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Florida State Road 423

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John Young Parkway is a four- and six-lane surface road from near Campbell, Florida through Kissimmee, Florida to northwestern Orlando, Florida. It serves as an alternate to the parallel Orange Blossom Trail.

The original section of John Young Parkway was built by the Florida Department of Transportation in the early 1970s, from Colonial Drive (SR 50) west of downtown Orlando north to Orange Blossom Trail (US 441 (SR 500)) at Lee Road. It was assigned the number SR 423.

Over the years, extensions to the south have been built, some by Orange County and some by the state. Additionally, Osceola County extended it south to meet the existing Bermuda Avenue in Kissimmee.

Around 2000, Bermuda Avenue and Orange Blossom Trail in Kissimmee was renamed to John Young Parkway. Now John Young Parkway ends a bit north of the intersection with Pleasant Hill Road, where the older Orange Blossom Trail name continues.

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