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===Transportation=== ====Major roads==== All are at least four-lane roads, unless otherwise designated.<ref name="cocoa-2017" /> * {{jct|state=FL|US|1}} – This is the main north–south route through the city, known officially as Cocoa Boulevard. From north to south, the road enters Cocoa via the [[census-designated place]] [[Sharpes, Florida|Sharpes]]. The road follows a vaguely northwest–southeast course as it passes through Cocoa Village. Major intersections include SR 528 ([[diamond interchange]]), Michigan Avenue, CR 503, and SR 520. * {{jct|state=FL|I|95}} – There are three interchanges within city limits: SR 520 (exit 201), SR 524 (exit 202), and SR 528 (exit 205). * {{jct|state=FL|SR|501}} – This is the secondary north–south road in Cocoa, known locally as Clearlake Road. It runs from SR 524 to SR 520. Major intersections include SR 524, Michigan Avenue, CR 503, Lake Drive, and SR 520. * {{jct|state=FL|CR|503|county1=Brevard}} – This is a minor county road, known locally as Dixon Boulevard, running from SR 501 to US 1. Major intersections include SR 501, Fiske Boulevard and US 1. * {{jct|state=FL|CR|515|county1=Brevard}} – This scenic two-lane county road, known locally as, from north to south, Indian River Drive, Brevard Drive/Delannoy Avenue (south/north), and Rockledge Drive, is a slow residential route running directly parallel to the Indian River. Major intersections include Dixon Boulevard and SR 520 (northbound shares a brief concurrency). * {{jct|state=FL|SR|520}} – This is the main east–west route through the city; 25,000 vehicles/day drive through Cocoa Village.<ref>{{cite news |title='State of the System' identifies Brevard County's busiest roads |author=Rick Neale |date=2010-09-15 |work= Florida Today |publisher=Florida Today }}</ref> Starting from the west, the road enters the city limits of Cocoa from unincorporated [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]] and takes on the name King Street. It then intersects SR 524. Following a brief interruption from [[Cocoa West, Florida|Cocoa West]], the road then runs through Cocoa Village on a pair of one-way streets, eastbound named King Street and westbound named Willard Street, and onto the [[Merritt Island Causeway]]. Major intersections include SR 524, I-95 ([[diamond interchange]]), SR 501, SR 519, US 1, and Indian River Drive. * {{jct|state=FL|SR|524}} – This is a rural, sometimes two-lane, secondary road running from SR 520 to SR 528. It has no local name. Major intersections include SR 520, I-95, SR 501, and SR 528. * {{jct|state=FL|SR|528}} – This is an east–west [[Controlled-access highway|highway]] running from unincorporated areas of the county to the census-designated and unincorporated place of [[Merritt Island, Florida|Merritt Island]]. Major intersections include I-95, SR 524, and US 1. ====Rail==== The [[Florida East Coast Railway]] runs through Cocoa. Into the early 1960s, passengers could take one of two [[Chicago]]-bound trains (on alternating days), the ''[[City of Miami (train)|City of Miami]]'' or the ''[[South Wind (train)|South Wind]]'' (both via [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]) and the [[New York City|New York]]-bound ''[[Champion (train)|East Coast Champion]],'' ''Havana Special,'' and ''Miamian'' from the Florida East Coast Railway's Cocoa-Rockledge station.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Florida East Coast Railway, Table 1 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=94 |issue=8 |date=January 1962}}</ref> Into the latter 1950s, passengers could take the ''[[Dixie Flagler]]'' to Chicago via [[Atlanta]] from the station.<ref>Herr, Kincaid A. ''University Press of Kentucky,'' 1964, p. 273.</ref> All passenger trains along the FEC were suspended in 1963 due to a strike. The FEC resumed local passenger service between [[Jacksonville]] and the Miami area from 1965 until July 31, 1968.<ref>Bramson, Seth H. ''Speedway to Sunshine: the story of the Florida East Coast Railway'', Boston Mills Press, 2010, p. 153. {{ISBN|9781554077533}}.</ref> [[Brightline]] is an [[inter-city rail]] route that currently runs between [[MiamiCentral|Miami]] and [[Orlando International Airport Intermodal Terminal|Orlando]]. On March 12, 2024, Brightline officials confirmed that an [[infill station]] on the [[Space Coast]] would be built in [[Cocoa station|Cocoa]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dahm |first1=Daniel |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Next stop, Cocoa: Brightline travels toward new station in Brevard |url=https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/brightline-cocoa-station |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=[[WKMG-TV]] |publisher=[[Graham Media Group]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Peter |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Brightline announces it's moving forward with Space Coast station in Cocoa |url=https://www.wptv.com/lifestyle/travel/brightline-space-coast-station-in-cocoa |access-date=March 20, 2024 |work=WPTV |publisher=The E.W. Scripps Company}}</ref> ====Bus==== [[Space Coast Area Transit]] operates a public bus service in Cocoa and vicinity.<ref>[http://routefinder.ridescat.com/maps/fares.php Space Coast Area Transit official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715183914/http://routefinder.ridescat.com/maps/fares.php |date=2011-07-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ridescat.com/interactive-system-map/|title=Interactive System Map|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
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