U.S. Route 17 in Florida
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U.S. Highway 17 (US 17) in Florida is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs 317 miles (510 km) from the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area northeast to the Jacksonville metropolitan area.
Coastal Highway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length | 317.070 mi[1][2] (510.275 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 41 in Punta Gorda | |||
Major intersections | ||||
North end | US 17 / SR 25 south of St. Mary's, GA | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Florida | |||
Counties | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Polk, Osceola, Orange, Seminole, Volusia, Putnam, Clay, Duval, Nassau | |||
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As is the case with all Florida roads with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) route numbers, the entirety of US 17 has a hidden Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) designation:
- State Road 35 (SR 35) from the route's terminus at US 41 in Punta Gorda to East Main Street in Bartow.
- State Road 555 (SR 555) from East Main Street in Bartow to US 92/SR 600 in Lake Alfred.
- SR 600 from Lake Alfred to DeLand along the course of the route's cosigning with US 92.
- SR 15 from the intersection with SR 50 and US 17/US 92/SR 15 south in Orlando to the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway interchange in Jacksonville.
- SR 5 from the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway interchange in Jacksonville to the Georgia state line over the St. Marys River.
Concurrencies include US 98 between Fort Meade and Bartow, and a notably long one with US 92 between Lake Alfred and northern DeLand, which itself includes concurrencies with US 192 in Kissimmee, US 441 between Kissimmee and Orlando, SR 50 in Orlando, and SR 46 in Sanford. Others include SR 20/SR 100 between San Mateo and Palatka and Interstate 10 (I-10), I-95, US 23, and US 1 in Downtown Jacksonville in that order.