Florida State Road 24

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State Road 24 is an east-west highway that runs between Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico and Waldo, Florida, at US 301. State Road 24 runs along a former branch of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. This branch used to lead to ferries to both Pensacola, Florida and New Orleans, Louisiana. It also passes through Rosewood, site of the infamous 1923 massacre.

1 Levy County
- 1.1 Major Intersections
2 Alachua County
- 2.1 Major Intersections
3 External links

[edit] Levy County

[edit] Major Intersections

Levy County Road 347
Levy County Road 345
Levy County Road 336
US 19-98: Otter Creek
Levy County Road 24B
Alternate US 27: Bronson
Levy County Road 337
Levy County Road 32

Starting as D Street in Cedar Key, State Road 24 skips over Jackson Island and Sunset Island before making it's way across the mainland of northwestern Florida. In the City of Otter Creek, the road intersects US 19-98, at a blinker light, which hardly looks like a city at all.

Between US 19-98 and Alternate US 27 in Bronson, the road runs through a wooded area north of Goethe State Forest. State Road 24's only suffixed route exists in Bronson. It is designated Levy County Road 24B.

Names for State Road 24 in Levy County include D-Street, 2nd Avenue, West Thrasher Drive, East Thrasher Drive and SR 24.

[edit] Alachua County

[edit] Major Intersections

US 27-41: Archer
I-75(Exit 384): Gainesville
FL 121: Gainesville
US 441: Gainesville
FL 26: Gainesville
FL 20: Gainesville
FL 331: Gainesville
FL 222: Gainesville Regional Airport.
US 301: Waldo (Eastern Terminus).

Shortly after crossing the Levy-Alachua County Line, SR 24 become Archer Road and enters Archer itself, intersecting with US 27-41. After the interchange with Interstate 75 in Gainesville, State Road 24 crosses SR 121, where it runs along the south side of the University of Florida then become concurrent with US 441, later with Florida SR 20/26(West University Avenue), until the intersection with SR 331(Southeast Williston Road), where it breaks off onto Northeast Waldo Drive. The Northeast corner of SR 24 and SR 222 is the site of the Gainesville Regional Airport.

Names for State Road 24 in Alachua County include SR 24, Southwest Archer Road, Southwest 13th Street, West University Avenue, Norhteast Waldo Drive, Sparkman Street, and Southwest 4th Boulevard.