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{{infobox road
| state = FL
| type = Both
| route = 528
| alternate_name = Martin Andersen Beachline 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 528}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = SR&nbsp;528 highlighted in red
| maint = [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise|FTE]], [[Central Florida Expressway Authority|CFX]], and [[Florida Department of Transportation|FDOT]]
| length_mi = 53.499
| length_ref = <ref name="2008fdotir"/>
| established = February 16, 1974
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=FL|I|4}} near [[Doctor Phillips, Florida|Doctor Phillips]]
| junction = {{plain list|
*{{jct|state=FL|FLTP||US|17|US|92|US|441}} near [[Williamsburg, Florida|Williamsburg]]
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|436}} in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]
*{{jct|state=FL|Toll|417}} in Orlando
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|407}} near [[Cocoa, Florida|Cocoa]]
*{{jct|state=FL|I|95}} in Cocoa
*{{jct|state=FL|US|1}} in Cocoa
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|401}} near [[Cape Canaveral, Florida|Cape Canveral]]
}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=FL|SR|A1A}} near Cape Canaveral
| counties = [[Orange County, Florida|Orange]], [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]]
| previous_type = SR
| previous_route = 527
| next_type = SR
| next_route = 530
}}

'''State Road&nbsp;528''' ('''SR&nbsp;528'''), alternatively named the '''Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway''' (with parts previously named the '''Bee Line Expressway'''), is a partially-[[toll road|tolled]] [[controlled-access highway|freeway]] in the U.S. state of Florida; it is maintained by the [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise]] (FTE), the [[Central Florida Expressway Authority]] (CFX), and the [[Florida Department of Transportation]] (FDOT). Spanning approximately {{convert|53|mi|km}} along a west–east axis, it connects [[Interstate 4]] (I-4) in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] with [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]], [[Titusville, Florida|Titusville]], and [[Cape Canaveral]] on the [[Space Coast]]. It passes close to the [[tourist]] areas of Orlando, including [[SeaWorld]] and [[Universal Orlando]], and serves the north entrance to [[Orlando International Airport]]. Near its east end, it passes over the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] on the Emory L. Bennett Causeway, and ends at [[Florida State Road A1A|SR&nbsp;A1A]] and [[Florida State Road 401|SR&nbsp;401]] near [[Port Canaveral]].

Martin Andersen, a retired publisher, used his influence to get the original stretch of road (from [[Florida State Road 520|SR&nbsp;520]] to Orlando International Airport) built in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Orlando Leader Martin Andersen Dies Former Publisher Helped Set Course for Central Florida |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/05/07/orlando-leader-martin-andersen-dies-former-publisher-helped-set-course-for-central-florida/ |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |date=7 May 1986}}</ref>

The entire Beachline is compatible with the [[SunPass]], [[E-Pass]], [[Peach Pass]], [[NC Quick Pass]], and [[E-ZPass]] electronic toll collection transponders on both mainline plazas and interchange tolls.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.floridasturnpike.com/about_system.cfm#5 |title = System Description: Beachline Expressway |publisher = Florida's Turnpike Enterprise |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100922145103/http://floridasturnpike.com/about_system.cfm |archive-date = September 22, 2010 |access-date = April 14, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = E-Z Pass Accepted on Our Roads |url = https://www.cfxway.com/e-zpass/ |website = CFX Expressway |access-date = January 22, 2019 }}</ref>

==Route description==
[[File:FL 528 WB approaching FL 482.jpg|thumb|left|SR&nbsp;528 westbound approaching SR&nbsp;482 in Orlando]]
The westernmost {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} of the Beachline Expressway, from I-4 to [[Florida State Road 482|SR&nbsp;482]] near the airport, is known as the '''Beachline West Expressway''' and is FTE owned. The section of the expressway is most famous for providing the link for [[tourists]] between Orlando International Airport and Orlando area attractions such as [[SeaWorld]] and [[Universal Orlando]], and [[Walt Disney World]] via I-4. The Beachline begins at an interchange with I-4 (exit 72), and heads east, with interchanges with the tourist-driven [[International Drive]], Orangewood Boulevard, and [[Florida State Road 423|John Young Parkway]]. The highway then jogs north to a massive combined interchange with [[Florida's Turnpike]] and [[U.S. Route 17 in Florida|US&nbsp;17]]/[[U.S. Route 92|US&nbsp;92]]/[[U.S. Route 441 in Florida|US&nbsp;441]] ([[Orange Blossom Trail]]) at exit 4; this interchange serves [[The Florida Mall]] to the north of the road. The section of the Beachline Expressway from exit 0 to exit 4, with the exception of the express lanes, is a "free movement" section, requiring no tolls. The expressway continues east to the Beachline West barrier toll and then to [[Florida State Road 482|SR&nbsp;482]] (McCoy Road/Sand Lake Road) (exit 8), ending FTE maintenance at the northwest edge of the airport.<ref>{{cite map |url = http://www.floridasturnpike.com/maps/UpdatedMaps2008/beachline_west.pdf |title = FTE Map |publisher = [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100922175200/http://floridasturnpike.com/maps/UpdatedMaps2008/beachline_west.pdf |archive-date = September 22, 2010 }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>

