Florida State Road 70
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| State Road 70 | |||||||||
| Length: | 165 mi (266 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: | 75th Street West in Bradenton | ||||||||
| Major junctions: | Image:I-75.svg I-75 near Bradenton Image:Florida 72.svg FL 72 near Arcadia Image:US 17.svg US 17 in Arcadia Image:US 27.svg US 27 in Bairs Den Image:US 98.svg US 98 near Okeechobee (begin US 98 concurrency) Image:US 98.svg Image:US 441.svg US 98/US 441 in Okeechobee (end US 98 concurrency) Image:Florida 710.svg FL 710 near Okeechobee Image:Florida's Turnpike shield.png Turnpike in Fort Pierce Image:I-95.svg I-95 in Fort Pierce | ||||||||
| East end: | Image:US 1.svg US 1 in Fort Pierce | ||||||||
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Stretching 165 miles across the Florida peninsula, State Road 70 spans five Florida counties and straddles the northern boundaries of two more. Its western terminus is where it becomes 75th Street West after making a sharp 90 degree curve in 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:
• Manatee County – Bradenton, Lorraine, Verna (on the boundary with Sarasota County), Parmalee, Myakka City, Edgeville
• DeSoto County – Pine Level, Arcadia
• Highlands County – Childs, Bairs Den, Bear Hollow, Brighton (northeast of a stretch of SR 70 on the boundary with Glades County)
• Okeechobee County – Okeechobee, Cypress Quarter, Four Seasons Estates
• St. Lucie County – Fort Pierce
Unlike most Florida State Roads with numbers that are multiples of 10, 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.
