The Village of Bridgewater is the first privately funded and initiated Specific Area Plan (SAP) that was approved on March 2, 1999 by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. In accordance with the Village land use classification policies, the Bridgewater SAP provides for adequate public facilities required to support the proposed development. A Roadway Conceptual Analysis (RCA), or corridor analysis, is the first component of the transportation system in order to determine adequate public facilities for the Village of Bridgewater.

The objective of the corridor analysis was to provide economically and technically feasible engineering alternatives for the roadway and right-of-way improvements necessary to accommodate anticipated traffic demands and improve roadway safety. The corridor analysis documented traffic demand estimates, preliminary engineering design alternatives for the roadway, environmental assessments, and public input used in the analysis to determine the conceptual design of the required improvements to CR 535. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners approved the CR 535 RCA on April 4, 2003 and gave authorization to continue with final design, right-of-way acquisition and construction.

CR 535 and Ficquette Road is currently a two-lane roadway within the study limits, which includes an open stormwater drainage system. Based on the information gathered through the corridor analysis, it was recommended to widen CR 535 and Ficquette Road to a four-lane divided roadway (two lanes of traffic in each direction), providing 11-foot wide traffic lanes, a 44-foot raised landscaped median, a 5-foot wide sidewalk on the east side of the roadway (north side of Segment D) and a 10-foot wide multipurpose path on the west side (south side of Segment D), and roadway lighting. Improvements will provide curb and gutter on each side of the road and closed, underground stormwater conveyance system requiring three new retention ponds and the joint use of two existing ponds. The project typical section for CR 535 Segments C through E provides for a 120-foot right-of-way to accommodate the proposed improvements.