CFX maintenance begins at the northwest corner of the airport, with a free movement section between exits 8 and 9 (Tradeport Drive/Conway Road), followed by two airport-access interchanges with [[Florida State Road 436|SR&nbsp;436]] and [[Goldenrod Road]]. The last of the Beachline's free movement sections is between SR&nbsp;436 and with [[Florida State Road 15|SR&nbsp;15]] just east of the airport. {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=In}} east of the airport, it intersects with the [[Florida State Road 417|SR&nbsp;417]] (Central Florida GreeneWay), heading out of Orlando, with the road straightening out as a beeline for the rest of its journey in Orange County. From the GreeneWay to [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]], the Beachline Expressway travels through mostly uninhabited marshlands. It intersects with a barrier toll just east of the GreeneWay, and has interchanges with [[Innovation Way]] and Dallas Boulevard, followed by one more barrier toll. East of the toll plaza, SR&nbsp;528 reaches [[Florida State Road 520|SR&nbsp;520]], the last interchange before the [[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]–[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]] county line, ending CFX maintenance and tolls.<ref>{{cite map |url = http://www.expresswayauthority.com/Corporate/oursystem/SR528/assets/SR528_map.pdf |title = OOCEA Map |publisher = [[Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007071446/http://expresswayauthority.com/Corporate/oursystem/SR528/assets/SR528_map.pdf |archive-date = October 7, 2010 }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>

FDOT maintenance begins at the eastern end of the SR&nbsp;520 interchange, and SR&nbsp;528 crosses the [[St. Johns River]] into Brevard County at mile 35.775.<ref name="2008fdotir"/> Just east of the Brevard County line, the road veers southeast at the interchange with [[Florida State Road 407|SR&nbsp;407]]. It then enters the Space Coast development area before the interchange with I-95 at exit 205 (signed as exit 42AB on SR 528). It continues east, with interchanges with [[Florida State Road 501|SR&nbsp;501]]/[[Florida State Road 524|SR&nbsp;524]] and [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|US&nbsp;1]] before crossing over the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] on the Emory L. Bennett Causeway, followed by interchanges with [[Florida State Road 3|SR&nbsp;3]] and Banana River Drive before ending at [[Florida State Road A1A|SR&nbsp;A1A]] and [[Florida State Road 401|SR&nbsp;401]] near [[Port Canaveral]].

==Tolls==
There are three mainline toll plazas on the tollway and each of them have at least two express lanes dedicated to [[SunPass]] for [[electronic toll collection]], which do not require motorists to stop at a booth, as well as lanes dedicated to cash collection. While the Dallas Boulevard off ramp has a dedicated ETC lane along with an exact change lane, the other two ramp toll plazas only have a combined ETC/Exact Change lane, with no change provided.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority, which operates part of the Beachline from McCoy Road, just east of the airport, to SR&nbsp;520, accepts [[E-ZPass]]. FTE, which operates the Beachline from McCoy road west, also accepts E-ZPass.<ref>[https://www.cfxway.com/e-zpass/ map]</ref>

Tolls on the east-pointing ramps at SR&nbsp;520 are collected by FDOT, and 25 cents of the $1.25 CFX barrier toll east of the airport also goes to FDOT.<ref name="FDOT-owned toll">{{cite book |publisher = Florida Department of Transportation |title = 2005 Annual Report |chapter-url = http://www.dot.state.fl.us/turnpikepio/pdfs/TEAR_2005/Non-TPK%20TEAR/04_Department-owned%20Facilities.pdf |chapter = Department-Owned Facilities |access-date = April 18, 2006 |archive-date = May 20, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105621/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/turnpikepio/pdfs/TEAR_2005/Non-TPK%20TEAR/04_Department-owned%20Facilities.pdf |url-status = dead }}{{full citation needed|date= June 2018}}</ref> There are no toll roads in Brevard County so technically the 25 cents is only for use of the FDOT road section in [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]]. Nonetheless, most road maps show the [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]] section from the Orange County line to [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]] to be a toll road because it is impossible to travel over it without incurring a toll elsewhere. The Toll SR&nbsp;528 shield is also used on this stretch of road as well as on exit signs along I-95.

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 = October 9, 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 = May 16, 2013 }}</ref>

Two [[managed lane]]s in each direction were opened in 2019 and 2020 for the eight miles between [[Interstate 4|I-4]] and McCoy Road near [[Orlando International Airport]]. They were originally built as Express Lanes with congestion-based tolling, but the additional tolls were never implemented, and they have now officially been converted to Thru Lanes.  Although drivers will pay the same toll as for the general use lanes, a SunPass or compatible transponder is required to use the Thru Lanes.  Eastbound drivers can enter from the general use lanes just east of I-4, and can exit shortly before Consulate Drive and [[Florida's Turnpike]], or just before the airport.  Westbound drivers can enter just west of the airport or the Turnpike, and exit only at I-4.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beachline Expressway|url=https://floridasturnpike.com/turnpike-projects/thrulanes/beachline-expressway/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Florida's Turnpike|language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Bee Line logo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Old Bee Line Expressway sign]]

