Linked By Bridges and Causeways
To its south and east. Merritt Island is linked by bridges and causeways to the beaches of the barrier island that run from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station opposite the south side of the Kennedy Space Center. past the cruise ship docks at Port Canaveral onward to Cocoa Beach and Indian Harbor Beach. To the west. the island connects to mainland Brevard County by a series of causeways. to Titusville. Cocoa and just north of Melbourne.