Florida State Route 78

According to findjobdescriptions.com, State Route 78 or State Road 78 (SR-78) is a state route in the U.S. state of Florida. The road forms a somewhat secondary east-west route from Cape Coral on the Gulf of Mexico to Okeechobee inland. State Road 78 consists of several segments and is 116 kilometers long in total.

Travel directions

State Road 78 between LaBelle and Moore Haven.

State Road 78 begins as the main east-west urban arterial of Cape Coral, a rather sprawling city. The road has 2×2 lanes through Cape Coral and has a relatively wide median strip for the front and city road. It first crosses US 41 and further east there is a connection to Interstate 75. East of I-75, the road runs parallel to State Road 80, State Road 78 is clearly the more secondary connection here. State Road 80 is south of the Caloosahatchee River, while State Road 78 is north of it. The road continues east through less populated agricultural land to US 27 near Moore Haven.

State Road 78 is interrupted here for a few kilometers by US 27. The stretch from Moore Haven to Okeechobee is part of the ring road around the large Lake Okeechobee. The single-lane road here runs largely parallel to the dike around the lake. State Road 78 ends at US 98 at the town of Okeechobee.

History

The State Road 78 was created in 1945 as an east-west route in the gridfrom Florida, but the road was originally incomplete and also started further west at the end of an island in Bokeelia. At the time, State Road 78 was not yet accessible between US 41 and LaBelle. The city of Cape Coral only started to be developed from 1958, this area was originally completely uninhabited. Cape Coral only started to become a bigger place in the 1970s and is more spacious than many other cities. State Road 78 forms the primary east-west route through the city and is spaciously laid out with 2×2 lanes and a wide median strip. At the time, the road formed the northern border of Cape Coral and was widened to 2×2 lanes in the late 1990s. In the period 1995-2010 the city expanded drastically to the north, making it a large city in area.

Elsewhere, the road has less meaning. The section between Cape Coral and LaBelle was not built until the 1960s as a through road connection parallel to the more important State Road 80. Of the inland part, the stretch along Lake Okeechobee is especially significant, as it is one of the few roads in this region.

Some segments of State Road 78 were later handed over to the counties, making the road no longer a continuously signposted route. It has since been divided into three segments.

Traffic intensities

Every day, 25,000 to 45,000 vehicles drive through Cape Coral, but only 2,000 to 3,000 vehicles parallel State Road 80 to LaBelle. There are 3,000 vehicles between LaBelle and US 27 and 3,000 vehicles around Lake Okeechobee.

Florida State Route 79

According to Indexdotcom, State Route 79 or State Road 79 (SR-79) is a state route in the U.S. state of Florida. The road forms a north-south route in the Florida Panhandle, from Panama City Beach to the Alabama border at Esto. State Road 79 is 98 kilometers long.

Travel directions

State Road 79 begins in Panama City Beach on the Gulf of Mexico at State Road 30. A few blocks north you cross US 98. The road only briefly passes through built-up areas and then becomes a 70 kilometer long 2×2 divided highway until it connects with Interstate 10 at Bonifay. This route leads through a sparsely populated region with a lot of forest. In Bonifay itself, the US 90 crosses, after which the road continues north through agricultural land to the Alabama border at Esto. State Route 167 in Alabama then continues to Enterprise.

History

State Road 79 was created during the 1945 renumbering, when it became a north-south route on the Florida grid. Due to tourism on the Gulf of Mexico, the road has been fully upgraded to 2×2 lanes between Panama City Beach and I-10 at Bonifay, a 70-kilometer stretch. The road has been widened from south to north to 2×2 lanes. Between 2005 and 2010, the road between US 98 and State Road 20 was widened to 2×2 lanes in stages, including a second bridge over West Bay. The section between State Road 20 and I-10 has been widened to 2×2 lanes in phases between 2016 and 2021.

Traffic intensities

16,000 vehicles drive daily at Panama City Beach, dropping to 11,000 vehicles as far as State Road 20 and 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles continue to I-10 at Bonifay. After that, 3,000 to 4,000 vehicles will drive between Bonifay and the Alabama border.