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{{Infobox road
| state = FL
| type = Toll
| route = 408
| alternate_name = Spessard L. Holland East-West Expressway
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Florida State Road 408}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = SR&nbsp;408 highlighted in red
| maint = [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise|FTE]] and [[Central Florida Expressway Authority|CFX]]
| length_mi = 22.107
| length_round = 3
| length_ref = <ref name="2008fdotir" /><ref name=sld />
| established = October 26, 1973
| direction_a = West
| direction_b = East
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=FL|FLTP}} in [[Gotha, Florida|Gotha]]
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=FL|SR|50}} in [[Alafaya, FL|Alafaya]]
| previous_type = SR
| next_type = SR
| previous_route = 407
| next_route = 414
| counties = [[Orange County (FL)|Orange]]
| junction = {{Jct|state=FL|US|17|US|92|US|441}} in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />{{jct|state=FL|I|4}} in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />{{jct|state=FL|Toll|417}} near [[Union Park, FL|Union Park]]
}}

'''State Road 408''' ('''SR&nbsp;408'''), officially named the '''Spessard L. Holland East–West Expressway''', is a [[controlled-access highway|controlled-access]] [[toll road]] running east–west through [[Orlando, Florida]], [[United States]]. It is owned and operated by the [[Central Florida Expressway Authority]] (CFX), except for the westernmost mile (1.5&nbsp;km), which is owned by [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise]] as a connection to [[Florida's Turnpike]]. The road runs from [[Florida's Turnpike]] in [[Gotha, Florida|Gotha]], east through downtown [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], where it intersects with [[Interstate 4|I-4]], ending near [[Florida State Road 50|SR&nbsp;50]] south of the [[University of Central Florida]]. The road is named for [[Spessard L. Holland]].

A short connection to [[Florida State Road 417|SR&nbsp;417]], originally part of SR&nbsp;408, was a spur of SR&nbsp;408,<ref name="FDOT GIS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623132615/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm|url-status=dead|title=FDOT GIS data|archivedate=June 23, 2007}}</ref> and is sometimes labeled '''State Road 4080'''.<ref>The [[Florida Department of Transportation]] Roadway Characteristics Inventory lists SR 4080 as "EAST CONN TO 50". It also appeared on some maps, including those produced by the [[Dolph Map Company]].</ref> The spur has been removed and the interchange with SR 417 has been revamped. The [[right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] where SR 408 once ended at SR&nbsp;50 west of [[Florida State Road 435|SR&nbsp;435]] (Kirkman Road) was once called '''State Road 4081'''.<ref>The [[Florida Department of Transportation]] Roadway Characteristics Inventory lists SR 4081 as "WEST CONN TO 50".</ref> This spur is now a drainage basin.

== Route description ==
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SR&nbsp;408 begins at [[Florida's Turnpike]], heading east towards West Colonial Drive ([[Florida State Road 50|SR&nbsp;50]]) near [[Ocoee, Florida|Ocoee]].  After the interchange with Good Homes Road, 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 [[Orlo Vista]] and [[Pine Hills, Florida|Pine Hills]] making major junctions with [[Florida State Road 435|State Road 435]] (Kirkman Road), passing through the Pine Hills barrier toll east of Pine Hills Road, [[Florida State Road 423|State Road 423]] (John Young Parkway), and [[U.S. Route 441 in Florida|U.S. Route 441]] ([[Orange Blossom Trail]]), with [[Camping World Stadium]] (formerly the Citrus Bowl) being accessible from the Orange Blossom Trail exit. Motorists heading east enter the Orlando city limits at mile marker 8, where they are greeted with a view of the high-rise skyline of [[Downtown Orlando|Central Orlando]]. The East–West Expressway passes through a major stack interchange with [[Interstate 4]] in Downtown and proceeds eastward to the Conway Toll Plaza, followed by major junctions with [[Florida State Road 436|State Road 436]] (Semoran Boulevard), and [[Florida State Road 417|State Road 417]] (Central Florida Greeneway). The route continues through the Dean Road Toll Plaza and the exits to [[Florida State Road 434|State Road 434]] (Alafaya Trail) and [[Florida State Road 50|State Road 50]] (East Colonial Drive). The tollway's eastern terminus is Challenger Parkway near its intersection at Woodbury Road. Challenger Parkway continues on until Alafaya Trail as it cuts through the southern part of [[Central Florida Research Park]].

