The road is known locally as Banana River Drive for the first half mile and Tropical Trail for the remaining distance.

The highway begins at exit 231 from I-95 and travels due northeast through woodlands until it terminates at an intersection with US 1.

[9] The route is a super two directly in front of the diamond interchange with I-95, which then condenses to an undivided two-lane road for the remainder of its existence.

CR 402 (former SR 402[3]) links US 1 in Titusville to Kennedy Parkway at the Merritt Island NWR.

The second one, also unsigned and relatively unknown, links the end of SR 405 to Space Commerce Parkway over the NASA Causeway.

However, the planned road made sense because it ran between two ranges 36 and 37, which effectively divided the county in half.

[18] County Road 511 (former SR 511[3]) consists of a north–south street and an east–west avenue in the Melbourne, Florida, area.

The southern terminus of CR 511 is an intersection with New Haven Avenue (US 192-SR 500) in June Park, just outside the city limits of West Melbourne and three blocks from a diamond interchange between New Haven Avenue and Interstate 95 (SR 9); the eastern terminus is an intersection with Harbor City Boulevard (US 1-SR 5) in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne.

John Rodes Boulevard extends four miles (6 km) north–south between US 192 and Aurora Road, which continues CR 511 as an east–west commercial and residential street.

Until the late 1990s, the southernmost 3.0 miles (4.8 km) of CR 511/John Rodes Boulevard (south of Eau Gallie Boulevard/SR 518) was signed by Florida Department of Transportation as State Road 511.

While Aurora Road has maintained its importance as a commercial and residential avenue, the character of John Rodes Boulevard has changed since the 1980s due to population growth in June Park, Melbourne, West Melbourne, and nearby Palm Bay.

[19] Aurora Road was initially named 5th Street as town of Eau Gallie was first established.

The highway is widely known by locals as "The Scenic Road" because it runs along the Indian River Lagoon.

The western terminus is with an intersection of CR 509 in Palm Bay, just 262 inches south of West Melbourne.