Florida State Road 33
State Road 33 (SR 33) is a state highway running through Lake and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Florida.
Route description edit
State Road 33 begins in Lakeland off U.S. Route 92 (US 92) east of the intersection with US 98 and heads north along the vicinity of the west bank of Lake Parker. North of there it curves to the northeast and has one of two interchanges with Interstate 4 (I-4). The first interchange (Exit 33) provides westbound access via North Socrum Loop Road (CR 582), and eastbound access directly to SR 33. The route turns more to the east away from I-4, until it curves north at the northern terminus of Florida State Road 569. It has an encounter at the second interchange with I-4 (Exit 38) where it actually crosses under the interstate. The road continues northeast to Polk City where it curves back towards the north at a bridge over a former Seaboard Air Line Railroad line (now the Auburndale TECO Trail and General James A. Van Fleet State Trail) just at the northwestern coast of Lake Agnes. From there, it traverses through mostly rural farmland into Lake County and Groveland. In Groveland, it intersects and begins a 3 miles (4.8 km) concurrency with SR 50, up to Mascotte. Now a county road, CR 33 continues through another 10 miles (16 km) or so of rural farmland, passes under Florida's Turnpike, and ends on US 27 in Okahumpka.
Major intersections edit
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk | Lakeland | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 92 (Memorial Boulevard / SR 546) – Auburndale, Plant City | |
| 2.931 | 4.717 | CR 582 north (North Socrum Loop Road) to I-4 west – Tampa | |||
| 3.572 | 5.749 | I-4 east (SR 400) – Orlando | I-4 exit 33 | ||
| 6.046 | 9.730 | SR 659 south (North Combee Road) | Former SR 33A, and CR 33A | ||
| 7.69 | 12.38 | I-4 (SR 400) – Tampa, Orlando | I-4 exit 38 | ||
| Polk City | 13.503 | 21.731 | CR 655 south (Berkley Road) – Auburndale | Former SR 655 | |
| 13.702 | 22.051 | SR 559 south (Broadway Boulevard) to I-4 – Fantasy of Flight, Lake Alfred | |||
| Polk–Lake county line | | Bridge over Withlacoochee River | |||
| Lake | | 27.460 | 44.193 | CR 474 east | |
| | 29.803 | 47.963 | CR 561 north – Clermont | ||
| | 36.547 | 58.817 | CR 565B east (Pine Island Road) | ||
| Groveland | 40.216 | 64.721 | SR 50 east – Clermont | south end of SR 50 overlap; signage changes northbound from SR 33 to CR 33 | |
| 40.541 | 65.244 | SR 19 north (Lake Avenue) to Florida's Turnpike north – Howey-in-the-Hills | Southern terminus of SR 19 | ||
| 41.312 | 66.485 | CR 565 north (Villa City Road) | |||
| Mascotte | 42.687 | 68.698 | SR 50 west – Brooksville | north end of SR 50 overlap and state maintenance | |
| Leesburg | 54.1[2] | 87.1 | CR 48 west – Center Hill, Webster | south end of CR 48 overlap | |
| Okahumpka | 54.7[2] | 88.0 | CR 48 east / CR 470 west to Florida's Turnpike – Sumterville, Howey-in-the-Hills | north end of CR 48 overlap | |
| | 56.049 | 90.202 | US 27 (SR 25) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes edit
SR-CR 33A edit
| Location | Eaton Park-Lakeland, Florida |
|---|---|
| Length | 7.625 mi (12.271 km) |
State Road 33A served as a suffixed alternate route for SR 33 from Eaton Park, Florida to the northern reaches of Lakeland, Florida. It began at US 98 in Eaton Park, ran north through Crystal Lake and Combee Settlement at US 92, and finally terminated at SR 33 south of Interstate 4. It is mainly known as South Combee Road south of Polk County Road 542 and North Combee Road north of CR 542. At some point in the 1980's, the route was downgraded into County Road 33A. Today it is designated as Florida State Road 659, though the old route number still shows up in many street name signs and on Google maps.
References edit
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
- ^ a b Google Maps distance