Former State Roads in southern Florida
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In the mid 1970s, the Florida Department of Transportation (formerly the Florida State Roads Department) started a sequence of events that eventually resulted in the transferral of hundred of miles of roadway from State of Florida maintenance to county control. The first step was the addition of an S- or C- prefix onto the original FDOT designation (“S” represented “secondary”; “C” represented “county”). State Road signs started disappearing from the “C” roads and were replaced by blue pentagonal County Road signs in the early 1980s; the transition of “S” roads to county control took a bit longer (some State Road signs with S-prefixes remain standing two decades after the transfer to county control).
While the transition occurred throughout the State of Florida, the area most dramatically affected by this process was Florida south of SR 70 (which runs from Bradenton to Fort Pierce). While other State Roads had portions turned into county control (for example, SR 29, SR 31, SR 78, SR 707, SR 780, SR 880, SR 884, and SR 951), entire State Roads in southern Florida disappeared from the FDOT lists (although in many cases, local officials still refer to them as "State Roads"):
• Florida State Road 74 (now Charlotte County Road 74 and Glades County Road 74) – from US 17 near Cleveland to SR 29 near Palmdale
• Florida State Road 92 (now Collier County Road 92) – access to Marco Island from the Tamiami Trail (US 41)
• Florida State Road 702 (now Palm Beach County Road 702) – 45th Street in West Palm Beach and Mangonia Park between Florida's Turnpike and US 1
• Florida State Road 704A (now Palm Beach County 704A) – Australian Avenue between Southern Boulevard (US 98-SR 80) and Okeechobee Boulevard (SR 704) in West Palm Beach
• Florida State Road 708 (now Martin County Road 708) – from SR 76 to U.S. Route 1 near Hobe Sound
• Florida State Road 712 (now St. Lucie County Road 712) – Midway Road (also known as White City Road) from SR 70 near Fort Pierce to CR 707 near Eldred
• Florida State Road 720 (now Hendry County Road 720) – from US 27 near Moore Haven to US 27/SR 80 near Shawnee
• Florida State Road 721 (now Glades County Road 721 and Highlands County Road 721) – from SR 78 near Lakeport, through the Brighton Indian Reservation, to US 98 near Cornwell. A spur in the reservation was signed Florida State Road 721A.
• Florida State Road 731 (now Glades County Road 731 and Highlands County Road 731) – from Glades County Road 74 to Highlands County Road 17 near Venus
• Florida State Road 765 (now Lee County Road 765 and Charlotte County Road 765) – from SR 78 near Fort Myers to US 41 (Tamiami Trail) near South Punta Gorda
• Florida State Road 767 (now Lee County Road 767) – Strongfellow Road from Saint James City to Bokeelia on Pine Island near Cape Coral
• Florida State Road 769 (now De Soto County Road 769 and Charlotte County Road 769) – from U.S. Highway 41 near Port Charlotte to SR 72 near Arcadia
• Florida State Road 771 (now Charlotte County Road 771) – from Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island to SR 776 near El Jobean, crossing Gasparilla Sound via the toll Gasparilla Bridge.
• Florida State Road 773 (now Sarasota County Road 773) – from Fruitville Road (SR 780) in Sarasota to US 41 (Tamiami Trail) near Coral Cove
• Florida State Road 775 (now Charlotte County Road 775) – from Charlotte County Road 771 near Placida to the Tamiami Trail (US 41) near Venice. After the State Road 775 signs received the S- designation, much of the route became the westernmost third of SR 776.
• Florida State Road 777 (now Sarasota County Road 777) – from SR 766 in Englewood to Interstate 75 near Venice Gardens
• Florida State Road 782 (now Palm Beach County Road 782) – Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach
• Florida State Road 798 (now Palm Beach County Road 798) – Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton
• Florida State Road 811A (now Broward County Road 811A) – from Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838) in Fort Lauderdale to Atlantic Boulevard (SR 814) in Pompano Beach
• Florida State Road 812 (now Palm Beach County Road 812) – Lantana Road from US 441-SR 7 to U.S. Route 1 near Lantana
• Florida State Road 832 (now Hendry County Road 832) – from SR 29 near Felda to Hendry County Road 833
• Florida State Road 833 (now Broward County Road 833 and Hendry County Road 833) – from Alligator Alley (Interstate 75) in the Miccosukee Indian Reservation, through the Big Cypress Indian Reservation to SR 80 east of Goodno
• Florida State Road 835 (now Hendry County Road 835) – from Hendry County Road 833 to US 27 near Clewiston
• Florida State Road 846 (now Collier County Road 846 and Hendry County Road 846) – from US 41 (Tamiami Trail) in Naples Park to Hendry County Road 833 east of Immokalee
• Florida State Road 850 (now Collier County Road 850) – from Corkscrew to SR 82 northwest of Immokalee
• Florida State Road 858 (now Collier County Road 858) – loop from Collier County Road 846 through Big Cypress Swamp to Sunnyland Station.
• Florida State Road 869 (now Lee County Road 869) – Sanibel-Captiva Bridge and Summerlin Road from Truckland to Fort Myers
• Florida State Road 886 (now Collier County Road 886) – from Tamiami Trail (US 41) near North Naples to Collier County Road 951 near Golden Gate
• Florida State Road 905 and Florida State Road 905A (now Monroe County Roads 905 and 905A) – Card Sound Bridge
It should be noted that a few cases (like SR 731, SR 850, SR 858, SR 869, and SR 886), the former designation was subsequently reapplied to a different road in a different part of Florida.
