State: | FL |
Type: | SR |
Route: | 548 |
Alternate Name: | George Jenkins Boulevard |
Maint: | FDOT |
Map Custom: | yes |
Length Mi: | 1.809 |
Length Round: | 3 |
Established: | 2004 |
Direction A: | West |
Terminus A: | SR 600 in Lakeland |
Direction B: | East |
Terminus B: | in Lakeland |
Counties: | Polk |
Previous Type: | SR |
Previous Route: | 546 |
Next Type: | SR |
Next Route: | 549 |
State Road 548 (SR 548), also known as the Lakeland In-Town Bypass, is a short six-lane arterial in Lakeland, Florida, United States, opened in early 2004. It connects George Jenkins Boulevard (west of downtown) to U.S. Highway 98 (US 98) and SR 600 (Bartow Road and Main Street) east of downtown, allowing traffic to bypass downtown.
SR 548 began construction in 2002 and opened in 2004. In 2005 it was stalled by budget cuts only for construction to resume in 2006, with a scaled back design that excluded the originally proposed bridge over SR 539 (Kathleen Road) east of the bridge over Lakeland Junction.[1] [2]
SR 548 was extended west across SR 563 (Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue) and SR 539 (Kathleen Road) terminating at George Jenkins Boulevard west of downtown. This provides a full east - west bypass to supplement US 92 (Memorial Boulevard) and SR 400 (Interstate 4).[3]