SR 408 runs almost entirely parallel to [[Florida State Road 50|State Road 50]] throughout its entire route.

== Tolls ==
There are four mainline toll plazas on the tollway. Each of them have at least two express lanes dedicated to [[E-Pass]]/[[SunPass]] for [[electronic toll collection]] which do not require motorists to stop at a booth and lanes dedicated to cash collection.  Excepting the Mills off ramp, which has only two lanes for exact change, the ramp toll plazas have both a lane dedicated to ETC and a lane dedicated to exact change only with no change provided.

The current toll rates took effect in July 2012.<ref name="tolls">{{Cite web  |url=https://www.oocea.com/Portals/0/docs/Toll%20Facilities/2012%20Toll%20Facilities%20Reference%20Manual.pdf |publisher=Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority |title=2012 Toll Facilities Reference Manual |date=July 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012 |pages=25–43  |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516174715/https://www.oocea.com/Portals/0/docs/Toll%20Facilities/2012%20Toll%20Facilities%20Reference%20Manual.pdf  |archive-date=16 May 2013  }}</ref>

== History ==

=== Initial segment ===
The [[Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority]] had been formed in 1963 for the purpose of building the [[Bee Line Expressway]]. In early 1966, while that road was still under construction, Governor [[Haydon Burns]] asked the OOCEA to look into an east–west [[freeway]] across downtown [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] to relieve traffic on [[State Road 50 (Florida)|State Road 50]] (Colonial Drive). An engineering study recommended a western terminus at SR 50 west of [[State Road 435 (Florida)|State Road 435]] (Kirkman Road) and an eastern terminus at SR 50 east of [[Goldenrod Road]] ([[State Road 15A (Florida)|State Road 15A]]). One alternate ran close to SR 50, while the other – which was chosen by June 1969 – ran further south. Bonds were sold in May 1971. In December of that year, the OOCEA voted to name it the '''Spessard Lindsay Holland East–West Expressway''', in honor of [[Spessard Holland]], who had just retired from representing Florida in the [[U.S. Senate]]. [[Groundbreaking]] was held just east of [[Semoran Boulevard]] on February 5, 1972.<ref name="OOCEA book">{{Cite book|first=Jerrell H.|last=Shofner|url=http://www.oocea.com/pdf/book_OOCEA.pdf|title=Building a Community: The History of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority|publisher=Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority|year=2001|isbn=0-9714713-0-4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407165302/http://oocea.com/pdf/book_OOCEA.pdf|archive-date=2008-04-07}}</ref>

The final design took SR 408 across [[Interstate 4]] just south of Anderson Street. The [[interchange (road)|interchange]] – a [[double trumpet]] – connected to I-4 south of Gore Street, and resulted in the closure of four of the six ramps at Gore Street, which had intersected I-4 with a six-ramp [[partial cloverleaf]]. (The loops were in the southwest and southeast quadrants.) To the east, SR 408 crossed Lake Underhill. East of [[Goldenrod Road]], the decision was made in 1970 to temporarily include three [[at-grade intersection]]s at Chickasaw Trail, Valencia College Lane and Millinocket Lane.<ref name="OOCEA book" />

[[File:East-West Expressway logo.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Former East–West Expressway shield, with an [[orange (fruit)|orange]]]]
The west half, from SR 50 to Mills Avenue, opened October 26, 1973. The rest was completed by December 11. The two barrier toll plazas – Holland West and Holland East – each charged 20 cents, while the ramp tolls – present at [[Orange Blossom Trail]], Mills Avenue, Bumby Avenue, Conway Road and [[Semoran Boulevard]], charged 10 cents. The [[Florida Department of Transportation]] took over operation and maintenance, giving revenues to the OOCEA.<!--when did this change?--> The final cost of the 13.3-mile (21.4&nbsp;km) road was about $89 million.<ref name="OOCEA book" />

Most tolls were doubled on January 1, 1987.<!--details needed--><ref name="OOCEA book" />

