Florida State Road 507


State Road 507 is a, four-lane highway serving Melbourne and Palm Bay, Florida. It is also known locally as Babcock Street. The southern terminus is an intersection with Malabar Road in Palm Bay; the current northern terminus is an intersection with New Haven Avenue in Melbourne.

Route description

Babcock Street is a major commuter road for Palm Bay, one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States since 1980. The northern half features shopping centers and the main campus of Florida Institute of Technology; the southern half passes through a large housing development.

County Road 507

South of SR 514, Babcock Road becomes a signed County Road 507, which continues southward to the boundary between Brevard County and Indian River County, four miles north of Fellsmere. The road continues as County Road 507 to the intersection of County Road 512. Major destinations the road passes through are Port Malabar Industrial Park, Fountainhead Memorial Park, Greenwood Plantation, Deer Run, Sebastian Canal, and Downtown Fellsmere.
County Road 507 north of US 192 is a primary commercial boulevard for Melbourne, with businesses lining both sides of the street.

History

The historic northern terminus is further north, an intersection with Harbor City Boulevard, also in Melbourne.

Major intersections