Florida State Road 31

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State Road 31

Florida State Road 31
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length36.357 mi [1]  (58.511 km)
Existed1945–present
Major junctions
South endFlorida 80.svg SR 80 near Fort Myers Shores
North endFlorida 70.svg SR 70 near Arcadia
Location
Country United States
State Florida
Counties Lee, Charlotte, DeSoto
Highway system
Florida 30E.svg SR 30E Florida 33.svg SR 33

State Road 31 (SR 31) is a state highway in Southwest Florida in Lee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties. It is about 36 miles (58 kilometers) long. The entire roadway is two lanes wide, even near Fort Myers. The highway crosses the Caloosahatchee River via the Wilson Pigott Bridge, a small drawbridge, a mile north of the southern terminus. The northern terminus is with an intersection of SR 70 near Arcadia. The southern terminus is with an intersection of SR 80 near Fort Myers Shores. The route is home to G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital, replacing the old De Soto Aircraft Field.

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History

Originally designated State Road 2, the route was redesignated State Road 31 in 1945 as part of a statewide renumbering. [2] [3]

FL 31 Road (29601483316).jpg

Prior to the construction of the Wilson Pigott Bridge in 1960, State Road 31 crossed the Caloosahatchee River about three miles farther east of the current bridge. Just north of Fort Myers Shores, it travelled east along North River Road (then-State Road 78) and crossed the river on a swing bridge into Olga, where it continued to State Road 80 along what is today Olga Drive. [4] The current route south of North River Road carried State Road 78 at the time.

In 2006, Cameratta Properties purchased 5,860 acres (24 km2) of land along SR 31 in DeSoto County for a master-planned community that upon completion will add approximately 17,000 homes and 500,000 square feet (50,000 m2) of retail and office space. The entity formed to Babcock Ranch.

Former Naples segment

Prior to the 1980s, a north-south route near Naples was designated as a secondary state road with the designation of SR 31. [5] This segment, locally known as Airport-Pulling Road, became (CR 31) when it was turned over to county control in the 1980s. [6]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Lee Fort Myers Shores 0.0000.000Florida 80.svg SR 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) LaBelle, Fort Myers
Caloosahatchee River (Okeechobee Waterway)1.041.67 Wilson Pigott Bridge
1.4072.264West plate.svg
Florida 78.svg
SR 78 west (Bayshore Road) Lee Civic Center
2.6704.297East plate county.svg
CR 78 jct.svg
CR 78 east (North River Road) Caloosahatchee Regional Park, W.P. Franklin Campground
Charlotte Bermont 16.99027.343CR 74 jct.svg CR 74  Palmdale, Punta Gorda
DeSoto 25.54141.104West plate county.svg
CR 763 jct.svg
CR 763 west
31.89351.327West plate county.svg
CR 760A jct.svg
CR 760A west
34.10254.882East plate county.svg
CR 760 jct.svg
CR 760 east
36.35758.511Florida 70.svg SR 70  Arcadia, Okeechobee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , accessed February 2014
  2. "Lee Middle, 1936". Florida Center for Instructional Technology. University of South Florida. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. "East Desoto, 1936". Florida Center for Instructional Technology. University of South Florida. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. "North Olga Community Plan" (PDF). Lee County, Florida. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  5. [General Highway Map, Collier County, April 1966, reprinted January 1976]
  6. "County Road 31 - Airport-Pulling Road". AARoads. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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