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| Interstates | Interstate X (I-X) |
| US Highways | U.S. Highway X (US X) |
| State | State Road X (SR X) |
| County: | County Road X (CR X) |
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The following is a list of county roads in Manatee County, Florida . All county roads are maintained by the county in which they reside.
| Route | Road Name(s) | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 CR 6 [1] | Moccasin Wallow Road | CR 683 | US 301 | Signs on I-75 were changed to read CR 683 ca. 2013[ citation needed ] |
 CR 10 [1] | Erie Road | US 41 | CSX Line in Erie | |
 CR 39 | SR 62 west-southwest of Duette | CR 39 at the Hillsborough County line north-northwest of Duette | Former SR 39 [2] | |
 CR 43 [1] | Former SR 43 [2] | |||
 CR 64 [1] | 75th Street Northwest | SR 684 southwest of Bradenton | De Soto National Memorial northwest of Palma Sola | Former spur of SR 64 [2] |
 CR 610 | University Parkway [lower-alpha 1] | US 301 (SR 683) / University Parkway on the Sarasota County line south-southeast of Tallevast | I-75 (SR 93) / University Parkway on the Sarasota County line southwest of Lakewood Ranch | Unsigned; former SR 610; [4] travels on the Sarasota County line |
 CR 675 | Rutland Road | SR 70 south of Waterbury | US 301 (SR 43) / 69 Street East in Parrish | Former SR 675 [2] |
 CR 683 | 15 Street East 301 Boulevard Ellenton–Gillette Road 36th Avenue East Moccasin Wallow Road | SR 70 in Oneco US 301 (SR 43) / Leffingwell Avenue in Ellenton US 41 (SR 45) / Bishop Harbor Road west of Gillette | 9 Street West in South Bradenton CR 683 / Bud Rhoden Road in Gillette US 301 (SR 43) north of Parrish | Unsigned; former US 301 / SR 683 [2] Unsigned; former SR 683 [2] Unsigned; former SR 683 [2] |
 CR 780 | Clay Gully Road | CR 780 at the Sarasota County line west-northwest of Sandy | Sugar Bowl Road / Clay Gully Road in Sandy | Unsigned; former SR 780 [2] |
 CR 789 | Gulf Drive Pine Avenue | SR 789 in Holmes Beach | North Bay Boulevard South in Anna Maria | Former SR 789; [2] signed as "Holmes Beach City 789" [5] |
Manatee County is a county in the Central Florida portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 399,710. Manatee County is part of the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton 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.
Sarasota County is located in southwest Central Florida on the Gulf Coast. At the 2020 US census, the population was 434,006. Its county seat is Sarasota and its largest city is North Port. Sarasota County is part of the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton, FL metropolitan statistical area.
Bradenton is a city and the county seat of Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census,the city's population is 55,698.
Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport is located within three jurisdictions: Sarasota County, the city limits of Sarasota, and Manatee County, in the United States' state of Florida. Owned by the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, it is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of downtown Sarasota and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Bradenton.
The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, often referred to as the Sunshine Skyway Bridge or simply the Skyway, is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Lower Tampa Bay connecting St. Petersburg, Florida to Terra Ceia. The current Sunshine Skyway opened in 1987 and is the second bridge of that name on the site. It was designed by the Figg & Muller Engineering Group and built by the American Bridge Company. The bridge is considered the flagship bridge of Florida and serves as a gateway to Tampa Bay.
State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota (SCF) is a public college with campuses in the Manatee and Sarasota counties of Florida. Part of the Florida College System, it is designated a "state college" because it offers a greater number of bachelor's degrees than community colleges. SCF is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Founded in 1957 as Manatee Junior College, it was known as Manatee Community College from 1985 to 2009.
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Friends of Seagate Inc. was founded in the late 1980s by Kafi Benz as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Sarasota, Florida. The historic preservation group lead local efforts protect historic property in the Sarasota-Bradenton area from commercial development. The group later expanded its scope to include environmental conservation. Its most notable project was the preservation of Seagate, the former home of Cincinnati, Ohio, industrialist Powel Crosley Jr. and his wife, Gwendolyn, and its later owners, Mabel and Freeman Horton. In 2002 the organization tried to secure Rus-in- Ur'be, an undeveloped parcel of land in the center of the Indian Beach Sapphire Shores neighborhood, as a local park; however, as of 2014, real estate developers intend to build condominium units at the site.
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