Florida State Road 64

State highway in Florida, United States

State Road 64

SR 64 highlighted in red

Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length| 77.386 mi[1] (124.541 km)
Major junctions
West end| City Road 789 in Holmes Beach
Major intersections|  US 41 / US 301 in Bradenton
I-75 near Bradenton
US 17 in Zolfo Springs
East end|  US 27 / US 98 / SR 17 in Avon Park
Location
Country| United States
State| Florida
Counties| Manatee, Hardee, Highlands
Highway system

* Florida State Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State
* Former
* Pre‑1945
* Toll
* Scenic

| ←  SR 63| | →  SR 65

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State Road 64 (SR 64) extends from City Road 789 (former County Road 789) near the Gulf of Mexico in Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island in Manatee County to US 27/US 98 in Avon Park in Highlands County. State Road 64 travels from west to east through the counties of Manatee, Hardee and Highlands. It is a mostly rural two-lane highway going through only two cities, Bradenton and Zolfo Springs. It crosses the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway as well as the Braden River, Lake Manatee, and the Myakka River. East of Avon Park, a bi-county extension runs northeast into Polk County which runs through Lake Wales Ridge State Forest and terminates at the Avon Park US Air Force Base. It is designated as the Florida Cracker Trail from Bradenton to the Hardee County Line.[2]

Eastbound on Florida State Road 64 just east of the Hardee County line.

## Major intersections

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County| Location| mi[1]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Manatee| Holmes Beach| 0.000| 0.000| City Road 789 (Gulf Drive) – Manatee Beach, Anna Maria| Western terminus
0.216| 0.348|
SR 789 south (East Bay Drive) – Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, Sarasota|
Sarasota Bay
(Gulf Intracoastal Waterway)| 0.99| 1.59| Anna Maria Island Bridge
Bradenton| 8.660| 13.937|
US 41 Bus. (9th Street West / SR 45) – Sarasota, Palmetto|
9.166| 14.751|  US 41 (1st Street / SR 55) / US 301 – Palmetto, Oneco, Sarasota|
10.133| 16.307|
SR 70 south (15th Street East)|
​| 14.938| 24.040|  I-75 (SR 93) – Tampa, St. Petersburg, Naples, Miami| Exit 220 on I-75
​| 25.338| 40.778|
CR 675 south – Arcadia| West end of CR 675 overlap
​| 25.836| 41.579|
CR 675 north – Parrish| East end of CR 675 overlap
Hardee| ​| 43.336| 69.743|
CR 665 south – Solomon's Castle|
Ona| 50.237| 80.849|  CR 663|
​| 52.931| 85.184| Murphy Road (CR 661 south)|
Oak Grove| 53.183| 85.590| West Main Street (CR 64A east) - Wauchula|
​| 57.103| 91.898| South Florida Avenue (CR 35A north)|
Peace River| | | Bridge over the Peace River
Zolfo Springs| 58.035| 93.398|  US 17 (SR 35) – Wauchula, Arcadia|
​| 58.914| 94.813| Steve Roberts Special (CR 636 east)|
Griffins Corner| 63.231| 101.760| Griffin Road (CR 652 west)|
​| 65.341| 105.156|
SR 636 west – Wauchula|
Lemon Grove| 66.671| 107.297| Maude Road (CR 667 north)|
​| 70.489| 113.441| Parnell Road (CR 671 south)|
Highlands| Avon Park| 77.386| 124.541|
US 27 / US 98 (SR 25) / SR 17 south (Main Street) – Lake Wales, Sebring| Eastern terminus; truck route to SR 17 / CR 64
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus

## Bridges

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### Anna Maria Island Bridge

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The Anna Maria Island Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Sarasota Bay, connecting the barrier islands of Holmes Beach to the mainland of Palma Sola, Florida. Built in 1957, the bridge carries Manatee Avenue, part of SR 64, and it also replaced the old swing bridge built in 1921.[3][4]

The bridge was designated by the 1965 Legislature of Florida.

## Related roads

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### County Road 64 in Highlands and Polk Counties

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County Road 64

Location| Avon Park-Avon Park Air Force Range

County Road 64 is a bi-county extension of SR 64 in Highlands and Polk Counties. It begins at SR 17 in Avon Park as East Main Street, which is part of SR 17 from the eastern terminus of SR 64. From there it runs straight west and east until the intersection with East Avon Pines Road, where it branches to the northeast, a position it maintains throughout the rest of the county. After crossing a bridge over Bonnet Creek, it crosses the Polk County Line[5] thus entering part of the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest, before curving east as it approaches a bridge over Arbuckle Creek, and terminating at the Avon Park Air Force Range.[6]

### County Road 64A in Hardee County

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County Road 64A

Location| Oak Grove-Wauchula

County Road 64A is an alternate county route of SR 64. It begins as a north-south road at the intersection with SR 64 in Oak Grove west of Zolfo Springs, and begins to curve to the northeast at the intersection of Alton Carlton Road, which leads to the Wauchula Municipal Airport. By the time it reaches the intersection of CR 35B, it runs directly west and east like its parent route and enters the City of Wauchula. Here, the road's only major intersection is CR 35A before it finally terminates at the intersection of US 17 and SR 636.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
2. ^ "Listing of Designated Roads in Florida" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
3. ^ "Anna Maria Island Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
4. ^ "BridgeReports.com | SR 64 over SARASOTA PASS, Manatee County, Florida". bridgereports.com. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
5. ^ "FDOT Map of Highlands County, Florida" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
6. ^ FDOT Map of Polk County, Florida
7. ^ "FDOT Map of Hardee County, Florida" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-01-29.

## External links

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