=== Eastern extension ===
[[File:Florida SR 4080 at Valencia College Lane.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An aerial view of the former [[single-point urban interchange]] with Valencia College Lane/SR 4080.]]
Prior to the start of construction on the eastern extension, the [[Northeastern Beltway (Orlando)|Northeastern Beltway]] ([[State Road 417 (Florida)|State Road 417]]) was built north from the existing east end of the East–West Expressway at Colonial Drive. As part of this project, in 1987 and 1988, two ramps were added to the [[Goldenrod Road]] interchange to make it full, and the three [[at-grade intersection]]s were removed – Chickasaw Trail became an overpass, Valencia College Lane became an [[interchange (road)|interchange]], and Millinockett Lane was simply cut. Ramp tolls<!--how much?--> were added at Valencia College Lane and SR 50, adding to the cost of traveling the original East–West once tolling on the new road began January 1, 1989.<ref name="OOCEA book" />

By 1984, the alignment of the eastern extension of SR 408 had been chosen. The area was planned to be developed, and the OOCEA hoped to build the road before development made that impossible. Construction began in 1987, and the west piece, from existing SR 408 (redesignated SR 4080) to Rouse Road, opened May 12, 1989. The rest of the six-mile (10&nbsp;km) road opened in June, with a total cost of $105 million. This project included a full [[interchange (road)|interchange]] with the planned [[Southeastern Beltway (Orlando)|Southeastern Beltway]] (opened April 14, 1990), the Dean Road barrier toll, as well as a connection at the east end to the [[Central Florida Research Park]]. A wide [[median (road)|median]] was left where the road curves north to end at SR 50 for further extension, but the land to the east has since been developed.<ref name="OOCEA book" />

=== Western extension ===
A connection to [[Florida's Turnpike]] and the planned [[Western Beltway (Orlando)|Western Beltway]] was studied in 1985. (The Beltway, which would have run where Clarke Road now is, was soon shifted west.)  Construction on the 4.5-mile (7&nbsp;km) extension began in mid-1989 and was completed on October 8, 1990, costing $102 million total. The former west end at SR 50 west of Kirkman Road was temporarily designated SR 4081 during construction, and became a [[retention pond]]. A fourth barrier toll – the Hiawassee Road plaza – was added to the road. The extension was designed to have a full [[interchange (road)|interchange]] with the Turnpike, but originally only the north-pointing ramps were built. The full [[interchange (road)|interchange]] with the Turnpike was completed in August 2006.  A temporary [[ticket system]] booth was installed until the Turnpike switched to a coin system in 1991.<ref name="OOCEA book" />

=== Later changes ===
Tolls were again raised July 1, 1990, to 75 cents at barrier tolls and 50 cents on ramps.<!--was this everywhere on 408?--> After public backlash, an experiment began October 11, 1992, in which some of the changes were reverted. The Hiawassee Road and Dean Road barriers were dropped back to 50 cents, and ramp tolls at Hiawassee Road, Valencia College Lane, Dean Road and Rouse Road were cut to 25 cents. The OOCEA board voted on June 17, 1993, to make the changes permanent.<ref name="OOCEA book" />

Due to confusion resulting from the four named toll roads in the Orlando area (East–West Expressway, [[Bee Line Expressway]], [[Eastern Beltway (Orlando)|Eastern Beltway]] and [[Seminole County Expressway]]), the OOCEA decided in 1992 to use the numbers that had already been designated by the [[Florida Department of Transportation]] (FDOT). The old [[orange (fruit)|orange]] symbol was replaced by the number 408 in the new toll road symbol, recently approved by FDOT. Signs were changed in 1993.<ref name="OOCEA book" />

At some point in the late 1990s, the [[John Young Parkway]] (SR 423) [[interchange (road)|interchange]] was completed; it had formerly only had ramps to and from the east.

[[File:Florida State Road 408.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The rebuilt Hiawassee Road toll plaza with express E-Pass lanes]]
All the mainline toll plazas were reconstructed with express [[E-Pass]] lanes in the latter half of the 2000s.  On November 10, 2006, the new Pine Hills Main Toll Plaza opened {{convert|2|mi|km}} west as a replacement of the now demolished Holland West Toll Plaza. The new toll plaza features three express [[E-Pass]] lanes in both directions with open road tolling.

At the western end of the expressway a new set of ramps to [[Florida's Turnpike]] opened in August 2006. Previously it was only possible for westbound traffic to go northbound on the Turnpike. A new ramp allows traffic to also go southbound on the Turnpike. Likewise, previously only southbound Turnpike traffic could exit onto eastbound TOLL 408. A new ramp on the northbound Turnpike allows traffic to enter eastbound TOLL 408. New west facing ramps opened in March 2007 at Good Homes Road, joining pre-existing east facing ramps.

