile-long (6.859 km) east–west highway that serves eastern Palm Bay and Malabar. It is the only east–west major road in Brevard County to be in both the 27th and 28th degrees latitude.

Route description

SR 514's western terminus is at the interchange with Interstate 95, where the road continues west as County Road 514. Through the city of Palm Bay, Florida, the road is a minimum of four lanes. This narrows down to two lanes as it enters Malabar. The route passes Palm Bay Hospital on the north side. Weber Road and Corey Road, the two major north-south highways through Malabar, both intersect State Road 514. Between the town limits of Malabar and U.S. Route 1, the speed limit is 50 mph with two lanes. Both the city hall of Malabar and the volunteer fire department are located on this road.

Future

Causeway

There is a proposed causeway over the Indian River Lagoon east of U.S. Route 1, that would extend the state road for two miles (3 km). If it was built, the route would be approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long totaled. Because of a condominium community on the barrier island, it would steer away from it and head directly east–west to State Road A1A.

Improvements

In February 2017, the town of Malabar, Florida sent a packet[2] of information to Florida's governor Rick Scott about the numerous problems plaguing the eastern portion of the road. This included recommendations to expand the current two lanes to four in order to align with the portion of road in Palm Bay, Florida as well as adding various traffic control features at several dangerous intersections (such as Weber Road), installing an additional turning lane for Palm Bay Hospital and adding a caution light at the Malabar Fire Department.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Brevard County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Palm Bay	0.000	0.000	west end of state maintenance
	0.10	0.16	I-95 (SR 9) – Jacksonville, Miami	I-95 exit 173
	0.622	1.001	SR 507 north (Babcock Street / CR 507 south) – Fellsmere
Malabar	4.262	6.859	US 1 (SR 5)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014

External links

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[sld-1] FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014