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U.S. Highway 17 (US 17) in Florida is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs 317 miles (510 km) from the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area northeast to the Jacksonville metropolitan area.
Acline was an acronym for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the company that built the railroad from Punta Gorda south (which is now the Seminole Gulf Railway). [ 20 ] Jones Loop was heavily rebuilt east of Taylor Road in 1967, and it was designated as SR 768 until the 1980s when it was relinquished to county control.
The highway's southern terminus is at Punta Gorda, Florida, at an intersection with US 41. Traveling north, US 17 joins up with US 50 in Paris, Virginia, and the northern terminus of US 17 is in downtown Winchester. This is also the point at which the portion of US 50 called the Northwestern Turnpike begins.
North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota: 910,108 6 72 Cape Coral–Fort Myers: ... Punta Gorda: 206,134 19 257 Sebastian–Vero Beach–West Vero Corridor: 169,795 20 263
With this new route, the Port Everglades Expressway was then planned to be built as an Interstate highway designated I-595 to provide an Interstate connection between I-75 and I-95. The first piece of the south extension of I-75 to open was a short segment just east of Fort Myers from SR 78 south to Corkscrew Road in 1979.
772: Vero Beach, Port Saint Lucie, Fort Pierce, Sebastian, Stuart and central eastern Florida; 786: Overlay with 305 and 645 for Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys; 813: Overlay with 656 for all of Hillsborough County, including Tampa, Plant City; inland areas of Pasco County, and parts of Oldsmar in Pinellas County, overlays with Area Code 656
Punta Gorda/Fort Myers: Punta Gorda Airport: Seasonal [4] Sarasota: Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport: Seasonal [1] St. Petersburg-Clearwater: St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport: Seasonal [4] Tampa: Tampa International Airport [1] West Palm Beach: Palm Beach International Airport: Seasonal [17] United States : Atlanta
From 1956 until 1993, US 41 signs in Florida featured white numbering on an orange shield. [5] The "color-coding" of U.S. Highways by FDOT was stopped when the state could no longer use federal funds to replace the signs with anything but the standard black-and-white version. Some orange US 41 signs may still remain.