SR 70 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length | 148.034 mi [1] (238.238 km) | |||
Existed | 1945 renumbering ( definition)–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Florida | |||
Counties | Manatee, DeSoto, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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).
Between the termini, SR 70 serves the following Florida counties and cities:
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. [2]
County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Manatee | | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() | |
Oneco | 1.761 | 2.834 | 15th Street East | Former US 301 | |
| 2.762 | 4.445 | ![]() | ||
| 7.19 | 11.57 | ![]() | I-75 exit 217 | |
| 17.328 | 27.887 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Myakka City | 26.907 | 43.303 | Singletary Road / Myakka-Wauchula Road | ||
DeSoto | | 44.838 | 72.160 | ![]() ![]() | |
| 45.901 | 73.870 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 46.163 | 74.292 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Peace River | Bridge over the Peace River | ||||
Arcadia | 48.064 | 77.352 | ![]() ![]() | ||
48.143 | 77.479 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 49.824 | 80.184 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 54.867 | 88.300 | ![]() ![]() | ||
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 | ![]() | ||
Bear Hollow | 83.694 | 134.692 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Brighton | 95.654 | 153.940 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 98.412 | 158.379 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Kissimmee River | 102.84 | 165.50 | Harding Memorial Bridge | ||
Okeechobee | | 104.224 | 167.732 | ![]() ![]() | |
| 111.119 | 178.829 | ![]() ![]() | west end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap | |
Okeechobee | 112.290 | 180.713 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | east end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap | |
| 114.098 | 183.623 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
St. Lucie | | 133.934 | 215.546 | ![]() ![]() | |
| 134.330 | 216.183 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 136.372 | 219.469 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 137.144 | 220.712 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 137.989 | 222.072 | ![]() | ||
| 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 exit 152 | |
144.021 | 231.779 | ![]() | I-95 exit 129 | ||
144.377 | 232.352 | ![]() | |||
145.432 | 234.050 | ![]() ![]() | |||
146.527 | 235.812 | ![]() | |||
147.662 | 237.639 | ![]() | |||
148.034 | 238.238 | ![]() | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Manatee | Oneco | 0.000 | 0.000 | 301 Boulevard | former US 301 |
| 1.600 | 2.575 | ![]() | ||
Bradenton | 3.030 | 4.876 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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