Through the city of Palm Bay, Florida, the road is a minimum of four lanes.

The route passes Palm Bay Hospital on the north side.

There is a proposed causeway over the Indian River Lagoon east of U.S. Route 1, that would extend the state road for two miles (3 km).

Because of a condominium community on the barrier island, it would steer away from it and head directly east–west to State Road A1A.

This included recommendations to expand the current two lanes to four in order to align with the portion of road in Palm Bay, Florida as well as adding various traffic control features at several dangerous intersections (such as Weber Road), installing an additional turning lane for Palm Bay Hospital and adding a caution light at the Malabar Fire Department.