End of US highway 192
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US 192 was an original 1926 highway; it was (and still is) a short Florida intra-state route:
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c. 1949, FDoT
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Originally the east end of US 192 was in Melbourne. Today US 192 runs along Strawbridge Avenue, but during the decades when the route ended in Melbourne, traffic was directed to follow New Haven Avenue. US 192 ended at Harbor City Boulevard (US 1). This shot was taken looking north on that road:
Summa, 1973
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That was only about a year or two after the US 192 designation had been extended to the east (right); originally the east beginning was to the left. Today, the functional equivalent of that intersection is one block ahead from there:
Sanderson, Oct. 2003
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In June 1968, Florida asked AASHO for permission to extend US 192 westward to jct. US 27, but some reason the request was denied. Then at their June 1970 meeting, AASHO not only approved the west extension, but also an elongation to the east:
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On its east, US 192 was extended about two miles, across the Indian River/Intracoastal Waterway to its current terminus at FL hwy. A1A in Indialantic (the bridge was already there, but prior to US 192's extension it was designated FL 516). However, the last eastbound US 192 trailblazer was in Melbourne, prior to the Indian River bridge:
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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A couple miles ahead, these photos were taken looking east on New Haven at the end of US 192:
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Nitzman, Aug. 2007
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Nasiatka, Nov. 2010
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Miramar Avenue is the cross street. Here is a close-up of the sign assembly at US 192's endpoint, along with the cool Indialantic sign in the median:
Nasiatka/Nitzman, Apr. 2019
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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Up next are views from FL A1A (both northbound and southbound, respectively) at the east beginning of US 192. In recent years, I-95 signage has been added, but northbound traffic is still not told which way to turn for US 192:
Sanderson, Oct. 2003
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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Nasiatka/Nitzman, Apr. 2019
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Sanderson, Oct. 2003
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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These shots show the first westbound confirming marker:
Sanderson, Oct. 2003
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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Originally US 192 went only as far west as US 17-92 in Kissimmee. Historically traffic was routed along Neptune Road (now county road 525). The US 192 designation ended downtown where that intersects Broadway, which carried US 17-92 at the time. A nice vintage gas station still stands at that historic highway junction:
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Karners, Jan. 2017
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In approximately 1942, US 192 was changed to its present route on Vine Street, ending at Main Street north of downtown. This photo was taken from that perspective:
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Summa, 1976
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That was taken only a few years after the 192 designation had been extended further west. Note the colors of the shields: these signs have long since been replaced, but that is what one would have seen during part of the timeframe when US 192 ended there. That is because historically Florida further differentiated their highways with color (read more on this page).
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These photos were taken from the opposite direction (eastbound Vine, at the historic west beginning of US 192):
Summa, 1974
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Droz
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Moraseski
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In these photos, we are looking north on Main at Vine. Straight ahead on Main (or Orange Blossom Trail) is not only US 441 (which was extended south from Orlando through Kissimmee in 1951), but also US 17 and US 92 (presumably those shields were on a different sign). Formerly US 192 went only east (right) from here:
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Moraseski
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Karners, Jan. 2017
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In 1970 the west end of US 192 was extended to its current terminus at its junction with US 27. This area is known locally as "Four Corners", just west of Walt Disney World:
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c. 1973, FDoT
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There was no "End" sign at the terminus, but the only option for drivers continuing beyond the overpass is to veer left to an on-ramp for southbound US 27:
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Clifton, Dec. 2012
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These photos were from northbound US 27, at the exit to the west beginning of US 192:
Nitzman, May 2005
Nitzman, Oct. 2008
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Karners, Jan. 2017
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US Ends .com approves of the decision to add an actual control city to that sign (rather than only the name of a theme park), and it is also good to see that the old two-digit shield used for the three-digit route number has been fixed.
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Here are a couple views of the west beginning of US 192 as seen from the opposite direction (south on US 27):
Karners, Jan. 2017
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Nitzman, Feb. 2022
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Travelers taking that exit will soon see the first eastbound confirming marker:
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Clifton, Dec. 2012
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Research and/or photo credits: Mark Clifton; Robert Droz; Karin and Martin Karner; Dan Moraseski; J.P. Nasiatka; Alex Nitzman; Dale Sanderson, Michael Summa
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Dec. 10, 2023.
last updated Dec. 10, 2023.
