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       2026 Legislature                           SB 628, 1st Engrossed
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    2         An act relating to transportation facility
    3         designations; providing honorary designations of
    4         certain transportation facilities in specified
    5         counties and a specified municipality; directing the
    6         Department of Transportation to erect suitable
    7         markers; amending chapter 2006-316, Laws of Florida;
    8         revising a specified interchange designation;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Transportation facility designations; Department
   14  of Transportation to erect suitable markers.—
   15         (1) That portion of S.R. 295/Navy Boulevard between Duncan
   16  Road and S.R. 292/Gulf Beach Highway in Escambia County is
   17  designated as “Warrior Sacrifice Way.”
   18         (2) That portion of U.S. 90 in Baker County between N. 3rd
   19  Street and the Nassau County line is designated as “State
   20  Representative/Circuit Judge Hon. John J. Crews, Jr., Memorial
   21  Highway.”
   22         (3) That portion of U.S. 41 between North Creek and
   23  Blackburn Point Road in Sarasota County is designated as “Dickey
   24  Betts Memorial Highway.”
   25         (4) That portion of S.R. 5/U.S. 1 between N.E. 38th Street
   26  and E. Commercial Boulevard in Broward County is designated as
   27  “Phil Smith Memorial Highway.”
   28         (5) That portion of S.R. 46 between Sanford Avenue and E.
   29  Lake Mary Boulevard in Seminole County is designated as “Mayor
   30  Larry A. Dale Memorial Highway.”
   31         (6) The northbound off-ramp from U.S. 1 Alternate/Martin
   32  Luther King, Jr., Parkway to E. 21st Street in Duval County is
   33  designated as “Terry L. Fields Memorial Access.”
   34         (7) That portion of S.R. 842/East Las Olas Boulevard
   35  between South Andrews Avenue and S.E. 6th Avenue in Broward
   36  County is designated as “Terry Stiles Memorial Boulevard.”
   37         (8) That portion of S.R. A1A between the north end of the
   38  Hillsboro Inlet and the next mile marker north of 991 Hillsboro
   39  Mile in Broward County is designated as “Rick Case Memorial
   40  Highway.”
   41         (9) That portion of S.R. 968/S.W. 1st Street between S.W.
   42  17th Avenue and S.W. 19th Avenue in Miami-Dade County is
   43  designated as “Charles Dascal Way.”
   44         (10) That portion of Halifax Drive between Granada Blvd.
   45  North and John Anderson Drive in Volusia County is designated as
   46  “Lowell Lohman Road.”
   47         (11) The access road leading to the Daytona Regional
   48  Chamber of Commerce located at 126 East Orange Avenue in Daytona
   49  Beach in Volusia County is designated as “George Mirabal Road.”
   50         (12) That portion of U.S. 331 between U.S. 90 and the
   51  bridge crossing the Choctawhatchee Bay in Walton County is
   52  designated as the “Esteena K. Wells Memorial Highway.”
   53         (13) That portion of S.R. 85/N.E. Eglin Parkway between
   54  Richbourg Avenue and Florida Place S.E. in Okaloosa County is
   55  designated as “Superintendent Pledger V. Sullivan Memorial
   56  Highway.”
   57         (14) That portion of College Avenue between Copeland Street
   58  and South Monroe Street in Leon County is designated as
   59  “President John Thrasher Memorial Boulevard.”
   60         (15) Notwithstanding s. 334.071(3), Florida Statutes, the
   61  airport located at 3300 Capital Circle Southwest in Tallahassee,
   62  or nearest thereto, is designated as the “Bobby Bowden
   63  Tallahassee International Airport.”
   64         (16) Notwithstanding s. 334.071(3), Florida Statutes, the
   65  entirety of S.R. 80, consisting of the 124 contiguous miles of
   66  highway stretching from S.R. A1A/S. Ocean Boulevard in Palm
   67  Beach County, continuing westward through Hendry County, and
   68  ending at a junction with U.S. 41/Cleveland Avenue in Lee
   69  County, is designated as “President Donald J. Trump Highway.”
   70  This designation shall replace and expand the designation
   71  adopted in ch. 2025-214, Laws of Florida, for that portion of
   72  Southern Boulevard between Kirk Road and S. Ocean Boulevard in
   73  Palm Beach County.
   74         (17) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
   75  suitable markers designating the transportation facilities as
   76  described in this section.
   77         Section 2. Section 8 of chapter 2006-316, Laws of Florida,
   78  is amended to read:
   79         Section 8. Senator N. Ray Carroll Memorial Interchange
   80  designated; Department of Transportation to erect suitable
   81  markers.—
   82         (1) Upon completion of construction, the new Nolte Road
   83  interchange The Florida Turnpike interchange being constructed
   84  at Milepost 240 and Kissimmee Park Road in Osceola County is
   85  designated as “Senator N. Ray Carroll Memorial Interchange.”
   86         (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
   87  suitable markers designating Senator N. Ray Carroll Memorial
   88  Interchange as described in subsection (1).
   89         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.