Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

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The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) is an expressway authority responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of toll roads in Orange County, Florida, United States, which includes the city of Orlando. It was founded in 1963 for the purpose of building the Bee Line Expressway, and soon built the East-West Expressway. It now manages a network of roads including large portions of a beltway around Orlando. The OOCEA operates an electronic toll collection system known as E-PASS, one of the first and most widely-used systems of its kind in the United States.

The next addition to the OOCEA system is an extension of Maitland Boulevard (State Road 414) known as the John Land Apopka Expressway. The project was inherited from the Florida Department of Transportation, which referred to it as the "Apopka Bypass". Planning is also underway for an extension of State Road 429 known as the Wekiva Parkway. In addition, SR 408 is undergoing a massive overhaul, including the relocation of its two main toll plazas, large sections of widening, and expansion of a bridge over Lake Underhill.

The current 25-year plan, the "2030 Master Plan", includes two new toll connections to Brevard County (including an extension of SR 408), a new connection from Sanford to New Smyrna Beach parallel to State Road 415, a southern bypass of SR 417 to Florida's Turnpike south of St. Cloud, and a connection from the Western Beltway to U.S. Highway 27 south of Clermont. [1]

The following roads were built by the OOCEA:

Many sections of the current expressway system, such as the connection of SR 528 from Sand Lake Road to I-4, the sections of SR 417 in Seminole and Osceola counties, and SR 429 south of Seidel Road, were built by the Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, and their toll facilities are managed by the same.

The Central Connector (proposed SR 529) was planned in the late 1980s until 1991, but was not built.

Beginning in 2007, OOCEA is transitioning from signs that use the Highway Gothic typeface to signs that use the new Clearview typeface.

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Expressways in Greater Orlando

Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
SR 408 · SR 414 · SR 417 · SR 429 · SR 451 · SR 528 · Goldenrod Road Extension · SR 529† · Xpress 400†
† = planned, never built

Florida's Turnpike Enterprise
Florida's Turnpike · SR 417 · SR 429 · SR 528

Other agencies
Interstate 4 · Osceola Parkway · SR 407
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