Florida State Road 70

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Stretching 165 miles across the Florida peninsula, State Road 70 spans five Florida counties and straddles the northern boundaries of two more. Its western terminus is an intersection of 15th Street East and Manatee Avenue (SR 64) in Bradenton (Manatee County); its eastern terminus is an intersection of Virginia Avenue and South Fourth Street (U.S. Route 1/SR 5) in Fort Pierce (St. Lucie County). Between the termini, SR 70 serves the following Florida counties and cities:

• Manatee County – Bradenton, Lorraine, Verna (on the boundary with Sarasota County), Parmalee, Myakka City, Edgeville

• DeSoto County – Pine Level, Arcadia

• Highlands County – Childs, Bairs Den, Bear Hollow, Brighton (northeast of a stretch of SR 70 on the boundary with Glades County)

• Okeechobee County – Okeechobee, Cypress Quarter, Four Seasons Estates

• St. Lucie County – Fort Pierce

Unlike most Florida State Roads with numbers that are multiples of 10, SR 70 is signed throughout its entire route, including the mile-long stretch of road it shares with US 98 (State Road 700) in Okeechobee.