Florida State Road 559

State Road 559
State Road 559
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	10.921 mi (17.576 km)
Major junctions
South end	SR 655 in Auburndale
	US 92 in Auburndale; I-4 in Auburndale;
North end	SR 33 in Polk City
Location
Counties	Polk
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 559 (SR 559) is an 11-mile-long (18 km) state highway located entirely in Polk County, Florida. It is accessible to Auburndale and Polk City. It straddles the shoreline of and Lake Juliana.

Route description[]

SR 559 starts at Florida State Road 655 in Auburndale as Main Street at a grade-separated junction that crosses over both SR 655 and the CSX Auburndale Subdivision. The first major intersection is with U.S. Highway 92 (US 92). It heads northward through the downtown of the city, making three sharp turns around the Auburndale Chamber of Commerce and proceeding into a traffic circle around . The road makes its way to the eastern shore of Lake Ariana and straddles it for one mile (1.6 km) before passing the subdivision of Ariana Harbors. Leaving Auburndale, the road runs along the northeastern shore of Lake Juliana and continues north and slightly west to intersect with Interstate 4 (I-4) at its exit 44. The road passes Fantasy of Flight, turns northwest, and ends at SR 33 in Polk City.

Major intersections[]

The entire route is in Polk County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Auburndale	0.000	0.000	SR 655 (Recker Highway)
	0.683	1.099	Derby Avenue (CR 544A)
	0.941	1.514	US 92 (Magnolia Avenue / SR 600) – Lake Alfred, Lakeland
	7.649	12.310	CR 559A west (C. Fred Jones Boulevard)
	8.469	13.630	I-4 (SR 400) – Tampa, Orlando	I-4 exit 44
	9.090	14.629	CR 557A east – Lake Alfred, Polk Correctional Institution, Water Ski Museum
Polk City	10.921	17.576	SR 33 – Lakeland, Groveland
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

^ ^a ^b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014

External links[]

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[sld-1] FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014

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