Florida State Road 20

"FL 20" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Florida's 20th congressional district.

State Road 20 marker

State Road 20
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 361.614 mi[1][2] (581.96 km)
Major junctions
West end: SR 85 in Niceville
  US 27 / US 90 / SR 10 / SR 61 in Tallahassee
US 19 / US 98 / SR 30 in Perry
US 27 / US 41 / SR 45 in High Springs
I-75 / SR 399 in Alachua
US 17 / SR 15 / SR 100 in Palatka
East end: US 1 / SR 5 / SR 100 in Bunnell
Location
Counties: Okaloosa, Walton, Washington, Bay, