Florida State Road 70
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 148.034 mi[1] (238.238 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1945 renumbering (definition) – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 US 41 near Bradenton | |||
 I-75 near Bradenton US 17 in Arcadia US 27 near Lake Placid  US 98 / US 441 in Okeechobee Turnpike in Fort Pierce | ||||
| East end: |
 US 1 in Fort Pierce | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Manatee, DeSoto, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Stretching 148 miles (238 km) across the Florida peninsula, State Road 70 (SR 70) spans five Florida counties and straddles the northern boundaries of two more. Its western terminus is at US 41 (14th Street West) south of Bradenton (Manatee County); its eastern terminus is an intersection of Virginia Avenue and South Fourth Street (U.S. Route 1/SR 5) in Fort Pierce (St. Lucie County).
Route description
Between the termini, SR 70 serves the following Florida counties and cities:
• Manatee County – Bradenton, Oneco, Lorraine, Verna (on the boundary with Sarasota County), Parmalee, Myakka City, Edgeville
• DeSoto County – Pine Level, Arcadia
• Highlands County – Childs, Bairs Den, Bear Hollow, Brighton (northeast of a stretch of SR 70 on the boundary with Glades County)
• Okeechobee County – Okeechobee, Cypress Quarters. The route includes part of the Conners Highway
• St. Lucie County – Fort Pierce
SR 70 is signed throughout its entire route, including the mile-long stretch of road it shares with US 98 (State Road 700) in Okeechobee.[2]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Manatee | | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 41 (14th Street West / SR 45) – Airport | |
| Oneco | 1.761 | 2.834 | 15th Street East | former US 301 | |
| | 2.762 | 4.445 |  US 301 (SR 683) | ||
| | 7.19 | 11.57 | I-75 (SR 93) – Tampa, Naples | I-75 exit 217 | |
| | 17.328 | 27.887 |  CR 675 north – Zolfo Springs, Parrish | ||
| Myakka City | 26.907 | 43.303 | Singletary Road / Myakka-Wauchula Road | ||
| DeSoto | | 44.838 | 72.160 |  CR 661A north | |
| | 45.901 | 73.870 |  CR 661 north – Ona | ||
| | 46.163 | 74.292 |  SR 72 west – Sarasota | ||
| Arcadia | 48.064 | 77.352 | US 17 south (DeSoto Avenue / SR 35) – Punta Gorda | ||
| 48.143 | 77.479 | US 17 north (Brevard Avenue / SR 35) – Zolfo Springs | |||
| | 49.824 | 80.184 |  SR 31 south – Fort Myers | ||
| | 54.867 | 88.300 |  CR 760 west | ||
| Highlands | Childs | 79.858 | 128.519 | Old State Road 8 north | |
| 79.913 | 128.608 | Old State Road 8 south | not actually former SR 8, but rather SR 67 | ||
| Bairs Den | 80.931 | 130.246 | US 27 (SR 25) – Lake Placid, Moore Haven | ||
| Bear Hollow | 83.694 | 134.692 |  CR 29 north | ||
| Brighton | 95.654 | 153.940 |  CR 721 south – Lakeport, Seminole Reservation | ||
| | 98.412 | 158.379 | CR 721 north | ||
| Kissimmee River | 102.84 | 165.50 | Harding Memorial Bridge | ||
| Okeechobee | | 104.224 | 167.732 |  CR 599 north (Northwest 128th Avenue) | |
| | 111.119 | 178.829 | US 98 north (SR 700) – Sebring | west end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap | |
| Okeechobee | 112.290 | 180.713 | US 98 south / US 441 (Parrott Avenue / SR 15 / SR 700 south) – Orlando, West Palm Beach | east end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap | |
| | 114.098 | 183.623 |  SR 710 south to Turnpike – Indiantown | ||
| St. Lucie | | 133.934 | 215.546 |  CR 613 south (Carlton Road) | |
| | 134.330 | 216.183 | CR 613 north (Sneed Road) | ||
| | 136.372 | 219.469 |  CR 609 north (Header Canal Road) | ||
| | 137.144 | 220.712 |  CR 712 east (Midway Road) – County Fairgrounds | ||
| | 137.989 | 222.072 |  CR 609A (Shinn Road) | ||
| | 140.198 | 225.627 | McCarty Road | former SR 712A south | |
| | 140.702 | 226.438 | Eleven Mile Road - Camp Hidden Hammock | former SR 712B south | |
| Fort Pierce | 143.314 | 230.642 |  Turnpike (SR 91) / SR 713 north (Kings Highway) to US 1 – Airport | Turnpike exit 152 | |
| 144.021 | 231.779 |  I-95 (SR 9) – West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach | I-95 exit 129 | ||
| 144.377 | 232.352 |  CR 611 (Jenkins Road) | |||
| 145.432 | 234.050 |  CR 770 east (Okeechobee Road) | |||
| 146.527 | 235.812 |  SR 615 (M.L. King Jr. Boulevard / South 25th Street) | |||
| 147.662 | 237.639 | Oleander Avenue (CR 605) | |||
| 148.034 | 238.238 | US 1 (SR 5) | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- Spur in Bradenton
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Manatee | Oneco | 0.000 | 0.000 | 301 Boulevard | former US 301 |
| | 1.600 | 2.575 | US 301 (SR 683) | ||
| Bradenton | 3.030 | 4.876 |  SR 64 (Manatee Avenue East) to I-75 – Beaches, Anna Maria Island | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014
- ↑ Google (2010-05-03). "overview map of State Road 70" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-05-03.