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Extending 19 miles (31 km) in Palm Bay, June Park, West Melbourne, Melbourne, Palm Shores, Pineda, and Suntree, Brevard County Road 509 is a major north–south throughway in southeastern Brevard County, Florida. North of New Haven Avenue (US 192-SR 500) in West Melbourne, CR 509 is known locally as Wickham Road; south of the US highway, its street name is Minton Road (in the 1980s and 1990s, this 5.6 miles (9.0 km)-long section of current CR 509 was signed by Florida Department of Transportation as State Road 509).
 County Road 509 | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length | 19 mi[citation needed] (31 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  CR 514 (Malabar Road) in Palm Bay |
 I-95 (FL 9) in Viera | |
| North end | South Central Regional Wastwater Treatment Plant in Viera |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Brevard |
| Highway system | |
The current southern terminus of Brevard County Road 509 is an intersection with Malabar Road (Brevard County Road 514, a westward extension of State Road 514); the northern terminus is an interchange with Interstate 95 (SR 9) in the midst of Pineda, Suntree, and Viera (Pineda and Suntree on the eastern side of I-95, Viera on the western side), although it extends 2 miles (3.2 km) more through southern Viera, with the intersections of Stadium Parkway and Lake Andrew Drive. The "true" northern terminus of Wickham Road is the South Central Regional Wastwater Treatment Plant just after the power lines.
County Road 509 passes by two air fields - Melbourne International Airport (in Melbourne, accessed via NASA Boulevard/SR 508) and the US Air Force Eastern Test Range Malabar Annex (in Palm Bay), Melbourne Greyhound Park (in Melbourne), Wickham Park (accessed via Parkway Drive in Melbourne), and, at the northern terminus of CR 509 in Suntree, the Brevard Zoo. Wickham Road also supplies the primary connection between I-95 and the Pineda Causeway (SR 404), which itself is a major access road for both Patrick Air Force Base and Satellite Beach.
Points of interest
The following are points of interest along Wickham Road:
History
Wickham Road
The northern section of the road was named after the Wickham family, including John Q. Wickham, a Brevard county surveyor and Joseph H. Wickham, a prominent Brevard County politician. Joe Wickham worked with the county to clear the route in 1950s. Since the road led to an undeveloped area, some viewed the project with skepticism. However, the planned road made sense because it ran between two ranges 36 and 37, which effectively divided the county in half.[1] Upon completion, the road led to development of Suntree and Viera in the late 1970s.[1] Development in the area on the northern terminus picked up considerably with the completion of I-95.
Minton Road
In 1929, Malabar Road was extended to the north.[2] Later, this northern section of Malabar Road was renamed Minton Road.
Notes
- ^ a b www.ebook-browser.com. "Joe H. Wickham: Brevard County's Last Pioneer". Retrieved on January 15, 2011.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Eriksen, John M. Brevard County, Florida: A Short History to 1955 (Suntree, Florida: 2008), p. 126.
