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Marion Creek Road. Cypress Parkway. US 17/92 in Haines City. Polk-Osceola County Line at Poinciana. former SR 580 [1] CR 582. Knights Station-Griffin Road. North Florida Avenue. North Socrum Loop Road.
State Road 570. State Road 570 ( SR 570 ), also known as the Polk Parkway, is a 24-mile (39 km) controlled-access toll road which runs through Polk County, Florida. It is operated as part of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise system of tolled freeways. The Polk Parkway mainly serves as a beltway around Lakeland forming a semicircle, which along with ...
State Road 540 ( SR 540) is a west–east route in Central Florida, serving Polk County. It runs 19.2 miles (30.9 km) from the south side of the city of Lakeland to U.S. Route 27 (US 27). SR 540 also runs along the entrance to Legoland Florida. It is a major route along the south side of Winter Haven, where it is known as Cypress Gardens ...
Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan statistical area (MSA). [3] This MSA is the 77th-most populous one and the 89th-most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012. [4] [5] The center of population of Florida is located in Polk County, near the city of Lake Wales. [6]
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.
Lake Hancock is located in the Polk Upland area between the Winter Haven Ridge and Lakeland Ridge. [2] As part of the upper Peace River watershed, the lake has ecological importance throughout southwest Florida according to the Southwest Florida Water Management District. [3] [4] At 4,573 acres (18.51 km 2 ), it is one of the largest lakes in ...
Crooked Lake is one of the largest lakes in Polk County both in terms of area and total volume with a maximum depth of 45 feet (14 m) and over 21.6 billion US gallons (82 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of water. Originally known as Caloosa Lake by the Indians, [2] it is located on the Lake Wales Ridge , one of the highest areas in peninsula Florida.
Auburndale. State Road 559 Truck is a truck detour mainly along Berkeley Road. It begins at the southern terminus of the northern segment of Polk County Road 655 at US 92, running in a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) overlap with the county route. At the intersection of CR 559A (C. Fred Jones Boulevard), SR 559 Truck turns east, and runs along almost the ...