Florida State Road 70

State Road 70
State Road 70
	SR 70 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	148.034 mi (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; Florida's Turnpike in Fort Pierce; I-95 in Fort Pierce
East end	US 1 in Fort Pierce
Location
Counties	Manatee, DeSoto, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie
Highway system

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.

Manatee County – Bradenton, Oneco, Lakewood Ranch, Lorraine, Verna (on the boundary with Sarasota County), Parmalee, Myakka City, Edgeville
DeSoto County – Pine Level, Arcadia
Highlands County – , , , (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
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
	Peace River			Bridge over the Peace River
	Arcadia	48.064	77.352	US 17 south (DeSoto Avenue / SR 35) – Punta Gorda
	Arcadia	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		79.858	128.519	Old north
		79.913	128.608	Old State Road 8 south	not actually former SR 8, but rather
		80.931	130.246	US 27 (SR 25) – Lake Placid, Moore Haven
		83.694	134.692	CR 29 north
		95.654	153.940	CR 721 south – Lakeport, Seminole Reservation
		98.412	158.379	CR 721 north
Kissimmee River		102.84	165.50
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, Lake Okeechobee, West Palm Beach, Amtrak	east end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap
		114.098	183.623	SR 710 south to Florida's 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) –
		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 -	former SR 712B south
	Fort Pierce	143.314	230.642	Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) / SR 713 north (Kings Highway) to US 1 – Airport, Miami, Orlando	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 Concurrency terminus

Spur in Bradenton

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
^ Google (2010-05-03). "overview map of State Road 70" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-05-03.

External links[]

Route map:

( • help)

Media related to Florida State Road 70 at Wikimedia Commons

Florida Route Log (SR 70)

[sld-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014

[Google_Maps-2] Google (2010-05-03). "overview map of State Road 70" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-05-03.

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