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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 | |||
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Polk | | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Poinciana | 112.455 | 180.979 | Poinciana Boulevard - Poinciana ![]() | |||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Former section of US 17 / US 92 / SR 600 overlap, OBT follows Emmett Street east to Broadway | ||||||
Dakin Avenue ![]() | ||||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | Lynx Buses and Taxis use this road to the station, OBT moves from Broadway to Main Street north of here | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Orange | Hunter's Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit 11 on SR 417 | |||||
Sky Lake | 238.407 | 383.679 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | SR 528 exit 4 | ||||
238.66 | 384.09 | ![]() | Turnpike exit 254 | |||||
238.950 | 384.553 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | SR 528 exit 4 | |||||
239.947 | 386.157 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Orlando | 244.15 | 392.92 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Orlando | 245.831 | 395.627 | ![]() | Exit 9 on SR 408 | ||||
246.431 | 396.592 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
247.086 | 397.646 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of concurrency with US 17 / US 92 / SR 600 | |||||
248.461 | 399.859 | ![]() | ||||||
249.012 | 400.746 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
250.496 | 403.134 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | SR 414 exit 9 | ||||||
Seminole |
No major junctions | |||||||
Orange | Apopka | ![]() ![]() | interchange | |||||
Alabama Avenue (CR 424 east) | ||||||||
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Plymouth | ![]() ![]() | south end of CR 437 overlap | ||||||
![]() ![]() | north end of CR 437 overlap | |||||||
Apopka | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Zellwood | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Tangerine | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
| ![]() ![]() | Former SR 500A | ||||||
Lake | Mt. Dora | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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
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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