as Boggy Creek Road until September 2014, which removed the unusual situation of having a three way intersection with all three roads having the same name. The Parkway originally used an electronic toll collection system known as O-PASS, however the county elected to discontinue its own toll collection program and instead contracted with the Orlando–Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) to provide that service, so the O-PASS system was merged with the E-PASS system. The Osceola Parkway also accepts SunPass accounts which are run by the Florida Department of Transportation and are accepted on most toll roads throughout the State of Florida. History The road originally opened as Dart Boulevard on June 16, 1987 as a two-mile stretch between U.S. Highway 441 and Buenaventura Boulevard. During the early 1990s, Disney World and Osceola County officials extended and upgraded the road to its current parkway form, widened the lanes from two to four and added an interchange with Florida's Turnpike, with the highway opening on August 18, 1995. A $19.2 million project has begun to widen of Osceola Parkway from two to four lanes between the intersections of Buenaventura Boulevard and Simpson Road from Myers Road to north of Osceola Parkway. The date of substantial completion for the second phase of work on the east-west road is April 1, 2015. Future The Osceola County Expressway Authority is planning an easterly extension as part of the Osceola County Beltway System. Following a 2012 feasibility study and a March 2013 public meeting, the project team decided on an alignment along the county line, either leaving the current roadway east of Windy Cove Drive (Bridgewater subdivision) or following the current roadway to its end at Simpson Road and curving northeast there. A spur would extend north to SR 417 near Orlando International Airport. Major intersections See also References External links Osceola County Online - Osceola Parkway Florida @ SouthEastRoads - Osceola Parkway (Osceola County 522) Osceola Parkway Map Osceola Parkway Extension Project Development and Environment Study Parkways in the United States Toll roads in Florida Walt Disney World Roads in Osceola County, Florida Non-freeway toll roads