Florida State Road 33

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Florida 33.svg
State Road 33
Florida State Road 33
SR 33 in red, CR 33 in blue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length42.687 mi [1]  (68.698 km)
Existed 1945 renumbering (definition)–present
Major junctions
South endUS 92.svg US 92 in Lakeland
Major intersectionsI-4.svg I-4 in Lakeland
Florida 559.svg SR 559 in Polk City
North endFlorida 50.svg SR 50 in Mascotte
Location
Country United States
State Florida
Counties Polk, Lake
Highway system
Florida 31.svg SR 31 Florida 35.svg SR 35

State Road 33 (SR 33) is a state highway running through Lake and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Route description

Southbound SR 33 in Polk City approaching a bridge over the Auburndale TECO Trail. FL 33 Polk City SAL Bridge-01.jpg
Southbound SR 33 in Polk City approaching a bridge over the Auburndale TECO Trail.

State Road 33 begins in Lakeland off U.S. Route 92 (US 92) east of the intersection with US 98 and heads north along the vicinity of the west bank of Lake Parker. North of there it curves to the northeast and has one of two interchanges with Interstate 4 (I-4). The first interchange (Exit 33) provides westbound access via North Socrum Loop Road (CR 582), and eastbound access directly to SR 33. The route turns more to the east away from I-4, until it curves north at the northern terminus of Florida State Road 659. It has an encounter at the second interchange with I-4 (Exit 38) where it actually crosses under the interstate. The road continues northeast to Polk City where it curves back towards the north at a bridge over a former Seaboard Air Line Railroad line (now the Auburndale TECO Trail and General James A. Van Fleet State Trail) just at the northwestern coast of Lake Agnes. From there, it traverses through mostly rural farmland into Lake County and Groveland. In Groveland, it intersects and begins a 3 miles (4.8 km) concurrency with SR 50, up to Mascotte. Now a county road, CR 33 continues through another 10 miles (16 km) or so of rural farmland, passes over Florida's Turnpike, then has a brief overlap with Lake County Road 48 in Okahumpka, which terminates at the eastern terminus of CR 470, while CR 48 head to Howey-in-the-Hills. Lake CR 33 itself ends on US 27 just south of the bridge over Helena Run, a waterway between Lake Denham and Lake Harris.

History

The current Florida State Road 33 was established during the great renumbering of 1945, after the original SR 33 was replaced by Florida State Road 85 between Fort Walton Beach and Crestview in Okaloosa County. The route originally began at began at U.S. Route 92 (later U.S. Business Route 92, and currently unmarked State Road 600) in Lakeland, Florida and ended at Florida State Road 44 west of the merge with U.S. Route 441 in Leesburg, Florida. It was rerouted in Lakeland from Iowa Avenue one block west to Massachusetts Avenue in the 1970's, with a connecting road between East First Street and north of Bon Aire Street. Some Google Street View images still mistakenly show Iowa Avenue as being part of SR 33. [2] [3] South of the current US 92, SR 33 became a city street within Lakeland, though some traces of Massachusetts Avenue's status as part of SR 33 can still be found in the city, mainly on railroad signal boxes at the crossing of the CSX Carters Subdivision. [4]

North of SR 50 in Mascotte, the road was downgraded to a county road.[ when? ] North of U.S. Route 27 in Okahumpka, the route was extended in a hidden overlap with US 27 and hidden SR 25 until it branched off at Dixie Avenue in Leesburg. The US 27/SRs 25-33 bridge over Lake Harris contained a roadside park, which was later converted into the Leesburg Fishing Area. [5] [6] This segment was eliminated as part of the realignment of SR 44 in Leesburg during the mid-1980's, and the county portion has been truncated at US 27 in Okahumpka ever since.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Polk Lakeland 0.0000.000US 92.svg US 92 (Memorial Boulevard / SR 546) Auburndale, Plant City
2.9314.717North plate county.svg
CR 582 jct.svg
To plate blue.svg
West plate blue.svg
I-4.svg
CR 582 north (North Socrum Loop Road) to I-4 west Tampa
3.5725.749East plate blue.svg
I-4.svg
I-4 east (SR 400) Orlando
I-4 exit 33
6.0469.730South plate.svg
Florida 659.svg
SR 659 south (North Combee Road)
Former SR 33A, and CR 33A
7.6912.38I-4.svg I-4 (SR 400) Tampa, Orlando I-4 exit 38
Polk City 13.50321.731South plate county.svg
CR 655 jct.svg
CR 655 south (Berkley Road) Auburndale
Former SR 655
13.70222.051South plate.svg
Florida 559.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-4.svg
SR 559 south (Broadway Boulevard) to I-4  Fantasy of Flight, Lake Alfred
PolkLake
county line
Bridge over Withlacoochee River
Lake 27.46044.193East plate county.svg
CR 474 jct.svg
CR 474 east
29.80347.963North plate county.svg
CR 561 jct.svg
CR 561 north Clermont
36.54758.817East plate county.svg
CR 565B jct.svg
CR 565B east (Pine Island Road)
Groveland 40.21664.721East plate.svg
Florida 50.svg
SR 50 east Clermont
south end of SR 50 overlap; signage changes northbound from SR 33 to CR 33
40.54165.244North plate.svg
Florida 19.svg
To plate green.svg
North plate green.svg
Florida's Turnpike shield.svg
SR 19 north (Lake Avenue) to Florida's Turnpike north Howey-in-the-Hills
Southern terminus of SR 19
41.31266.485North plate county.svg
CR 565 jct.svg
CR 565 north (Villa City Road)
Mascotte 42.68768.698West plate.svg
Florida 50.svg
SR 50 west Brooksville
north end of SR 50 overlap and state maintenance
Leesburg 54.1 [7] 87.1West plate county.svg
CR 48 jct.svg
CR 48 west Center Hill, Webster
south end of CR 48 overlap
Okahumpka 54.7 [7] 88.0East plate county.svg
CR 48 jct.svg
West plate county.svg
CR 470 jct.svg
To plate green.svg
Florida's Turnpike shield.svg
CR 48 east / CR 470 west to Florida's Turnpike  Sumterville, Howey-in-the-Hills
north end of CR 48 overlap
56.04990.202US 27.svg US 27 (SR 25)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

SR-CR 33A

Location Eaton Park-Lakeland, Florida
Length7.625 mi (12.271 km)

State Road 33A served as a suffixed alternate route for SR 33 from Eaton Park, Florida to the northern reaches of Lakeland, Florida. It began at US 98 in Eaton Park, ran north through Crystal Lake and Combee Settlement at US 92, and finally terminated at SR 33 south of Interstate 4. It is mainly known as South Combee Road south of Polk County Road 542 and North Combee Road north of CR 542. At some point in the 1980's, the route was downgraded into County Road 33A. Today it is designated as Florida State Road 659, though the old route number still shows up in many street name signs and on Google maps.

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