===Pre-Bee Line===

====Orlando area====
Prior to the construction of the Bee Line, State Road 528 was a surface road connecting [[Interstate 4]] with the [[McCoy Jetport]] (now Orlando International Airport) and [[Florida State Road 15|SR&nbsp;15]] (Narcoossee Road). It ran along [[Sand Lake Road]] (now [[Florida State Road 482|State Road 482]]) from I-4 east to [[Orange Blossom Trail]] ([[U.S. Route 17 in Florida|US&nbsp;17]]/[[U.S. Route 92|US&nbsp;92]]/[[U.S. Route 441 in Florida|US&nbsp;441]], [[Florida State Road 500|SR&nbsp;500]]/[[Florida State Road 600|SR&nbsp;600]]), where it turned south to reach Landstreet Road. Landstreet Road took SR&nbsp;528 to Orange Avenue ([[Florida State Road 527|SR&nbsp;527]]) at [[Taft, Florida|Taft]], where SR&nbsp;528 turned back north to [[McCoy Road]]. McCoy Road led east past the north entrance to the Jetport to SR&nbsp;15; part of this is now SR&nbsp;482, while part of McCoy Road from about {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} east of SR&nbsp;527 now serves as a [[frontage road]] to the Beachline Expressway.

An [[interchange (road)|interchange]] at SR&nbsp;528 and Kirkman Road ([[Florida State Road 435|SR&nbsp;435]]) was built c. 1958 to serve the new [[Martin Marietta]] complex (now [[Lockheed Martin]]) just to the south of that junction.<ref name="NBI">[[National Bridge Inventory]] data{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref> At that time, the area at the west end of SR&nbsp;528 was basically empty, and the land was a part of the extensive Martin-owned Orlando Central Park, covering roughly the area bounded by I-4 to the west/northwest, the Florida Turnpike to the northeast/east, and SR&nbsp;482 (West Sand Lake Road) to the south.

====Bennett Causeway and Bee Line Expressway====
The Emory L. Bennett Causeway and approaches, running from [[Florida State Road 520|SR&nbsp;520]] west of [[Cocoa, Florida|Cocoa]] northeast on what is now [[Florida State Road 524|SR&nbsp;524]] and east across [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|US&nbsp;1]], the [[Indian River Lagoon]], [[Merritt Island]] and the [[Banana River]], was dedicated on October 11, 1963, as a two-lane [[toll bridge]] and road.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cocoavillage.com/history/dates/index.html |title = Interesting Dates in the history of the City of Cocoa |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070708095045/http://www.cocoavillage.com/history/dates/index.html |archive-date = July 8, 2007 }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref> It was assigned the SR&nbsp;528 number over its whole length.<!--so at one point SR&nbsp;528 was two segments?--> At the same time, the present [[Florida State Road 401|SR&nbsp;401]] north of SR&nbsp;528 was also built.<ref name="NBI"/><!--A1A apparently used SR&nbsp;520 to SR&nbsp;3? what were current SR&nbsp;A1A and SR&nbsp;401 numbered? I know I've seen a map showing the causeway under construction, but where?--> The causeway was named in honor of [[Emory L. Bennett]], recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions during the [[Korean War]], and is part of the [[Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway]]. SR 528 was initially opened in 1967 and named "The Bee Line Expressway," because it "beelined" east to Interstate 95. The Bee Line Expressway's southern fork was the mainline SR 528 and went to Interstate 95 and then Bennett Causeway to Cocoa Beach, while its northern fork, also designated SR 407, went northeast to I-95 and SR 405 (Columbia Boulevard) at Titusville. (Note: Beeline simply meant the most direct path from one point to another)

===Construction===

====SR&nbsp;15 to SR&nbsp;520====
Martin Andersen, then owner of the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'', helped form the Central Florida Development Commission to ensure that Orlando would prosper, with one of its goals being developing an "adequate road system". With the completion of [[Florida's Turnpike]] and [[Interstate 4|I-4]] in 1963 and 1965, Orlando had [[freeway]] connections to the northwest, southwest, southeast and northeast, but lacked such a connection to the [[Kennedy Space Center]] to the east.

A bill creating the [[Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority]] (OOCEA) was signed into law in 1963, which, unlike the [[Florida State Road Department|State Road Department]] (SRD), could raise money for new roads using [[toll road|tolls]]. Its immediate goal was to build a road to the Kennedy Space Center, but the law was written with the intent of a larger expressway network.<ref name="OOCEA book">{{cite book |first = Jerrell H. |last = Shofner |url = http://www.oocea.com/Corporate/about/History/assets/book_OOCEA.pdf |title = Building a Community: The History of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525135831/http://www.oocea.com/Corporate/about/History/assets/book_OOCEA.pdf |archive-date = May 25, 2011 |publisher = Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority |isbn = 978-0-9714713-0-6 |year = 2001 }}</ref>

The OOCEA wanted to build a freeway all the way from I-4 to Cape Canaveral, but ran into several problems. It had issues with raising money for the road; traffic projections fell short of necessary to pay for the large [[bond issue]] required. It also did not have the authority to build in [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]], and many Brevard residents opposed the roads, as it would draw business away from the Cape Canaveral area to Orlando.<ref name="OOCEA book"/>

