Florida State Road 70

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State Road 70
Length: 165 mi (266 km)
West end: 75th Street West in Bradenton
Major
junctions:
I-75 near Bradenton
FL 72 near Arcadia
US 17 in Arcadia
US 27 in Bairs Den
US 98 near Okeechobee (begin US 98 concurrency)
US 98/US 441 in Okeechobee (end US 98 concurrency)
FL 710 near Okeechobee
Turnpike in Fort Pierce
I-95 in Fort Pierce
East end: US 1 in Fort Pierce
Florida State and County Roads
< SR 68 SR 71 >


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 where it becomes 75th Street West after making a sharp 90 degree curve 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 CountyPine Level, Arcadia

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

Okeechobee CountyOkeechobee, Cypress Quarter, Four Seasons Estates

St. Lucie County – Fort Pierce

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.