Florida State Road 70

State Road 70
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	148.034 mi (238.238 km)
Existed:	1945 renumbering (definition) – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 41 near Bradenton
	US 17 in Arcadia US 27 near Lake Placid US 98 / US 441 in Okeechobee
East end:	US 1 in Fort Pierce
Location
Counties:	Manatee, DeSoto, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US SR Former Pre-1945 Toll ← SR 69 SR 71 →

Stretching 148 miles (238 km) across the Florida peninsula, State Road 70 (SR 70) spans five Florida counties and straddles the northern boundaries of two more. Its western terminus is at US 41 (14th Street West) south of 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).

Route description

Between the termini, SR 70 serves the following Florida counties and cities:

• Manatee County – Bradenton, Oneco, 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 Quarters. The route includes part of the Conners Highway

• 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.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Manatee	​	0.000	0.000	US 41 (14th Street West / SR 45) – Airport
	Oneco	1.761	2.834	15th Street East	former US 301
	​	2.762	4.445	US 301 (SR 683)
	​	7.19	11.57	I-75 (SR 93) – Tampa, Naples	I-75 exit 217
	​	17.328	27.887	CR 675 north – Zolfo Springs, Parrish
	Myakka City	26.907	43.303	Singletary Road / Myakka-Wauchula Road
DeSoto	​	44.838	72.160	CR 661A north
	​	45.901	73.870	CR 661 north – Ona
	​	46.163	74.292	SR 72 west – Sarasota
	Arcadia	48.064	77.352	US 17 south (DeSoto Avenue / SR 35) – Punta Gorda
		48.143	77.479	US 17 north (Brevard Avenue / SR 35) – Zolfo Springs
	​	49.824	80.184	SR 31 south – Fort Myers
	​	54.867	88.300	CR 760 west
Highlands	Childs	79.858	128.519	Old State Road 8 north
		79.913	128.608	Old State Road 8 south	not actually former SR 8, but rather SR 67
	Bairs Den	80.931	130.246	US 27 (SR 25) – Lake Placid, Moore Haven
	Bear Hollow	83.694	134.692	CR 29 north
	Brighton	95.654	153.940	CR 721 south – Lakeport, Seminole Reservation
	​	98.412	158.379	CR 721 north
Kissimmee River		102.84	165.50	Harding Memorial Bridge
Okeechobee	​	104.224	167.732	CR 599 north (Northwest 128th Avenue)
	​	111.119	178.829	US 98 north (SR 700) – Sebring	west end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap
	Okeechobee	112.290	180.713	US 98 south / US 441 (Parrott Avenue / SR 15 / SR 700 south) – Orlando, West Palm Beach	east end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap
	​	114.098	183.623	SR 710 south to Turnpike – Indiantown
St. Lucie	​	133.934	215.546	CR 613 south (Carlton Road)
	​	134.330	216.183	CR 613 north (Sneed Road)
	​	136.372	219.469	CR 609 north (Header Canal Road)
	​	137.144	220.712	CR 712 east (Midway Road) – County Fairgrounds
	​	137.989	222.072	CR 609A (Shinn Road)
	​	140.198	225.627	McCarty Road	former SR 712A south
	​	140.702	226.438	Eleven Mile Road - Camp Hidden Hammock	former SR 712B south
	Fort Pierce	143.314	230.642	Turnpike (SR 91) / SR 713 north (Kings Highway) to US 1 – Airport	Turnpike exit 152
		144.021	231.779	I-95 (SR 9) – West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach	I-95 exit 129
		144.377	232.352	CR 611 (Jenkins Road)
		145.432	234.050	CR 770 east (Okeechobee Road)
		146.527	235.812	SR 615 (M.L. King Jr. Boulevard / South 25th Street)
		147.662	237.639	Oleander Avenue (CR 605)
		148.034	238.238	US 1 (SR 5)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Spur in Bradenton

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Manatee	Oneco	0.000	0.000	301 Boulevard	former US 301
	​	1.600	2.575	US 301 (SR 683)
	Bradenton	3.030	4.876	SR 64 (Manatee Avenue East) to I-75 – Beaches, Anna Maria Island
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

• Florida Route Log (SR 70)

• FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014