The setbacks resulted in a much shorter expressway route running from [[Florida State Road 15|SR&nbsp;15]] (Narcoosee Road) east of the McCoy Jetport east to [[Florida State Road 520|SR&nbsp;520]] in east Orange County. This was known as the '''Bithlo Cutoff''', as it allowed traffic from southern Orlando to reach SR&nbsp;520 without going north and east to [[Bithlo, Florida|Bithlo]]. West of SR&nbsp;15, the existing SR&nbsp;528 was to carry traffic to I-4. A new alignment would be built between [[Orange Blossom Trail]] and Orange Avenue ([[Florida State Road 527|SR&nbsp;527]]), directly connecting Sand Lake Road to McCoy Road ([[Florida State Road 482|SR&nbsp;482]]), and McCoy Road east from Daetwyler Drive (the Jetport entrance) to SR&nbsp;15 would be widened as a [[divided highway|divided]] surface road. Additionally, to handle traffic from downtown Orlando, SR&nbsp;15 (Hoffner Avenue) between Conway Road and [[Goldenrod Road]] would be rebuilt. Concurrently, the SRD was extending Lake Barton Road (now [[Florida State Road 436|SR&nbsp;436]], [[Semoran Boulevard]]) south to the Jetport, where it would meet the Bee Line, which opened in 1969.<ref name="OOCEA book"/>

In November 1964, the OOCEA and SRD signed an agreement where the OOCEA would build the road, and then turn it over to the SRD, which would operate and maintain it, giving toll [[revenue]] to the OOCEA.<!--when did this change?--> Construction of the $6.8 million (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|6800000|1966|r=-5}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}) project began in early 1966, with [[groundbreaking]] at the location of the present Dallas Boulevard interchange (exit 24). The {{convert|17.4|mi|km|adj=on}} road was dedicated on July 14, 1967, at the toll plaza just east of SR&nbsp;15, and the remaining section (Orange Blossom Trail to Orange Avenue) opened nine days later. The OOCEA board had voted to name it after Martin Andersen in December 1966, and in 1967 the [[Florida Legislature]] passed this designation into law.<ref name="OOCEA book"/>

====I-4 to McCoy Jetport and SR&nbsp;520 to the Bennett Causeway====
In early 1967, the Florida State Turnpike Authority (FTA) announced plans for an expansion of the Turnpike System, including taking over the existing Bee Line and Bennett Causeway and forming a continuous route from the Turnpike to the Atlantic Ocean, with a spur (now [[Florida State Road 407|SR&nbsp;407]]) to the [[Florida State Road 405|Orsino Causeway]]. Enabling legislation was signed into law in July 1967. However, [[inflation]] caused problems with that plan.<!--explain--> In December 1968, bonds were sold for a joint project—FTA would build from McCoy Jetport west to the Turnpike (at the existing Orlando-South interchange with [[Orange Blossom Trail]]), and Orange and Brevard Counties would fund the extension from SR&nbsp;520 east to the Bennett and Orsino Causeways, in addition to a four-laning on the Bennett Causeway.<ref name="OOCEA book"/>

An [[interchange (road)|interchange]] at [[Florida State Road 15|SR&nbsp;15]] replaced an [[at-grade crossing]] c. 1971.<ref name="NBI"/>

The FTA planned to build from the Turnpike east past the Jetport to SR&nbsp;15, upgrading the existing SR&nbsp;528 (McCoy Road) with [[frontage road]]s from west of the Jetport to SR&nbsp;15. An interchange would be provided with the new [[Florida State Road 436|SR&nbsp;436]], planned to open in 1969. However, Governor [[Claude Kirk]] insisted that the new road continue west past the Turnpike to [[Interstate 4|I-4]], and so the FTA did not have enough money to upgrade the road past the Jetport. (The FTA merged into the new [[Florida Department of Transportation]] (FDOT) in 1969.) The piece from west of the Jetport to the Turnpike opened in late July 1973, and the rest of the road to I-4 opened in December. The road had one toll booth lying between the Turnpike and Jetport. The rest of the road to I-4 was free; initially there were no interchanges except at [[International Drive]], just east of I-4, but overpasses were built at roughly one-mile intervals which would eventually provide exits for Orangewood Boulevard and [[John Young Parkway]].<ref name="OOCEA book"/>

At the same time, construction had begun on the eastern section, originally known as the '''Central Florida Expressway''',<ref name="FDOT-owned toll"/> by December 1971. The road ran east from SR&nbsp;520 past a toll booth to the [[St. Johns River]], where it crossed into Brevard County. Shortly after crossing, it split, with a two-lane spur ([[Florida State Road 407|SR&nbsp;407]]) heading northeast, intersecting [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]], and ending at [[Florida State Road 405|SR&nbsp;405]] west of the Orsino Causeway for access to the central part of the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. The main line headed southeast from the split and then east across I-95 to join the Bennett Causeway approach just west of [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|US&nbsp;1]]. The causeway was widened, with a new eastbound side added c. 1970–1971,<ref name="NBI"/> and the extension of the Bee Line to connect with the two causeways opened February 16, 1974.<ref name="OOCEA book"/> The former Bennett Causeway approach west of the new road became [[Florida State Road 524|SR&nbsp;524]].

