3, a 4-lane highway, connects the Kennedy Space Center for workers from the more densely populated central and southern sections of the island. Sewage The lift station near the Pineda Causeway was built to handle per day. It became overloaded after Hurricane Irma in 2017. Trucks were used to dispose of the excess which rose to daily. Airports Merritt Island Airport is a public general aviation airport located on South Merritt Island and run by the Titusville-Cocoa (TICO) Airport Authority. Landmarks J. R. Field Homestead Hacienda del Sol, large historic agricultural estate on South Merritt Island (home still exists, property is now a private estate) Haulover Canal Dr. George E. Hill House Kennedy Space Center Mather's Bridge Restaurant (now closed), previously Hacienda del Sol's workers mess hall, was joined by former field workers quarters (since destroyed) across South Tropical Trail at Mather's Bridge Merritt Island Airport Merritt Island (Canaveral) Barge Canal Merritt Island Dragon Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Kiwanis Island Park Merritt Island Rotary Park Nature Trail and Center Pine Island Conservation Area, preserve. Pine Island contains Sams House, built in 1875. It is Brevard's oldest standing structure. Old St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Cemetery Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary Futch Cove on Banana Creek (location of Apollo/Saturn Visitors Center) Merritt Square Mall Notable people Emory L. Bennett, Medal of Honor recipient; lived in Indianola briefly as a child Marco Dawson, professional golfer David Max Eichhorn (January 6, 1906 – July 16, 1986) was a Reform Jewish rabbi, author, and a chaplain in the Army. He was among the troops that liberated Dachau. He founded Merritt Island's Temple Israel. Tony Gayton, film producer with his brother Joe Clint Hurdle, former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies (Major League Baseball) (MLB) Zora Neale Hurston, novelist, folklorist, anthropologist Taylor Jordan, professional baseball player Mathew Martoma (born 1974 as Ajai Mathew Mariamdani Thomas), hedge fund portfolio manager, convicted of insider trading Roy Padrick, Navy journalist and actor, born on Merritt Island William H. Peck, college professor, novelist; postmaster for Courtenay Adrian Rogers, Southern Baptist pastor and author Eric Robert Rudolph, Olympic Park bomber Patrick D. Smith, novelist, author of A Land Remembered Cecil W. Stoughton, photographer for John F. Kennedy Günter Wendt, engineer noted for his work in the U.S. human spaceflight program Arias Deukmedjian, racing driver See also List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites References Census-designated places