State Road 39

Maintained by FDOT

Florida State and County Roads < SR 37 SR 40 >

Florida State Road 39 is a north-south highway in eastern Pasco and Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment maintenance and regulation of public transportation in the state of Roads maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation or a toll authority are referred to officially as State Roads, abbreviated SR. State Road 37 is a Florida State highway which runs from Lakeland south to the intersection with SR 62, in Keentown. State Road 40 is an east-west route across central Florida running from US 41 in Rainbow Lake Estates eastwards through Ocala over the Ocklawaha Hillsborough County is a County located in the US state of Florida. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Between Plant City and Zephyrhills, the road is named Paul S. Buchman Highway. North of Zephyrhills, Florida the road is a secret state designation for U.S. Route 301 until the southern terminus of the concurrency with U.S. Route 98 south of Dade City, Florida. Zephyrhills is a city in Pasco County, Florida. The population was 10833 at the 2000 census US Route 301 is a spur of US Route 1 running through the South Atlantic States. US Route 98 is an east-west United States highway that runs from southern Florida to western Mississippi. Dade City is a city in Pasco County, Florida. The population was 6188 at the 2000 census

FL 39 lives again in Dade City, Florida (2007)

In 2007, a resurfacing project of US 98-301 in Dade City lead to the exposure of the road's status as Florida State Road 39, as detour signs popped up around downtown. This was also part of an effort to realign US 98-301 to the truck route. Truck US Route 98-301 was a truck bypass of the concurrency of U

Former segments

Hillsborough and Manatee Counties

South of FL 60 former State Road 39 continues as Hillsborough County Road 39, through Manatee County into FL 62 near Duette. Memorial Causeway Bridgejpg|thumb|Memorial Causeway Bridge looking left from under the bridge toward Clearwater Beach State Road 62 extends 37 miles through Unincorporated Manatee and Hardee counties and passes through Florida Scrubland, from

Hernando County

In and around Ridge Manor, Former SR 39 ran along what is today US 98(SR 700) and old SR 50 to Croom-Rital Road. Ridge Manor is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hernando County, Florida, United States. It then broke away from US 98/FL 50 and was the designation for Croom-Rital Road, a street which runs along what today is the Withlacoochee State Trail, until reaching the unincorporated hamlet of Croom. Withlacoochee State Trail is a 46 mile long paved multi-use non-motorized Rail trail in Florida located in Citrus, Hernando and Pasco North of Croom Road, SR 39 went onto Nobleton Road, which is a dirt road that also follows the Withlacoochee State Trail until it becomes the paved Edgewater Avenue, and crosses the trail heading into senic Nobleton, where it terminates and used to turns west to overlap Hernando CR 476. Nobleton is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hernando County, Florida, United States. ^[1] In Istachatta, another former section exists as Hernando County Road 439, then crosses into Citrus County. Istachatta is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hernando County, Florida, United States.

Citrus County Road 39

When the road crosses into Pineola in Citrus County, it resumes it's designation as County Road 39, however the designation exists in two sections. It winds along the Withlacoochee State Trail, but eventually the trail moves to the northwest. Withlacoochee State Trail is a 46 mile long paved multi-use non-motorized Rail trail in Florida located in Citrus, Hernando and Pasco After running across Bradley Lake, it finally terminates at Citrus County Road 48. State Road 48 is a short east-west state highway in Bushnell Florida. The journey of former SR 39 doesn't end there though, as it secretly overlaps westbound along CR 48 towards Floral City, Florida. Floral City is a Census-designated place (CDP in Citrus County, Florida, United States. North of Floral City, former SR 39 runs along Old Floral City Avenue, where it runs along the Withlacoochee State Trail past Citrus County Road 39A, and Fort Cooper State Park, before entering Inverness South. Fort Cooper State Park is a historic site in Inverness, Florida, United States. Inverness South was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Again between Stoke's Ferry at Florida State Road 200 and US 41 in Citrus Springs, Florida, Citrus County Road 39 winds along the south side of the Withlacoochee River as Withlacoochee Trail. State Road 200 is a major diagonal road in central and northeastern Florida. US Route 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami Florida. Citrus Springs is a Census-designated place (CDP in Citrus County, Florida, United States.

Former proposals

In the early 20th Century, a connection between County Road 48 and SR 200 was planned to run along the west-north side of the Withlacoochee River. This is why there are two sections of CR 39 in Citrus County.

References

1. ^ [Florida Travel Saver, July-September 2001]

External links

• Florida Route Log (FL 39)