Transportation in Sebastian, Florida

Sebastian is connected by U.S. 1 along the lagoon, CR 512 west to I-95 exit 156, SR A1A over the Sebastian Inlet bridge, fare-free GoLine buses and the city-owned Sebastian Municipal Airport.

The table lists each piece with its current project or service figure, drawn from FDOT, the FAA, GoLine and the City of Sebastian. Three of the six lines are under construction or scheduled for it between 2026 and 2031, so dates in the status column change faster than the rest of the page.

The FEC railway also runs north and south through Sebastian, and Vero News noted in 2018 that most of the city's population lives west of its three crossings, but no passenger train stops in the city. The rail line, the quiet-zone rules and the bike paths each have their own pages in this section; this overview gives the numbers that tie them together.

GoLine Routes 5, 9, 10 and 12 serve Sebastian and meet at the North County Transit Hub on the half hour, and every GoLine ride is free.

GoLine is the Indian River County bus system, with 14 fixed routes running weekdays from 6:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. (GoLine). Its transfer list names the North County Transit Hub as the point where Route 5, Route 9, Route 10, and Route 12 connect on the half hour (Riding GoLine). Buses do not run on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Day.

Each north county route covers a different part of Sebastian. Route 5 loops from Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital through Main Street, Pelican Isle Apartments, Fleming Street and Barber Street (Route 5). Route 12 runs from the Barber Street Publix along Schumann Drive, Barber Street and Laconia Street to Roseland Road (Route 12). Route 9 connects the hub with Sebastian River High School and the Indian River Mall (Route 9), and Route 10 links Fellsmere with the hub by way of the Interstate 95 interchange on SR 512 (Route 10).

Ridership is counted countywide: GoLine, including the Sebastian routes, provided 1,594,170 passenger trips in fiscal year 2024-2025, a 17.2% increase over the year before, and in 2026 won the American Public Transportation Association's Outstanding Public Transportation System award for systems under 3 million annual trips (Indian River Guardian, August 2026). The Senior Resource Association, which runs GoLine under contract, states that all buses are ADA-accessible, carry bicycle racks and require an adult with riders under 12 (Senior Resource Association).

Sebastian reaches I-95 at exit 156 by driving west on CR 512, also called Sebastian Boulevard, and U.S. 1 runs north and south through the city along the Indian River Lagoon.

FDOT's exit list puts CR 512 at I-95 exit 156, between SR 60 at exit 147 to the south and the St Johns Heritage Parkway at exit 166 to the north (FDOT I-95 exit numbers). FDOT's CR 512 project covers the eastbound side from east of I-95 to west of 106 Avenue, where three eastbound lanes drop to two past 108 Avenue; WQCS reported in August 2025 that construction was expected to start in winter 2026 with tentative completion in summer 2027 (WQCS, August 2025). The public meeting for it was held at the North Indian River County Library, 1001 Sebastian Blvd.

Responsibility for Sebastian Boulevard is also moving. On Nov. 4, 2025 the Indian River County Commission voted unanimously to transfer about 16 miles of CR 510, CR 512 and Oslo Road to FDOT, which then maintains and resurfaces them (WQCS, November 2025). The county's MPO staff director said CR 512 was expanded in 2009 and that the long-range plan includes possibly widening it to six lanes.

On U.S. 1, FDOT District 4 plans a resurfacing, restoration and rehabilitation project from north of 87 Street to south Sebastian Boulevard, 4.222 miles long, with an anticipated start in spring 2027, completion in summer 2028 and an estimated cost of $9.2 million (FDOT District 4). FDOT states that repaving and restriping will be done at night.

FDOT is replacing the SR A1A bridge over Sebastian Inlet in a $102 million project let on December 3, 2025, with construction from spring 2026 to fall 2031 and two-way traffic kept open.

The new Sebastian Inlet bridge is shifted east of the existing one and carries two 12-foot travel lanes, two 8-foot shoulders and two 12-foot shared use paths, plus two fishing pier and observation walks under the bridge from the north and south shores (FDOT). FDOT states the purpose is to fix structural and functional deficiencies, close the gap for bicyclists and pedestrians, and raise vertical clearance for resiliency.

Work on the Sebastian Inlet bridge is phased so that the crossing never closes: FDOT commits to two-way traffic across the inlet at all times, with temporary lane closures limited to non-peak hours. The project also reworks both Sebastian Inlet State Park entrances, adding right-turn lanes out of the park and crosswalks across SR A1A at the north and south entrances.

Sebastian has a city-owned general aviation airport, Sebastian Municipal Airport (X26), but no passenger train station; Brightline trains pass through Sebastian without stopping.

The City of Sebastian describes X26 as a general aviation facility on the northwest side of the city, serving primarily small personal and corporate aircraft, with two runways, 5-23 and 10-28, the longest 4,000 feet, and ten airport tenants including Sebastian Municipal Golf Course (City of Sebastian). FAA records list runway 05/23 at 4,023 by 75 feet and runway 10/28 at 3,199 by 75 feet, an AWOS-3PT weather station on 118.125 MHz, and attendance Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (FAA airport data).

Rail is the one mode Sebastian does not use for travel. Vero News reported in September 2018 that Brightline would not build a station on City of Sebastian property because no available city land fit its criteria (Vero News, 2018). Its trains still cross the St. Sebastian River Railroad Bridge, a 1,625-foot structure built in 1926 that Brightline was replacing in 2022, and Vero News then expected 32 trains per day through Indian River County, including Historic Roseland (Vero News, 2022).

Last verified: October 11, 2026, on the FDOT, GoLine and City of Sebastian websites.