====At the Orlando International Airport====
[[File:FL 528 WB Airport Toll Plaza.jpg|thumb|right|Airport Toll Plaza before its removal in 2016]]
While the sections west and east of the Jetport were [[freeway]]s, the piece along McCoy Road, from west of the Jetport to SR&nbsp;15, was a four-lane [[divided highway|divided]] surface road. It had two major intersections—Daetwyler Drive (the Jetport entrance) and [[Semoran Boulevard]] ([[Florida State Road 436|SR&nbsp;436]]), and a number of minor access points. Adding to the need for an upgrade was the [[Greater Orlando Aviation Authority]]'s plans for expanding the Jetport (which became [[Orlando International Airport]] once the expansion was complete in September 1981).<ref name="OOCEA book"/>

To help pay for the upgrade, the OOCEA raised tolls at the Bee Line toll plaza (east of SR&nbsp;15) from 35 cents to 50 cents (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|0.35|1980|{{inflation-year|US-GDP}}|r=2}}–{{inflation|US|0.50|1980|{{inflation-year|US-GDP}}|r=2}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US}})<!--coding ensures this inflates to the same year as the other inflation-adjusted figures) effective May 1, 1980.--> Bonds were sold in January 1981, and the finished SR&nbsp;436/Airport interchange was dedicated on January 21, 1983. The toll plaza just west of the Airport interchange opened July 2, 1983.<ref name="OOCEA book"/>

In 2016, the Airport Toll Plaza was removed replacing it with four ramp tolls on exits 8 and 9.

===Later changes===
The spaces left for interchanges on the section west of the Turnpike have since been used by junctions with Orangewood Boulevard and Universal Boulevard, [[John Young Parkway]] and a partial interchange at Consulate. The Turnpike constructed a southbound SunPass-only off-ramp at milepost 255 to Consulate Drive, which provides a more direct connection to westbound Beachline via the Consulate ramps, and incidentally to [[Orange Blossom Trail]]. This ramp is used primarily by commuters; cash customers, mostly tourists, must exit at Turnpike exit 254 to make this connection. Consulate is a partial interchange, to and from westbound Beachline only. East of SR&nbsp;15, similar connections have been built with International Corporate Park Boulevard and Dallas Boulevard.

The interchange with [[Florida State Road 417|SR&nbsp;417]] (the [[Eastern Beltway (Orlando)|Eastern Beltway]]) opened June 26, 1990, resulting in the toll booth east of SR&nbsp;15 being moved several miles east.<ref name="OOCEA book"/><!--needs info about toll increases—there was apparently one July 1, 1990-->

Tolls were removed on the Bennett Causeway on June 29, 1990, as the bonds were paid off, making the road free east of the SR&nbsp;520 interchange.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/06/22/causeway-tolls-to-end-in-1-week-motorists-jubilant-toll-booths-on-way-out/ |last = Jacobson |first = Susan |title = Causeway Tolls to End in 1 Week Motorists Jubilant Toll Booths on Way Out |work = Orlando Sentinel |date = June 22, 1990 }}</ref>

With the startup of the [[Disney Cruise Line]] from [[Port Canaveral]] in 1998, Disney started running buses along the Bee Line for tourists going between [[Walt Disney World]] and the port.

SR&nbsp;528 east of [[Florida State Road 436|SR&nbsp;436]] was designated the '''Kennedy Space Center Highway''' in 1998 by the [[Florida Legislature]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://election.dos.state.fl.us/laws/98Laws/ch_98-423.pdf |title = Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 1014 |access-date = April 17, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060602052156/http://election.dos.state.fl.us/laws/98Laws/ch_98-423.pdf |archive-date = June 2, 2006 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>

The 20-cent FDOT toll booth east of SR&nbsp;520 was rounded up to 25 cents in July 1996 to improve efficiency. After an agreement signed May 8, 1998 by the OOCEA and FDOT, it was removed May 11, and replaced with an additional 25 cents at the $1 (originally 35-cent) OOCEA toll east of SR&nbsp;417. The extra 25 cents goes to FDOT, as traffic that exits at [[Florida State Road 520|SR&nbsp;520]] now has to pay an extra quarter—the 25-cent ramp tolls pointing eastward at the SR&nbsp;520 interchange were added August 19, 1999.<ref name="FDOT-owned toll"/><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.oocea.com/Corporate/about/BoardMeetings/Default.aspx |title = Minutes of Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority Special Board Meeting |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724180736/http://www.oocea.com/Corporate/about/BoardMeetings/Default.aspx |publisher = Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority |archive-date = July 24, 2008 }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>

The last at-grade interchange on the original Bee Line alignment, a connection on the westbound side to a derelict portion of the McCoy Road frontage, was finally eliminated in 2002 as part of the Goldenrod Road extension project. The break in the frontage allowing eastbound traffic to cross over to McCoy Road at that point had been closed about a decade before during a resurfacing project. At that point, the Bee Line became completely limited-access from I-4 to [[Florida State Road 401|SR&nbsp;401]].

In 2003, a new interchange was completed at George J. King Blvd at Port Canaveral, extending the [[freeway]] beyond SR&nbsp;401. While SR&nbsp;528 officially ends at SR&nbsp;401,<ref name="FDOT GIS">{{cite web |url = http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm |title = FDOT GIS data |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070623132615/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm |archive-date = June 23, 2007 }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref> signage continues it along [[Florida State Road A1A|SR&nbsp;A1A]] to the new interchange at the city limits of [[Cape Canaveral, Florida|Cape Canaveral]].

Between 2003 and 2011, the Bennett Causeway's eastbound bridge over the [[Indian River Lagoon]] was replaced.

