Florida State Road 24
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| State Road 24 |
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| Length: | 71.9 mi[1] (115.71 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: | Gulf of Mexico in Cedar Key | ||||||||
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  US 19/US 98 in Otter Creek  US 27 Alt in Bronson US 27/US 41 in Archer I-75 in Gainesville |
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| East end: |  US 301 in Waldo |
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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 was originally owned by the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, and used to lead to ferries to both Pensacola, Florida and New Orleans, Louisiana. It also passes through Rosewood, site of the infamous 1923 massacre.
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[edit] Route Description
[edit] Levy County
Starting as D Street in Cedar Key, State Road 24 skips over Jackson Island and Sunset Island before making its 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.
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
Shortly after crossing the Levy-Alachua County Line, SR 24 becomes 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 Road. The Northeast corner of SR 24 and SR 222 is the site of the Gainesville Regional Airport, before finally terminating at an interchange with US 301 in Waldo.
Names for State Road 24 in Alachua County include SR 24, Southwest Archer Road, Southwest 13th Street, West University Avenue, Northeast Waldo Road, Kennard Street (Westbound lanes in Waldo), and Waldo Road (Eastbound lanes in Waldo).
[edit] Major Intersections
Levy County Road 347: East of Cedar Key
Levy County Road 345: Rosewood
Levy County Road 336: Otter Creek- US 19-98: Otter Creek
Levy County Road 24B: West of Bronson
Alternate US 27: Bronson
Levy County Road 337: Bronson
Levy County Road 32B: Bronson
Levy County Road 32: Bronson- US 27-41: Archer
- I-75(Exit 384): Gainesville
FL 121: Gainesville
FL 226: Gainesville
US 441: Gainesville
FL 26: Gainesville
FL 20: Gainesville
FL 331: Gainesville
FL 120: Gainesville
FL 222: Gainesville Regional Airport.- US 301: Waldo (Eastern Terminus).
[edit] County Road 24B
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| County Road 24B |
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| Maintained by Levy County DPW | |||||||||
| Length: | 0.76 mi[1] (1.22 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: | US 27 Alt |
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| East end: |  SR 24 |
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County Road 24B is a short county road spur of SR 24 in Bronson. It travels 0.76 miles (1.22 km) west of SR 24 to U.S. Highway 27 Alternate and is known locally as Picnic Street.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Florida Department of Transportation. FDOT GIS data. Retrieved on June 25, 2007.
