Florda Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 628 on Tuesday afternoon at Tallahassee International Airport in Tallahassee. The bill will rename State Road 80, which is a 124-mile east-to-west road stretching from A1A in Palm Beach County west to a junction with U.S. 41 and Cleveland Avenue in Lee County, as “President Donald J. Trump Highway.”In Palm Beach County, SR 80 is also known as Southern Boulevard.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsThe legislation will replace and expand a designation that was enacted in 2025 to rename a portion of Southern Boulevard from South Ocean Boulevard, which is near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Palm Beach, to Kirk Road near Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach County.The bill included renaming several roads and an airport across the state, including renaming Tallahassee International Airport as “Bobby Bowden Tallahassee International Airport.”Bowden, who died in August 2021 at age 91, was a College Football Hall of Fame head coach at Florida State University in Tallahassee from 1976 through 2009.The bill directs the Florida Department of Transportation to place signage along State Road 80 bearing the name President Donald J. Trump Highway.The bill was also passed in the state House of Representatives as House Bill 885. Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.State Rep. Meg Weinberger, a Republican who represents parts of Palm Beach County in District 94, co-sponsored the bill in the House.”Today, signed legislation renaming SR 80 as ‘President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.’Proud to see this lasting tribute honoring President Trump’s leadership. State Road 80 will now carry his name from coast to coast across Florida, from the Atlantic to the Gulf of America,” Weinberger said on a Facebook post Tuesday evening.”Florida is making it official! President Donald J. Trump Highway – from Palm Beach to Lee County! Florida is honored to be home to this landmark tribute to President ,” the Republican Party of Florida said in a post on X on Tuesday.The law goes into effect on July 1.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —
Florda Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 628 on Tuesday afternoon at Tallahassee International Airport in Tallahassee.
The bill will rename State Road 80, which is a 124-mile east-to-west road stretching from A1A in Palm Beach County west to a junction with U.S. 41 and Cleveland Avenue in Lee County, as “President Donald J. Trump Highway.”
In Palm Beach County, SR 80 is also known as Southern Boulevard.
Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News
The legislation will replace and expand a designation that was enacted in 2025 to rename a portion of Southern Boulevard from South Ocean Boulevard, which is near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Palm Beach, to Kirk Road near Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach County.
Courtesy: Office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill renaming State Road 80 as President Donald J. Trump Highway and Tallahassee International Airport as Bobby Bowden Tallahassee International Airport, effective July 1.
The bill included renaming several roads and an airport across the state, including renaming Tallahassee International Airport as “Bobby Bowden Tallahassee International Airport.”
Bowden, who died in August 2021 at age 91, was a College Football Hall of Fame head coach at Florida State University in Tallahassee from 1976 through 2009.
The bill directs the Florida Department of Transportation to place signage along State Road 80 bearing the name President Donald J. Trump Highway.
The bill was also passed in the state House of Representatives as House Bill 885.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
State Rep. Meg Weinberger, a Republican who represents parts of Palm Beach County in District 94, co-sponsored the bill in the House.
“Today, [Gov. Ron DeSantis] signed legislation renaming SR 80 as ‘President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.’
Proud to see this lasting tribute honoring President Trump’s leadership. State Road 80 will now carry his name from coast to coast across Florida, from the Atlantic to the Gulf of America,” Weinberger said on a Facebook post Tuesday evening.
“Florida is making it official! President Donald J. Trump Highway – from Palm Beach to Lee County! Florida is honored to be home to this landmark tribute to President [Donald Trump],” the Republican Party of Florida said in a post on X on Tuesday.
The law goes into effect on July 1.