Bannered routes of U.S. Route 98

U.S. Route 98
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

There are five bannered routes along U.S. Route 98 and six former routes. Most US 98 banered routes are located in the U.S. state of Florida.

Contents

Existing

McComb business route


U.S. Route 98 Business
Location: McComb-Summit


Pensacola alternate route


U.S. Highway 98 Alternate
Location: Pensacola


Pensacola business loop


U.S. Highway 98 Business
Location: Pensacola

U.S. Highway 98 Business is an east–west business route located mostly in downtown Pensacola, Florida. It is also known as Garden Street, Alcaniz Street, W.D. Childers Plaza and Gregory Street.

The entire route is in Pensacola, Escambia County.

Mile Destinations Notes
US 98 / SR 292 (Navy Boulevard / Pace Boulevard)  
US 29 (Palafox Street/Palafox Place)  
I-110 north Only direct access is from southbound I-110 to westbound US 98 Business
US 98 (Ninth Avenue / Gregory Street / Chase Street)  
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Panama City alternate route


U.S. Highway 98 Business
Location: Panama City


Panama City business route


U.S. Highway 98 Business
Location: Panama City


Brooksville truck route


U.S. Highway 98 Truck
Location: Brooksville

U.S. Route 98 Truck is the truck detour for US 98 around Brooksville, Florida. Although a significant portion of the truck route exists within the city limits, it still avoids historic downtown Brooksville to the south and the west. The route exists in concurrency with two existing Florida State Roads and one Hernando County Road, and never independently.

Beginning at Jasmine Avenue, and East Jefferson Road(State Road 50A), Truck US 98 runs in concurrency with State Road 50 in a southwesterly direction. As it approaches Hernando County Road 581 it turns from southwest to direct west. Crossing the railroad tracks near Hernando County Road 445, the road passes by a large church before curving slightly to the northwest. This segment also contains the secret designation of State Road 700, until it reaches the intersection of U.S. Route 41. Here, State Road 700 leaves the truck route, and heads north along US 41(SR 45) until branching off to Ponce De Leon Boulevard to rejoin US 98. Meanwhile, SR 50/Truck US 98 passes a branch of the Brooksville Post Office, and makes a northbound curve at Horse Lake Drive, then at the Hernando County Sheriff's Office before meeting West Jefferson Road. This entire section of SR 50/US Truck 98 was widened from two lanes to four lanes in the early-21st Century.

While SR 50 takes its sharp left turn toward Weeki Wachee, and SR 50A begins eastbound into downtown Brooksville, Truck Route US 98 continues north along Hernando County Road 485, also known as Cobb Road. From that intersection it narrows down to two lanes, as it approaches a four-way stop intersection and accompanying red blinker-lights with Hernando County Road 484(West Ford Dade Avenue).

Two old sections of Cobb Road used to exist. One is to the right north of Hernando County Road 484(West Fort Dade Avenue), and the other is a mining road that runs from the intersection with Yontz Boulevard to an isolated section of Hernando County Road 476(Lake Lindsey Road) in Stafford.

Crossing the railroad tracks a second time after the intersection with Yontz Road(Former Hernando County Road 485B), the road winds through a rural field between a mining area and a hilly region before finally reuniting with US 98 south of the Willow Prairie Lake area. Truck Weigh Stations exist just west of the northern terminus of Truck US 98 on the right of way of a former railroad crossing.

Former

Pensacola toll route


U.S. Highway 98 Toll
Location: Pensacola-Navarre
Existed: 1939–1946


Panama City Beach bypass route


U.S. Highway 98 Bypass
Location: Panama City Beach
Existed: 1973–1979


Dade City truck route


U.S. Highway 98-301 Truck
Location: Dade City, FL
Existed: 1980s–2007

Truck U.S. Route 98-301 was a truck bypass of the concurrency of U.S. Routes 98 & 301 in Dade City, Florida. The road was also unsigned State Road 533.

Truck US 98-301 ran to the east of the original US 98-301, which previously ran through the heart of Dade City along 7th Street. After the intersection with Alternate Pasco County Road 35 it ran parallel to a CSX railroad line, and passes by the old Dade City Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot.

In February 2007, this section was converted into the main branch of the US 98-301 concurrency.

The entire route is in Dade City, Pasco County.

Mile Destinations Notes
US 98 / US 301 / SR 35 / SR 39 (7th Street) Former US Bus 98-301, Now SR 39
CR 35A (Old Lakeland Highway)  
SR 52 west (Meridian Avenue)
(Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.)  
US 98 / US 301 / SR 35 / SR 39 (7th Street) Former US Bus 98-301, Now SR 39
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Dade City business route


U.S. Highway 98-301 Business
Location: Dade City
Existed: 1980s–2007

Business U.S. Route 98-301 was the main line of the concurrency of U.S. Routes 98 & 301 in Dade City, Florida until February 2007. The road was also unsigned State Road 35, State Road 39, and State Road 700. During the decommissioning of US 98-301 Truck Route, FDOT was carrying out a resurfacing project of the road, and exposed the road's status as State Road 39. SRs 35 and 700 remain hidden, however.

Lakeland business route


U.S. Highway 98 Business
Location: Lakeland


Bartow business route


U.S. Highway 98 Business
Location: Bartow


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