History
In the late 1970s, FDOT started to put into motion a sequence of events that ultimately resulted in the removal of dozens of miles of roadway from the State maintenance list to county maintenance. Entire State Roads disappeared as their FDOT designations were replaced by County Road signage, while other State Roads had only parts become County Roads (usually with no change in the numbering).
In the 1970s, State Road 78 extended from Pine Island Center, near Pine Island Sound on the Gulf Coast to the northernmost part of Lake Okeechobee. In the 1980s, two sections were transitioned to county maintenance:
• The westernmost six miles (from Pine Island Center to Cape Coral), also known as Northwest Pine Island Road, became Lee County Road 78 (Stringfellow Road, the former State Road 767 running the length of Pine Island and Sanibel Island, became Lee County Road 767).
• North River Road (22 miles of zigzagging road between SR 31 and SR 29) was converted from SR 78 to Lee County Road 78 and Hendry County Road 78, and State Road 78 signs were removed from stretches of SR 29 and 31 that used to overlap SR 78.
Read more about this topic: Florida State Road 78
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