Starting in September 2003, a $600 million widening project occurred in the central and western part of the road.  As part of the project, two through lanes were added along the entire length of the expressway from Hiawassee Road in the west to Oxalis Road (just east of the SR 436 interchange) in the east. The section from downtown Orlando to Hiawassee Road was completed in Spring 2007. The entire project was completed in June 2010.

In the summer of 2010, the Expressway Authority began the widening of SR 408 from Oxalis Avenue to Goldenrod Road as well as the widening of the SR 408 Chickasaw Trail Bridge.  This project was completed in March 2012.<ref name="408future">[https://www.oocea.com/TravelersExpressways/Expressways/CurrentExpressways/408EastWestExpressway/ConstructionProjects/tabid/348/Article/73/sr-408-widening-initiative.aspx Sr 408 Widening Initiative] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154807/https://www.oocea.com/TravelersExpressways/Expressways/CurrentExpressways/408EastWestExpressway/ConstructionProjects/tabid/348/Article/73/sr-408-widening-initiative.aspx |date=2013-05-22 }}</ref> In addition, the interchange with SR 417 was expanded. This resulted in the elimination of SR 4080 and the interchange with Valencia College Lane. Traffic to Valencia College was redirected to Chickasaw Trail and Dean Road.<ref>[[OOCEA]] SR408-SR417 North Interchange Improvement Project {{Cite web |url=http://www.expresswayauthority.com/Corporate/oursystem/SR408/assets/SR408-SR417Ninterchange.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211094611/http://expresswayauthority.com/Corporate/oursystem/SR408/assets/SR408-SR417Ninterchange.pdf |archive-date=2011-12-11 }}</ref>

On October 13, 2016, Central Florida Expressway board members approved to rename a portion of SR 408 after professional golfer [[Arnold Palmer]]. State Representative [[Mike Miller (Florida politician)|Mike Miller]] and State Senator [[David H. Simmons]] sponsored legislation for renaming the road, which was signed into law by Governor [[Rick Scott]] on June 14, 2017. The section of SR 408 between Kirkman Road and Clarke Road was renamed the Arnold Palmer Expressway on July 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=State of Florida Designates Western SR 408 as Arnold Palmer Expressway|publisher=Central Florida Expressway Authority|date=June 30, 2017|url=https://www.cfxway.com/agency-information/newsroom/news-releases/state-of-florida-designates-western-sr-408-as-arnold-palmer-expressway/|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref>

A [[stack interchange]] with [[Interstate 4]] near downtown [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] replaced the original double-trumpet interchange in recent years. The first construction phase began in April 2006 and was completed in November 2008. Due to a lack of funds, the rest of the interchange project was ultimately postponed until the I-4 Ultimate project. Following the first phase, the ramp that originally handled all traffic merging from I-4 only handled traffic from I-4 eastbound, which left abandoned lanes. A [[ramp stub]] was constructed in advance of the completion the conversion to [[stack interchange]] on SR 408 westbound.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Money For Interchange Project Runs Out|date=March 26, 2009|publisher=WFTV|url=http://www.wftv.com/news/19023049/detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919153351/http://www.wftv.com/news/19023049/detail.html|archive-date=September 19, 2010}}</ref> The [[Florida Department of Transportation]] was responsible for this project. On May 19, 2020, Governor [[Ron DeSantis]] formally opened the reconstructed SR 408 ramps with I-4. This was completed as part of the acceleration of I-4 Ultimate improvement project as part of the lack of traffic in Florida due to stay-at-home orders that were implemented within the state of Florida during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

== Future ==

=== Eastern Extensions ===

The OOCEA 2025 Master Plan (2000) suggested extending SR 408 further east toward the west end of [[Florida State Road 520|SR 520]].<ref>[https://www.oocea.com/Portals/0/docs/History%20Book/book_chap16.pdf ''History of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority'', Chapter 16]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; see the page labeled Page 218 (PDF document page 14)</ref> In the OOCEA 2030 Master Plan, this proposed extension was further extended to [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]] in [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]].<ref>https://www.oocea.com/Portals/0/DigArticle/65/2030_Expansion_Map.pdf{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

So far, the SR 408 Eastern Extension project has been put on hold. [https://www.cfxway.com/agency-information/plans-studies/project-studies/sr-408-eastern-extension-pde/] The alternative solution, dubbed the Colonial Parkway has been shelved by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) <ref>https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2020/06/15/floridas-turnpike-holds-off-on-11-billion.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> so as of now the extension is still sitting on hold.

