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Orange Blossom Trail (OBT) is a named portion of US 441 that runs from Mt. Dora, Florida, through Orlando, and to Kissimmee. Orange Blossom Trail is signed as both US 17 and 92 from the Polk / Osceola County line north to SR 50/Colonial Drive, with a short break in the downtown Kissimmee area. Central Boulevard is the dividing line between North O.B.T. and South O.B.T.. On June 25, 2009, OBT was listed in the top 25 most dangerous roads to live on in the nation, at #22.[1]
South O.B.T from Colonial Drive to Sand Lake Road is treated locally as an unofficial red-light district: with noticeable amounts of prostitution, an illegal drug trade, old hotels, strip clubs, several adult video and novelty stores,[2] and the Parliament House gay nightclub.[3]
Part of OBT is said to be "haunted". Witnesses say that they see a Native American crossing the street after prey, stops, then looks at you and vanishes.
Route description[edit]
As U.S. Routes 17 and 92 cross the Polk-Osceola County Line it is given the street name of "Orange Blossom Trail."
Reedy Creek Swampland
Intersections[edit]
| County | Location | mi[4] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk | |      US 17 south / US 92 / SR 600 west | US Route 17/SR 555 continues south to Lake Alfred, Bartow and Punta Gorda US Route 92/SR 600 continues west to Lake Alfred, Lakeland, Tampa, and St. Petersburg | |||||
| Osceola | | 108.809 | 175.111 |     CR 532 west (Osceola-Polk Line Road) to I-4 | ||||
| Poinciana | 112.455 | 180.979 | Poinciana Boulevard - Poinciana  – SunRail | |||||
| Campbell | 113.914 | 183.327 | Ham Brown Road (CR 535 south) | |||||
| Campbell–Kissimmee line | 115.541 | 185.945 | Pleasant Hill Road (CR 531) - Poinciana | Gap in street name, John Young Parkway officially begins here. | ||||
| Kissimmee | Emmett Street (CR 532) - Downtown Kissimmee, Historic District  US 17 north / US 92 east (John Young Parkway) / to Osceola Parkway | Former section of US 17 / US 92 / SR 600 overlap, OBT follows Emmett Street east to Broadway | ||||||
| Dakin Avenue – Kissimmee Amtrak/SunRail | ||||||||
  CR 525 east – St. Cloud, Kissimmee Amtrak/SunRail | Lynx Buses and Taxis use this road to the station, OBT moves from Broadway to Main Street north of here | |||||||
  US 17 south / US 92 west / US 192 / US 441 (Vine Street / SR 530 / SR 600) – Walt Disney World, Yeehaw Junction | Southbound US 441 / SR 500 joins a concurrency with US 192 / SR 530 Southern terminus of concurrency with US 17 / US 92 / US 441 / SR 500 | |||||||
| 232.148 | 373.606 |     CR 522 / US 17 Truck south / US 92 Truck west (Osceola Parkway) to Florida's Turnpike / I-4 – Disney World | ||||||
| Orange | Hunter's Creek |   SR 417 to I-4 – International Airport, Tampa, Disney World | Exit 11 on SR 417 | |||||
| Sky Lake | 238.407 | 383.679 |   To SR 528 west / Consulate Drive | SR 528 exit 4 | ||||
| 238.66 | 384.09 | Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) – Ocala, Miami | Turnpike exit 254 | |||||
| 238.950 | 384.553 | To SR 528 / Landstreet Road (CR 527A east) – International Airport | SR 528 exit 4 | |||||
| 239.947 | 386.157 |  SR 482 (Sand Lake Road) to SR 528 – Volcano Bay, Universal, International Airport, Titusville, Cape Canaveral | ||||||
| Orlando | 244.15 | 392.92 | I-4 (SR 400) | Exit 80 on I-4; no access from US 441 south to I-4 east or I-4 west to US 441 north | ||||
| Holden Heights | 244.414 | 393.346 |  To I-4 east / Michigan Street | |||||
| Orlando | 245.831 | 395.627 |  SR 408 – Downtown Orlando, Titusville, Ocoee | Exit 9 on SR 408 | ||||
| 246.431 | 396.592 |  SR 526 east (Washington Street / CR 526 west) | ||||||
| 247.086 | 397.646 |  US 17 north / US 92 east / SR 50 (Colonial Drive / SR 600 east) to I-4 – Titusville, University of Central Florida | Northern terminus of concurrency with US 17 / US 92 / SR 600 | |||||
| 248.461 | 399.859 |  SR 438 (Princeton Street) | ||||||
| 249.012 | 400.746 |  SR 416 west (Silver Star Road) | ||||||
| 250.496 | 403.134 |  SR 423 (John Young Parkway / Lee Road) to I-4 – Winter Park | ||||||
| |    SR 414 east / SR 414 west to I-4 / SR 429 – Maitland, Apopka | SR 414 exit 9 | ||||||
| Seminole |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Orange | Apopka |  SR 436 east – Altamonte Springs | interchange | |||||
| Alabama Avenue (CR 424 east) | ||||||||
 CR 435 (Park Avenue) | ||||||||
  CR 437A south (Central Avenue / CR 424 west) | ||||||||
 SR 451 south to SR 429 south / SR 414 east / Vick Road – Orlando, Maitland, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Tampa | ||||||||
| Plymouth |   CR 437 north (Plymouth Sorrento Road) | south end of CR 437 overlap | ||||||
| CR 437 south (Orange Avenue) – Ocoee, Winter Garden | north end of CR 437 overlap | |||||||
| Apopka | To SR 429 / SR 414 east / SR 429 Connector Road – Orlando, Tampa, Maitland, Daytona Beach | |||||||
| Zellwood |   CR 448 Truck west (Jones Avenue) | |||||||
| Tangerine | CR 448 west (Sadler Road) – Lake Jem | |||||||
| |  CR 500A north – Mt. Dora | Former SR 500A | ||||||
| Lake | Mt. Dora |  US 441 / SR 500 north | US 441 continues north to Ocala, Gainesville, Lake City, and Georgia. SR 500 continues north to Ocala, Williston, and Chiefland | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ FBI's Top 25 Most Dangerous Streets in the U.S. - Do you live anywhere near these streets? (SodaHead.com)
- ^ Hugh Hunter, British Vice Consul (2011). Florida: 'Easy to stray into a bad area'. BBC. Event occurs at 2:40. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ Parliment House; Directions
- ^ FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed January 2014