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Continuing east of I-75, SR 64 reduces to four lanes at Lakewood Ranch Road. At Lorraine Road, it becomes a two-lane road as it becomes a more rural route. It passes Lake Manatee State Park and crosses Lake Manatee near Bethany. It then passes to the north of Wingate Creek State Park and through Myakka Head before entering Hardee County. [2]
CR 675 begins at an intersection with SR 70 about 10 miles northwest of Myakka City. From SR 70, CR 675 runs north along Waterbury Road. It passes through the community of Waterbury before coming to an intersection with SR 64 near Lake Manatee. At SR 64, CR 675 becomes discontinuous and resumes across Lake Manatee less than half a mile east on ...
The Lake Manatee Reservoir is located upstream on the Manatee River. This reservoir, built in 1967, is a 1,174 acres (475 ha) artificial reservoir used as Manatee County's primary water supply. [3] [6] The Manatee River Watershed has three different physiographic locations: plains, lowlands, and uplands. [4]
The Myakka River, part of which runs under I-75, has risen after Hurricane Ian. Those planning on traveling on I-75 to Southwest Florida should seek an alternate route or follow FDOT’s detours ...
Myakka is a name believed to be derived from an unidentified Native American language, from the same word used as the namesake for Miami. [6] Myakka City was founded by Frank Earl Knox (1870–1950) in 1915, after purchasing early pioneer William Durrance’s land a year earlier.
The Myakka River is a river in southwestern Florida. It arises near the Hardee - Manatee county line and flows southwest and then southeast through Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties to Charlotte Harbor , an arm of the Gulf of Mexico .
Palmetto is in central Manatee County, on the north side of the tidal Manatee River, across from the city of Bradenton, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15 km 2), of which 5.3 square miles (14 km 2) are land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2) 8.26%, are water. [1]
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