State Road 70 marker

State Road 70

Map
SR 70 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length148.034 mi[1] (238.238 km)
Existed1945 renumbering (definition)–present
Major junctions
West end US 41 near Bradenton
Major intersections I-75 near Bradenton
US 17 in Arcadia
US 27 near Lake Placid
US 98 / US 441 in Okeechobee
Florida's Turnpike in Fort Pierce
I-95 in Fort Pierce
East end US 1 in Fort Pierce
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesManatee, DeSoto, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie
Highway system
← SR 69→ SR 71

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:

Interstate 95 exit onto SR 70 in St. Lucie County.

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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Manatee​0.0000.000 US 41 (14th Street West / SR 45) – Airport
Oneco1.7612.83415th Street EastFormer US 301
​2.7624.445 US 301 (SR 683)
​7.1911.57 I-75 (SR 93) – Tampa, NaplesI-75 exit 217
​17.32827.887
 CR 675 north – Zolfo Springs, Parrish
Myakka City26.90743.303Singletary Road / Myakka-Wauchula Road
DeSoto​44.83872.160
 CR 661A north
​45.90173.870
 CR 661 north – Ona
​46.16374.292
 SR 72 west – Sarasota
Peace RiverBridge over the Peace River
Arcadia48.06477.352
 US 17 south (DeSoto Avenue / SR 35) – Punta Gorda
48.14377.479
 US 17 north (Brevard Avenue / SR 35) – Zolfo Springs
​49.82480.184
 SR 31 south – Fort Myers
​54.86788.300
 CR 760 west
HighlandsChilds79.858128.519Old State Road 8 north
79.913128.608Old State Road 8 southnot actually former SR 8, but rather SR 67
Bairs Den80.931130.246 US 27 (SR 25) – Lake Placid, Moore Haven
Bear Hollow83.694134.692
 CR 29 north
Brighton95.654153.940
 CR 721 south – Lakeport, Seminole Reservation
​98.412158.379
 CR 721 north
Kissimmee River102.84165.50Harding Memorial Bridge
Okeechobee​104.224167.732
 CR 599 north (Northwest 128th Avenue)
​111.119178.829
 US 98 north (SR 700) – Sebring		west end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap
Okeechobee112.290180.713
 US 98 south / US 441 (Parrott Avenue / SR 15 / SR 700 south) – Orlando, Lake Okeechobee, West Palm Beach, Amtrak		east end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap
​114.098183.623

 SR 710 south to Florida's Turnpike – Indiantown
St. Lucie​133.934215.546
 CR 613 south (Carlton Road)
​134.330216.183
 CR 613 north (Sneed Road)
​136.372219.469
 CR 609 north (Header Canal Road)
​137.144220.712
 CR 712 east (Midway Road) – County Fairgrounds
​137.989222.072 CR 609A (Shinn Road)
​140.198225.627McCarty Roadformer SR 712A south
​140.702226.438Eleven Mile Road - Camp Hidden Hammockformer SR 712B south
Fort Pierce143.314230.642

 Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) / SR 713 north (Kings Highway) to US 1 – Airport, Miami, Orlando		Turnpike exit 152
144.021231.779 I-95 (SR 9) – West Palm Beach, Daytona BeachI-95 exit 129
144.377232.352 CR 611 (Jenkins Road)
145.432234.050
 CR 770 east (Okeechobee Road)
146.527235.812 SR 615 (M.L. King Jr. Boulevard / South 25th Street)
147.662237.639 CR 605 (Oleander Avenue)
148.034238.238 US 1 (SR 5)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi


Spur in Bradenton
CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
ManateeOneco0.0000.000301 Boulevardformer US 301
​1.6002.575 US 301 (SR 683)
Bradenton3.0304.876
 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. ^ a b c FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
  2. ^ Google (2010-05-03). "overview map of State Road 70" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-05-03.

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