Route information | ||||
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Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length | 77.386 mi [1] (124.541 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | City Road 789 in Holmes Beach | |||
US 41 / US 301 in Bradenton I-75 near Bradenton US 17 in Zolfo Springs | ||||
East end | US 27 / US 98 / SR 17 in Avon Park | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Florida | |||
Counties | Manatee, Hardee, Highlands | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Road 64 (SR 64) extends from City Road 789 (former County Road 789) near the Gulf of Mexico in Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island in Manatee County to US 27/US 98 in Avon Park in Highlands County. State Road 64 travels from west to east through the counties of Manatee, Hardee and Highlands. It is a mostly rural two-lane highway going through only two cities, Bradenton and Zolfo Springs. It crosses the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway as well as the Braden River, Lake Manatee, and the Myakka River. East of Avon Park, a bi-county extension runs northeast into Polk County which runs through Lake Wales Ridge State Forest and terminates at the Avon Park US Air Force Base. It is designated as the Florida Cracker Trail from Bradenton to the Hardee County Line. [2]
County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Manatee | Holmes Beach | 0.000 | 0.000 | City Road 789 (Gulf Drive) – Manatee Beach, Anna Maria | Western terminus |
0.216 | 0.348 | SR 789 south (East Bay Drive) – Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, Sarasota | |||
Sarasota Bay (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) | 0.99 | 1.59 | Anna Maria Island Bridge | ||
Bradenton | 8.660 | 13.937 | US 41 Bus. (9th Street West / SR 45) – Sarasota, Palmetto | ||
9.166 | 14.751 | US 41 (1st Street / SR 55) / US 301 – Palmetto, Oneco, Sarasota | |||
10.133 | 16.307 | SR 70 south (15th Street East) | |||
| 14.938 | 24.040 | I-75 (SR 93) – Tampa, St. Petersburg, Naples, Miami | Exit 220 on I-75 | |
| 25.338 | 40.778 | CR 675 south – Arcadia | West end of CR 675 overlap | |
| 25.836 | 41.579 | CR 675 north – Parrish | East end of CR 675 overlap | |
Hardee | | 43.336 | 69.743 | CR 665 south – Solomon's Castle | |
Ona | 50.237 | 80.849 | CR 663 | ||
| 52.931 | 85.184 | Murphy Road (CR 661 south) | ||
Oak Grove | 53.183 | 85.590 | West Main Street (CR 64A east) - Wauchula | ||
| 57.103 | 91.898 | South Florida Avenue (CR 35A north) | ||
Peace River | Bridge over the Peace River | ||||
Zolfo Springs | 58.035 | 93.398 | US 17 (SR 35) – Wauchula, Arcadia | ||
| 58.914 | 94.813 | Steve Roberts Special (CR 636 east) | ||
Griffins Corner | 63.231 | 101.760 | Griffin Road (CR 652 west) | ||
| 65.341 | 105.156 | SR 636 west – Wauchula | ||
Lemon Grove | 66.671 | 107.297 | Maude Road (CR 667 north) | ||
| 70.489 | 113.441 | Parnell Road (CR 671 south) | ||
Highlands | Avon Park | 77.386 | 124.541 | US 27 / US 98 (SR 25) / SR 17 south (Main Street) – Lake Wales, Sebring | Eastern terminus; truck route to SR 17 / CR 64 |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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The Anna Maria Island Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Sarasota Bay, connecting the barrier islands of Holmes Beach to the mainland of Palma Sola, Florida. Built in 1957, the bridge carries Manatee Avenue, part of SR 64, and it also replaced the old swing bridge built in 1921. [3] [4]
The bridge was designated by the 1965 Legislature of Florida.
Location | Avon Park-Avon Park Air Force Range |
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County Road 64 is a bi-county extension of SR 64 in Highlands and Polk Counties. It begins at SR 17 in Avon Park as East Main Street, which is part of SR 17 from the eastern terminus of SR 64. From there it runs straight west and east until the intersection with East Avon Pines Road, where it branches to the northeast, a position it maintains throughout the rest of the county. After crossing a bridge over Bonnet Creek, it crosses the Polk County Line [5] thus entering part of the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest, before curving east as it approaches a bridge over Arbuckle Creek, and terminating at the Avon Park Air Force Range. [6]
Location | Oak Grove-Wauchula |
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County Road 64A is an alternate county route of SR 64. It begins as a north-south road at the intersection with SR 64 in Oak Grove west of Zolfo Springs, and begins to curve to the northeast at the intersection of Alton Carlton Road, which leads to the Wauchula Municipal Airport. By the time it reaches the intersection of CR 35B, it runs directly west and east like its parent route and enters the City of Wauchula. Here, the road's only major intersection is CR 35A before it finally terminates at the intersection of US 17 and SR 636. [7]
Hardee County is a county located in the Florida Heartland of the Central Florida region in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,327. Its county seat is Wauchula.
Manatee County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 399,710. Manatee County is part of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat and largest city is Bradenton. The county was created in 1855 and named for the Florida manatee, Florida's official marine mammal. Features of Manatee County include access to the southern part of the Tampa Bay estuary, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, and the Manatee River.
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State Road 66 is a 25-mile-long east–west state highway in Hardee County and Highlands County. Its western terminus is an intersection with US 17 in Zolfo Springs; the eastern terminus is an intersection with US 27-98 near DeSoto City. The eastern continuation of SR 66 is eastbound US 98-SR 700 toward Okeechobee and West Palm Beach.
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State Road 789 is a 17.5-mile-long road along the Florida’s Gulf Coast that spans Bird Key, St. Armands Key, and Lido Key, in Sarasota; Longboat Key ; and Anna Maria Island. The southern terminus is the intersection of the John Ringling Causeway and Tamiami Trail in Sarasota; the northern terminus is the intersection of Gulf Drive, North and Manatee Avenue., West in Holmes Beach. Much of the northernmost five miles (8 km) has been designated Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway.
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U.S. Highway 17 (US 17) in Florida is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs 317 miles (510 km) from the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area northeast to the Jacksonville metropolitan area.
U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) in the state of Florida is a north–south United States Highway. It runs 479 miles (771 km) from Miami in South Florida northwest to the Georgia state line north of the Lake City area. Within the state, US 41 is paralleled by Interstate 75 (I-75) all the way from Miami to Georgia, and I-75 has largely supplanted US 41 as a major highway.
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