Florida State Road 50

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State Road 50
SR 50 highlighted in red, SR 50A highlighted in blue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length	114.269 mi[1] (183.898 km)
Existed	1945 renumbering (definition)–present
Major junctions
West end	US 19 in Weeki Wachee
Major intersections	US 41 in Brooksville I-75 near Brooksville US 301 in Ridge Manor US 27 in Clermont Florida's Turnpike in Oakland US 17 / US 92 / US 441 in Orlando I-4 in Orlando SR 417 near Union Park I-95 in Titusville
East end	US 1 in Titusville
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Hernando, Sumter, Lake, Orange, Brevard
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US State Former Pre‑1945 Toll Scenic
← SR 49 → SR 51

State Road 50 (SR 50) runs across the center of the U.S. state of Florida through Orlando, with its termini at SR 55 (US 19) at Weeki Wachee and SR 5 (U.S. Route 1) in Titusville.

SR 50 is signed east–west. Within various counties throughout the state, the highway is signed with various names such as Cortez Boulevard in Hernando County and Colonial Drive in Orange County. The former section includes the concurrency with US 98 between Brooksville and near Ridge Manor. US 98-SR 50 is the only interchange with Interstate 75 in Hernando County.

Several portions of SR 50 east of SR 436 follow the original Cheney Highway, which was named for John Moses Cheney and was the first road to the coast from Orlando. Full travel from Orlando to Titusville on the Old Cheney Highway, however, is not possible due to the demolition of a bridge over the Econlockhatchee River.^[2] At the eastern terminus of SR 50, NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is visible.

State Road 408, also known as the East-West Expressway or Toll Road 408, from its western starting point near Ocoee to its eastern terminus near the University of Central Florida near Bithlo, runs almost directly parallel to SR 50, with most exits on the 408 being within a mile to 2 miles away from SR 50. The East-West Expressway was originally designed to, and still does, relieve traffic congestion on SR 50 during rush hour.