Florida State Road 729

State Road 729
State Road 729
State Market Road
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	2.290 mi (3.685 km)
Existed	May 1973–present
Major junctions
South end	US 98 / US 441 / SR 15 in Pahokee
North end	US 98 / US 441 / SR 15 in Pahokee
Location
Counties	Palm Beach
Highway system

State Road 729 (SR 729), locally known as State Market Road, is a 2.290-mile-long (3.685 km) north–south road bypassing the city of Pahokee on the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. SR 729 is entirely within the city limits of Pahokee and serves as a designated truck bypass for U.S. Routes 98 and 441 (US 98/US 441).

Route description[]

As motorists driving northbound on US 98/US 441/SR 15 veer to the west onto East Seventh Street and north onto Lake Avenue to go into downtown Pahokee, SR 729 continues alongside Florida East Coast Railroad tracks to the northeast and north through the outskirt farmlands of Pahokee, to reconnect with US 98/441/SR 15, which continues along the shore of Lake Okeechobee as Everglades Street.^[3]

History[]

The route was originally signed as State Road 15A.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections[]

The entire route is in Pahokee, Palm Beach County.

mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	US 98 / US 441 / SR 15 (South Lake Avenue) – Pahokee
0.028	0.045	CR 717 east (Muck City Road)	Western terminus of CR 717; former SR 717
2.290	3.685	US 98 / US 441 / SR 15
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (October 14, 2015). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
^ "Remember Highway S-22A? It's Now Something Else". The Panama City News-Herald. May 13, 1973. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Map of State Road 729 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-10.

External links[]

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[sld-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (October 14, 2015). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

[1973renumbering-2] "Remember Highway S-22A? It's Now Something Else". The Panama City News-Herald. May 13, 1973. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[state_market_map-3] Map of State Road 729 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-10.

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