Talks of extending SR 408 south past [[Florida State Road 528|SR 528]], Nova Road, down to [[U.S. Highway 192|US 192]], named the Northeast Connector Expressway Extension (NECEE), a CF&M study done the [[Central Florida Expressway Authority]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cfxway.com/agency-information/plans-studies/project-studies/northeast-connector-expressway-extension/ | title=Northeast Connector Expressway Extension &#124; Central Florida Expressway Authority }}</ref> This further extension would take SR 408 from the Challenger Parkway Interchange with [[Florida State Road 50|SR 50]]/East Colonial Drive over to the proposed terminus at SR 50 near the SR 50/[[Florida State Road 520|SR 520]] then down southward to US 192. But the Southward extensions won't become a reality until after 2040 since these are part of a development plan dubbed the North Ranch Master Plan in [[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola County]]<ref>https://www.osceola.org/core/fileparse.php/2731/urlt/060216_NorthRanchElementDataAndAnalysis.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>

=== Western Improvements ===

Florida's Turnpike Enterprise is currently planning to widen [[Florida's Turnpike]] from 8 to 12 lanes from SR 408 in [[Gotha, Florida|Gotha]] to [[Florida State Road 50|SR 50]]/West Colonial Drive near [[Oakland, Florida|Oakland]] and [[Clermont, Florida|Clermont]] which includes interchange improvements at Florida's Turnpike/[[Florida State Road 429|SR 429]](Daniel Webster Western Beltway) and SR 408 by constructing an 8 lane (4 lanes in both directions) Collector/Distributor System, connecting SR 408 with SR 429 without having to take Florida's Turnpike mainline, which helps drastically decrease the congestion and weaving between the two expressways on the Turnpike.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://floridasturnpike.com/turnpike-projects/featured-projects/widen-turnpike-pde-sr-408-to-sr-50/ | title=Widen Turnpike PD&E, SR 408 to SR 50 }}</ref>

== Exit list ==
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|place=Dean Mainline Toll Plaza
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=
|mile=19.126
|exit=20
|type=etc
|road=Rouse Road
|notes=Trumpet/partial cloverleaf interchange; tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Alafaya
|mile=20.327
|exit=21
|type=incomplete
|road=Alafaya Trail
|notes=Half diamond interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; To [[Waterford Lakes Town Center]]
|lspan=2}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=
|mile=21.958
|exit=23
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|50|name1=East Colonial Drive}}
|notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; end of [[Central Florida Expressway Authority|CFX]] maintenance
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|location=University
|mile=22.107
|exit=
|road=Challenger Parkway
|notes=Continuation east to [[Central Florida Research Park]]
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=etc,incomplete}}

== Challenger Parkway ==

=== Route description ===
Challenger Parkway (local/non-tolled) begins right after SR 408 ends at an interchange with SR 50. It then intersects with Woodbury Road then turns westward, intersecting with 2 streets with a traffic stop, Ingenuity Drive and Challenger Tech Court then ends at SR 434 (Alafaya Trail) in a traffic stop.

== See also ==
* [[Central Florida Expressway Authority]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*[https://www.cfxway.com/for-travelers/expressways/408/ SR 408 (East-West Expressway) – Central Florida Expressway Authority]
*[http://www.terraserverusa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=12&LON=-81.26579&LAT=28.55216 Terraserver "Urban Areas" image of SR 4080] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008152246/http://www.terraserverusa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=12&LON=-81.26579&LAT=28.55216 |date=2007-10-08 }}
*[http://www.terraserverusa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=11&LON=-81.46412&LAT=28.54804 TerraServer "Urban Areas" image of former SR 4081] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008152107/http://www.terraserverusa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=11&LON=-81.46412&LAT=28.54804 |date=2007-10-08 }}
*[http://www.southeastroads.com/fl-408.html Florida @ SouthEastRoads – Florida 408]

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