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{{short description|State highway in Florida, United States}}
[[Image:Florida 536.svg|right|150px]]
{{Infobox road
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|type=SR
|route=536
|alternate_name=World Center Drive
|maint=[[FDOT]]
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|established=October 1, 1982
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a=[[Walt Disney World Resort]]
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=FL|SR|535}} near Lake Buena Vista
|counties=[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]
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'''SR 536''', named '''World Center Drive''', connects [[Epcot Center Drive]], a public road (maintained by the [[Reedy Creek Improvement District]]) in the [[Walt Disney World Resort]] to [[Florida State Road 400|SR 400]] ([[Interstate 4]]) and [[Florida State Road 535|SR 535]]. '''World Center Drive''' continues east to [[International Drive]] and [[Florida State Road 417|SR 417]] (Central Florida GreeneWay).
'''State Road 536''' ('''SR 536'''), named '''World Center Drive''' for its entire length, is an east-west [[state highway]] that extends from [[Interstate 4]] (I-4) near the [[Epcot|EPCOT]] theme park to [[Florida State Road 535|SR 535]] in [[Lake Buena Vista, Florida|Lake Buena Vista]], with the road continuing east to [[Florida State Road 417|SR 417]] (The Central Florida GreeneWay) and [[International Drive]].


==Route description==
SR 536 is signed east-west.
[[File:World Center Drive WB signs approaching FL 535-FL 536.jpg|thumb|left|Overhead signs on westbound World Center Drive approaching the beginning of SR 536]]

SR 536 begins at an interchange with [[Interstate 4|I-4]]/[[Florida State Road 400|SR 400]] in [[Lake Buena Vista, Florida|Lake Buena Vista]], with the road continuing west into the [[Walt Disney World Resort]] as Epcot Center Drive and providing access to the [[EPCOT]] theme park section of Disney World. From this interchange it heads east as six-lane [[divided highway|divided]] World Center Drive, passing by two resort hotels and a golf course before intersecting with [[Florida State Road 535|SR 535]]. At this intersection, SR 536 ends, with World Center Drive continuing east to [[International Drive]] and providing access to an interchange with northbound [[Florida State Road 417|SR 417]] (Central Florida GreeneWay), with the westbound lanes coming from a southbound exit of the Greeneway.<ref name=FDOT>{{cite web|title=Straight-Line Diagrams|publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]]|url=http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/straight-linesonline/|accessdate=July 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622041949/http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/straight-linesonline/|archivedate=June 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="google">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Epcot+Center+Dr&daddr=Unknown+road&hl=en&sll=28.354396,-81.501989&sspn=0.04041,0.084543&geocode=FdPDsAEdPQQk-w%3BFU21sAEd6p4k-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=15|title=overview of State Road 536|accessdate=June 28, 2012}}</ref>
==Major roads intersected==
* [[Epcot Center Drive]]
* [[Florida State Road 400|SR 400]] ([[Interstate 4]])
* [[Florida State Road 535|SR 535]] (Kissimmee-Vineland Road)


==History==
==History==
SR 536 was built in the early 1980s to serve the new [[Epcot]] theme park, opened [[October 1]], [[1982]].
SR 536 was built in the early 1980s to serve the new [[EPCOT]] theme park, opened October 1, 1982. After the road was finished, all the land for it that had formerly been part of the [[Walt Disney World Resort]] was de-annexed from the [[Lake Buena Vista, Florida|City of Lake Buena Vista]] and the [[Reedy Creek Improvement District]].

==Major intersections==
{{jcttop|state=FL|county=Orange|length_ref=<ref name=sld>[http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/Straight-linesOnlineGIS/ FDOT straight line diagrams] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306153400/http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/Straight-linesOnlineGIS/ |date=March 6, 2014 }}, accessed January 2014</ref>}}
{{FLint
|location=Lake Buena Vista
|lspan=2
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=FL|road|Epcot Center Drive|dir1=west|location1=[[Walt Disney World]]}}
|notes=Western terminus; continues west as Epcot Center Drive
}}
{{FLint
|mile=0.580
|road={{jct|state=FL|I|4|name1=[[Florida State Road 400|SR&nbsp;400]]|to2=y|US|192|city1=Orlando|city2=Tampa}}
|notes=I-4 exit 67
}}
{{FLint
|location=none
|mile=2.034
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|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|535|I|4|to2=y|city1=Kissimmee|city2=Orlando}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{FLint
|location=none
|mile=none
|road={{jct|state=FL|road|[[International Drive]]|road|World Center Drive|dir2=east|to3=to|Toll|417|dir3=north|extra=airport|location1=[[Orlando International Airport|International Airport]]|location2=[[SeaWorld Orlando|Sea World]]|location3=[[Orange County Convention Center|Convention Center]]}}
|notes=World Center Drive continues east
}}
{{jctbtm}}

==See also==
*{{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
*{{Portal-inline|Florida}}


==References==
After the road was finished, all the land for it that had formerly been part of the [[Walt Disney World Resort]] was de-annexed from the [[Lake Buena Vista, Florida|City of Lake Buena Vista]] and the [[Reedy Creek Improvement District]].
{{reflist}}


==External links==
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{{Attached KML}}
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*{{commons category-inline}}
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[[Category:State highways in Florida|536]]
[[Category:State highways in Florida|536]]
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[[Category:State roads in Orange County, Florida|536]]
[[Category:State Roads in Orange County, Florida|536]]
[[Category:Lake Buena Vista, Florida]]

Latest revision as of 19:33, 25 August 2024

State Road 536 marker
State Road 536
World Center Drive
Map
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length2.034 mi[1] (3.273 km)
ExistedOctober 1, 1982–present
Major junctions
West endWalt Disney World Resort
East end SR 535 near Lake Buena Vista
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesOrange
Highway system
← SR 535→ SR 538

State Road 536 (SR 536), named World Center Drive for its entire length, is an east-west state highway that extends from Interstate 4 (I-4) near the EPCOT theme park to SR 535 in Lake Buena Vista, with the road continuing east to SR 417 (The Central Florida GreeneWay) and International Drive.

Route description

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Overhead signs on westbound World Center Drive approaching the beginning of SR 536

SR 536 begins at an interchange with I-4/SR 400 in Lake Buena Vista, with the road continuing west into the Walt Disney World Resort as Epcot Center Drive and providing access to the EPCOT theme park section of Disney World. From this interchange it heads east as six-lane divided World Center Drive, passing by two resort hotels and a golf course before intersecting with SR 535. At this intersection, SR 536 ends, with World Center Drive continuing east to International Drive and providing access to an interchange with northbound SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay), with the westbound lanes coming from a southbound exit of the Greeneway.[2][3]

History

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SR 536 was built in the early 1980s to serve the new EPCOT theme park, opened October 1, 1982. After the road was finished, all the land for it that had formerly been part of the Walt Disney World Resort was de-annexed from the City of Lake Buena Vista and the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Orange County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Lake Buena Vista0.0000.000Epcot Center Drive west – Walt Disney WorldWestern terminus; continues west as Epcot Center Drive
0.5800.933
 I-4 (SR 400) to US 192 – Orlando, Tampa		I-4 exit 67
​2.0343.273
 SR 535 to I-4 – Kissimmee, Orlando		Eastern terminus
​

 International Drive / World Center Drive east to SR 417 north – International Airport, Sea World, Convention Center		World Center Drive continues east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014
  2. ^ "Straight-Line Diagrams". Florida Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "overview of State Road 536" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
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