The name of the entire road, except between [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|US&nbsp;1]] and [[Florida State Road 3|SR&nbsp;3]] (where it is the Emory L. Bennett Causeway), was officially designated as the '''Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway''' by the 2005 Florida Legislature.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://election.dos.state.fl.us/laws/05laws/ch_2005-292.pdf |title = House Bill No. 385 |access-date = April 17, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060602092336/http://election.dos.state.fl.us/laws/05laws/ch_2005-292.pdf |archive-date = June 2, 2006 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref> This was done after [[lobbying]] by Brevard County, which wanted the shortest route to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] from the Orlando area designated as such. An organization representing businesses on the [[Space Coast]] has put up [[billboard (advertising)|billboard]]s calling it "Orlando's closest beach".

During 2006 construction began on a redesigned interchange with [[Florida State Road 436|SR&nbsp;436]] at the entrance to [[Orlando International Airport]]. It was completed in early 2008. A new flyover ramp was built from the Beachline westbound into the airport, eliminating the weaving of cars entering and leaving the airport from/to the Beachline. The mainline toll plazas east and west of the airport remain subject to traffic congestion because of the high percentage of tourists at those plazas who must pay with cash since they don't have access to [[SunPass]], [[E-Pass]] or other acceptable [[electronic toll collection]] transponders.

The interchange at exit 13 ([[Florida State Road 15|SR&nbsp;15]]) was reconstructed between September 2007 and July 2009, which expanded the interchange ramps and replaced the old bridges with wider ones, and did not eliminate free movement that exists between that exit and exit 11 ([[Florida State Road 436|SR&nbsp;436]]).<ref name="OOCEA fix">{{cite web |url = http://www.expresswayauthority.com/Corporate/oursystem/SR528/Projects.aspx |title = OOCEA: SR&nbsp;528 Construction |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100413082205/http://www.expresswayauthority.com/Corporate/oursystem/SR528/Projects.aspx |archive-date = April 13, 2010 |publisher = Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority |access-date = April 14, 2010 }}</ref>

In May 2007, the FTE began Phase I of a project to widen the Beachline West. It encompasses the reconstruction of the mainline toll plaza located near milepost 5, which is now complete.<!--when was it completed?--> The new mainline toll plaza features two electronic (E-pass/SunPass) at-speed express lanes in each direction in the middle of the roadway (with capability to add another when the roadway proper is widened), and four staffed lanes in each direction to accommodate cash customers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} The OOCEA had a similar reconstruction of the Beachline main toll plaza just east of the Greeneway between January 2008 and July 2009.<ref name="OOCEA fix"/>

In June 2008, a $49 million (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|49000000|2008}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}) project to widen the Beachline from the Turnpike to McCoy Road to four lanes in each direction began. Improvements include widening the existing bridge structures at US&nbsp;441, Landstreet Road, [[CSX Transportation]], CSX Taft Yard, Orange Avenue and McCoy Road, with a new bridge being constructed for the access ramp over CSX.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.floridasturnpike.com/downloads/TurnPOrangeWidenBeachlineEastern.pdf |title = Archived copy |access-date = December 17, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071008145946/http://www.floridasturnpike.com/downloads/TurnPOrangeWidenBeachlineEastern.pdf |archive-date = October 8, 2007 }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>

In 2011, an accident involving an exploding fuel truck destroyed the overpass at [[Florida State Road 3|SR&nbsp;3]]. Traffic was forced to exit the highway around the damage. The overpass was replaced, high priority, within 30 days, for $2.2 million (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|2200000|2011}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}).<ref>{{Cite news |first = R. Norman |last = Moody |title = Motorists Praise Overpass Repairs |url = http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110215/NEWS01/102150331/Motorists-praise-overpass-repairs-State-Road-528-Merritt-Island |newspaper = [[Florida Today]] |location = Melbourne, FL |pages = 1A |date = February 15, 2011 }}</ref>

Sightseers wishing to view the final launch of the [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] in 2011, caused a {{convert|40|mi|km|adj=on}} backup from Cape Canaveral.<ref>{{Cite news |first = Andrew |last = Knapp |title = Long After Liftoff, Traffic Tie-Ups Linger |url = http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110225/NEWS01/102250316/Long-after-liftoff-traffic-tie-ups-linger |newspaper = Florida Today |location = Melbourne, FL |pages = 1A |date = February 25, 2011 }}</ref>

On March 19, 2012, the Beachline Dallas Boulevard Toll Plaza went into service, in between the Dallas Boulevard and SR&nbsp;520 interchanges, with a toll of $0.75, ending the previous free movement section of the expressway. This also dropped the previous toll of the Beachline Main Toll Plaza to $0.75, from $1.00 previously.<ref>{{Cite news |title = New Beachline Toll Plaza Now Open |url = http://cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/3/18/new_toll_to_open_mon.html |date = March 19, 2012 |access-date = May 20, 2012 |archive-date = April 21, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120421232533/http://cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/3/18/new_toll_to_open_mon.html |url-status = dead }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref> The expressway remains toll-free east of the SR-520 exit to Cape Canaveral.

