State Roads in Florida - "Interrupted" State Roads

"Interrupted" State Roads

While most State Roads are contiguous, there is a relative handful of routes that have interruptions in their designations.

  • The most famous of the set is SR A1A, which exists in seven separate pieces along the Atlantic coast from Fernandina Beach to Key West.
  • State Road 2 has two sections separated by the State of Georgia. The western segment extends westward from Georgia 91 as it crosses the Chattahoochee River and has its western terminus at SR 81 near Sweet Gum Head; the eastern segment crosses the Okefenokee Swamp to connect separated segments of Georgia 94.
  • State Road 15 has two sections bridged by County Road 15 and US 192/441. With the exception of a small section in the Orlando area, SR 15 is unsigned for its entire route since it is just an administrative FDOT designation for US 441 south of Holopaw, US 17 between Orlando and Jacksonville, and US 1/23 north of Jacksonville.
  • The two separate sections of SR 17 formed when US 27 was rerouted in Highlands County, where it passes through Avon Park and Sebring, and in Polk County, from Haines City to Frostproof. Originally signed Alternate US 27, it is now signed as just SR 17.
  • Two sections of State Road 44 are connected in Lake County by US 441 and County Road 44.
  • State Road 54 has a gap in eastern Pasco County, between the western terminus of State Road 56 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Wesley Chapel. It also contains a former segment between 301 in Zephyrhills and US 98 in Polk County.
  • There are two separate segments of State Road 61 in the Tallahassee area.
  • State Road 78 spanned southwestern Florida from the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee to US 41 on the Gulf Coast, but during the late 1970s, the FDOT attached an S-prefix on the designation of the section between SR 29 and SR 31... and started a process that converted the segment into County Road 78 connecting the remaining pieces of SR 78.
  • Until 1993, State Road 84 traversed the state from the Atlantic Coast to the Gulf Coast. When the upgraded Alligator Alley became part of Interstate 75, the unsigned FDOT designation of SR 93 was applied to the toll road, and the end pieces of SR 84 retained their number — and their signs. SR 84 is also a pair of frontage roads that run parallel to I - 75 and I - 595 from the West Arvida Parkway exit to just west of Florida's Turnpike, with a short gap before the eastern end piece emerges from I - 595 as its own road east of US 441.
  • In the Jacksonville area, SR 115 travels along Southside Boulevard north from U.S. 1, and then it follows a pair of Alternate U.S. Highways, US 1 Alt. and US 90 Alt. to Interstate 95 (the hidden SR 9), where the southern segment of SR 115 ends. Three miles to the north on I - 95 is a second section of SR 115, extending to U.S. 23 near Callahan.
  • There are two separate roads in Okaloosa County with the SR 189 designation: a bypass around Fort Walton Beach and a road going from Baker to the State of Alabama.
  • In Winter Haven, US 17 connects the two separate sections of SR 540.
  • A major gap exists along SR 582 between US 19 in Tarpon Springs and US BUS 41 in Tampa.
  • Two sections of SR 811, both of which run roughly parallel to U.S. 1, are found in Fort Lauderdale and near Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter.
  • At one time, SR 865 extended from Estero Island (near Fort Myers Beach) to Tice. Today, SR 865 consists of two separate sections (one running north-south and the other eunning east-west) connected by a stretch of a county road that was originally part of SR 865.
  • State Road 909, also known as West Dixie Highway to the residents of North Miami, has a two-block-long gap, where drivers are greeted with signs saying "TO West Dixie Hwy/TO 909" while they drive a short stretch of Northeast 125th Street (SR 922) connecting the two pieces.

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