State roads in Florida before 1945 explained

Header Type:former
Caption:Original State Road shield, used until a bit before the renumbering
Statehwy:State Road X (SR X)
Interstate:Interstate X (I-X)
Us:U.S. Highway X (US X)
Label1:County
Field1:County Road X (CR X)
Notes:State Roads are generally state-maintained.
Links:FL

History

The earliest evidence found of the old state road system is on a 1917 State Road Department map;[1] in 1923 the Florida State Legislature began writing the routes into law. Every two years, when the legislature met, new roads were added, at first by number, and later giving the SRD the ability to choose a number. Many routes, specifically SR 2, had not only a main route, but spurs and loops to different places. These were mostly caused by the legislature. Even when a road was also a U.S. Highway, the State Road number was signed.

Up to and including 1939, every road written into law by the legislature was given a number by the SRD. This included the range from SR 397 to SR 449, which included most of the 1926 Bond Issue Roads in Orange County and some other major roads. The 1939 numbering ended with SR 545; 546 to 549 were skipped.

In 1941, many laws were passed assigning not only the main roads, as had been done in Orange County, but a lot of minor roads, to the State Road System in many counties. FDOT did not give these all numbers. Information about which were assigned is sparse. Very few roads were added in 1943 and 1945 due to World War II; the system got to at least SR 625, added in 1945. A state law passed in 1941 authorized a renumbering; this didn't happen until 1945, also because of the war.

Table

Not all routes after 545 are in the table, since that information is much more limited.

Current Florida State Roads are on a separate page.

1 1A 1 Alt 1B2 2A3 3A4 4A5 5A 5SE678 8A9
10 10A 10B 10C 10D11121314 14A15 15A16 16A1718 18A 18B19 19A
20 20A 20B 20C 20D212223242526 26A27 27A28 28A29
303132333435 35A36373839
4041424344454647 47A4849
505152 52A53 53A545556575859
6061626364656667 67A68 68A 68B69
7071727374757677 77A 77B7879
80 80A81 81A828384 84W8586878889
90919293949596979899
100101102103104105106107108109
110111112113114115116 116E117118119 119A
120121122123124125126127128129
130131132133134135136137138139
140 140A141142143144145146147148149
150151152153154155156157158159
160161162 162A163164165166167168169
170171172173174175176177178179
180181182183184185186187188189
190191192193194195196197198199
200201202203204205206207208209
210211212 212W213214215216217218219
220221222223224225226227228229
230231232233234235236237238239
240241242243244245246247248249
250251252253254255256257258259
260261 261A262263264265266267268269
270271272273274275276277278279
280281282283284285286287288289
290291292293294295296297298299
300301302303304305306307308309
310311312313314315316317318319
320321322323324325326327328329
330331332333334335336337338339
340341342343344345346347348349
350351352353354355356357358359
360361362363364365366367368369
370371372373374375376377378379
380381382383384385386387388389
390391392393394395396397398399
400401402403404405406407408409
410411412413414415416417418419
420421422423424425426427428429
430431432433434435436437438439
440441442443444445446447448449
450451452453454455456457458459
460461462463464465466467468469
470471472473474475476477478479
480481482483484485486487488489
490491492493494495496497498499
500501502503504505506507508509
510511512513514515516517518519
520521522523524525526527528529
530531532533534535536537538539
540541542543544545
550551552553554555556557558559
560561562563564565566567568569
570571572573574575576577578579
580581582583584585586587588589
590591592593594595596597598599
600601602603604605606607608609
610611612613614615616617618619
620621622623624625

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 29, 2021 . Road map, State of Florida . State Library of Florida . Florida State Road Department . 1917 . 38450161 . Tallahassee, Florida.

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