On July 1, 2014, the Beachline East Expressway segment ([[Florida State Road 520|SR&nbsp;520]] to [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|US&nbsp;1]]/[[Florida State Road A1A|SR&nbsp;A1A]]) was transferred from FDOT to [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise]].<ref>{{cite report |url=https://floridasturnpike.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FY%202024%20ACFR.pdf |title=2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report |date=2024-12-30 |publisher=Florida's Turnpike Enterprise / [[Florida Department of Transportation]] |pages=31–32 |access-date=2025-06-15 |section=Statistical Section}}</ref>

East of the GreeneWay, a new interchange at [[Innovation Way]] opened on March 5, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Spear |first = Kevin |date = March 9, 2018 |title = Beachline's new exit to open rural Orange and Osceola to development |work = [[Orlando Sentinel]] |url = https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-beachline-new-exit-opens-20180308-story.html |access-date = April 17, 2021 }}</ref>

On September 1, 2018, CFX started accepting [[E-ZPass]] on the portions of the Beachline that it manages citing some 35 million out of state visitors that use E-ZPass tolling devices.<ref>{{cite web |title = EZ Pass Now Accepted in Florida |url = https://www.thenews-messenger.com/story/news/2018/08/31/e-z-pass-now-accepted-florida/1158551002/ |access-date = January 22, 2019 |website = Fremont News Messenger |publisher = USA Today }}</ref> The westernmost few miles of the Beachline, operated by FTE, became compatible with E-ZPass in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | title=Florida toll roads announce partnership with E-ZPass, used in 16 states | website=Tampa Bay Times | date=May 28, 2021 | url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/05/28/florida-toll-roads-announce-partnership-with-e-zpass-used-in-18-states/ | access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>

The Turnpike began a massive widening project between I-4 and the Turnpike mainline in fiscal year 2016 to include two express lanes in each direction.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Fact Sheet: Beachline Expressway Widening |url = http://floridasturnpike.com/content/downloads/Current%20Project%20Descriptions/Beachline%20Expressway%20widening.jpg |publisher = Florida's Turnpike Enterprise |access-date = May 28, 2018 |archive-date = May 29, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180529130203/http://floridasturnpike.com/content/downloads/Current%20Project%20Descriptions/Beachline%20Expressway%20widening.jpg |url-status = dead }}</ref> The project was completed July 2019.

The Cocoa to Orlando segment of [[Brightline]]'s rail line between Miami and Orlando was built along the Beachline Expressway. The line began operation on this section in September 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last = Storey |first = Ken |title = Brightline plans to create high-speed passenger rail lines connecting Orlando to Miami — here's how |url = https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/11/05/brightline-plans-to-create-high-speed-passenger-rail-lines-connecting-orlando-to-miami-heres-how |access-date = April 18, 2021 |website = Orlando Weekly |language = en |archive-date = April 20, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210420011843/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/11/05/brightline-plans-to-create-high-speed-passenger-rail-lines-connecting-orlando-to-miami-heres-how |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last = Galbraith |first = Alex |title = Brightline still plans to finish its Orlando extension by 2022 |url = https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2021/03/24/brightline-still-plans-to-finish-its-orlando-extension-by-2022 |access-date = April 18, 2021 |website = Orlando Weekly |language = en |archive-date = April 18, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210418001306/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2021/03/24/brightline-still-plans-to-finish-its-orlando-extension-by-2022 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Exit list==
{{jcttop|exit|length_ref=<ref name="2008fdotir">{{cite web |url = http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/hwydata/interchange.pdf |title = Florida Department of Transportation Interchange Report |date = November 24, 2008 |publisher = [[Florida Department of Transportation]] |page = 19 |access-date = July 27, 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208015944/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/hwydata/interchange.pdf |archive-date = February 8, 2012 }}</ref>}}
{{FLint|exit
|county=Orange
|cspan=19
|location=Williamsburg
|lspan=3
|mile=0.000
|exit=0
|road={{jct|state=FL|I|4|city1=Orlando|city2=Tampa}}
|notes=Exit 72 (I-4); to [[Walt Disney World|Disney World]] and [[Universal Orlando]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=0.855
|exit=1
|road=[[International Drive]]
|notes=Serves [[SeaWorld Orlando|SeaWorld]] & [[Aquatica (water parks)#Aquatica Orlando|Aquatica]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=1.904
|exit=2
|road=Universal Boulevard/Orangewood Boulevard
|notes=Serves [[Orange County Convention Center]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location1=Williamsburg
|location2=Orlando
|lspan=2
|mile=3.120
|exit=3
|road={{jct|state=FL|CR|423|county1=Orange|name1=John Young Parkway}}
|notes=Signed as exits&nbsp;3A (south) and 3B (north) eastbound
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=4.299
|exit=4
|road={{jct|state=FL|FLTP||US|17|US|92|US|441}}
|notes=Exit 254 (Florida's Turnpike)
}}
{{FLint|exit
|type=toll
|location=Orlando
|mile=6.0
|mile_ref=<ref name=Goog>[[Google Maps]] distance{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>
|place=Beachline West Toll Plaza
}}
{{FLint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location1=Belle Isle<!--there's also a bit of Orlando to the south-->
|location2=Orlando
|lspan=2
|mile=8.143
|mspan=2
|exit=8
|espan=2
|road=Jetport Drive / {{jct|state=FL|CR|527|county1=Orange|name1=[[Florida State Road 527|Orange Avenue]]}} 
|notes=Eastbound exit only; transition from [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise|FTE]] to [[Central Florida Expressway Authority|CFX]] maintenance; Access to CR 530 Boggy Creek Road
}}
{{FLint
|mile=none
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|482|dir1=west|name1=McCoy Road}}
|notes=Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance; no eastbound exit; Access to CR 530 Boggy Creek Road
}}
{{FLint|exit
|type=etc
|location=Orlando
|lspan=5
|mile=9.225
|exit=9
|road=Tradeport Drive/Conway Road
|notes=Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=10.734
|exit=11<!--formerly 11A and 11B westbound-->
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|436|dir1=north|name1=Semoran Boulevard|location1=[[Orlando International Airport|Int’l Airport]]|extra=airport}}
|notes=Formerly signed SR 436 Exit 1
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=12.085
|exit=12
|type=etc
|road=[[Florida State Road 551|Goldenrod Road]]
|notes=Goldenrod Road is tolled; Unsigned SR 551
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=13.448
|exit=13
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|15|name1=Narcoossee Road}}
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=15.536
|exit=16
|road={{jct|state=FL|Toll|417|city1=Tampa|city2=Orlando|extra=airport}}
|notes=Exit 26 (SR&nbsp;417); to [[University of Central Florida]] and [[Orlando Sanford International Airport]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=none
|type=etc
|mile=16.8
|mile_ref=<ref name=Goog/>
|place=Beachline Mainline Toll Plaza
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=none
|type=etc
|mile=19.759
|exit=19
|road=Sunbridge Parkway/Innovation Way
|notes=Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance; formerly exit 20; opened March 2018
}}
{{FLint|exit|exit=20|mile=19.759|notes=Former interchange; Replaced by Exit 19 Sunbridge Parkway/Innovation Way|road=International Corporate Park Boulevard|type=closed|location=none}}{{FLint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Wedgefield
|mile=23.783
|exit=24
|road=Dallas Boulevard
|notes=Tolled interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=none
|type=etc
|mile=26.0
|mile_ref=<ref name=Goog/>
|place=Dallas Mainline Toll Plaza
}}
{{FLint|exit
|type=etc
|location=none
|mile=30.844
|exit=31
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|520}}
|notes=Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance; transition from [[Central Florida Expressway Authority|CFX]] to [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise|FTE]] maintenance. End of tollway.}}
{{FLint|exit
|county=Brevard
|cspan=11
|location=none
|type=incomplete
|mile=36.975
|exit=37
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|407|to2=to|I|95|dir2=north|location1=[[Kennedy Space Center]]|city2=Titusville}}
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; Spur route under FTE maintenance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Cocoa
|lspan=4
|mile=41.728
|exit=42
|road={{jct|state=FL|I|95|location1=[[Miami]]|city2=Daytona Beach}}
|notes=Signed as exits&nbsp;42A (south) and 42B (north); Exit 205 (I-95)
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=45.280
|exit=45
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|524|name1=Clearlake Road|road|Industry Road}}
|notes=Signed as exits&nbsp;45A (SR&nbsp;524) and 45B (Industry Road) westbound
}}
{{FLint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=45.956
|exit=46
|road={{Jct|state=FL|US|1|city1=Cocoa|city2=Titusville}}
|notes=Western terminus of [[Florida State Road A1A|SR&nbsp;A1A]] concurrency; transition from [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise|FTE]] to [[Florida Department of Transportation|FDOT]] maintenance.
}}
{{jctbridge|exit
|mile=46.843
|mile2=47.278
|mile_ref=<ref name=sld/>
|bridge=[[Bennett Causeway]] over the [[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Merritt Island
|lspan=3
|mile=48.842
|exit=49
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|3|city1=Merritt Island|location2=[[Kennedy Space Center]]}}
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=51.405
|exit=52
|road=Banana River Drive
}}
{{jctbridge|exit
|mile=52.359
|mile2=52.571
|mile_ref=<ref name=sld>{{cite web |url = http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/Straight-linesOnlineGIS/ |title = FDOT straight line diagrams |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140306153400/http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/Straight-linesOnlineGIS/ |archive-date = March 6, 2014 |access-date = March 6, 2014 }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>
|bridge=[[Bennett Causeway]] over the [[Banana River]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Cape Canaveral
|lspan=3
|mile=53.323
|exit=54A
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|401|dir1=north|location1=[[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station]]|location2=[[Port Canaveral]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of SR&nbsp;401; Port Canaveral exit for A Cruise Terminals 1-3 and North Cargo Piers
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=53.343
|exit=54B
|road=Jetty Park, [[Port Canaveral]]
|notes=Port Canaveral exit for B Cruise Terminals 4-10 and South Cargo Piers
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=53.499
|type=concur
|exit=
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|A1A|dir1=south|location1=[[Port Canaveral]]|city2=Cape Canaveral|city3=Cocoa Beach}}
|notes=SR&nbsp;A1A continues south
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete,toll}}

==See also==
*{{portal-inline|Florida}}
*{{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080822222206/http://www.expresswayauthority.com/corporate/assets/img/h_beelineflyer2.jpg Expressway Map 1972]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100122081809/http://www.expresswayauthority.com/Corporate/oursystem/SR528/Default.aspx State Road&nbsp;528 (Martin B. Anderson Beachline Expressway) CFX]
*[http://www.southeastroads.com/fl-528.html Florida at SouthEastRoads: Florida State Road&nbsp;528]

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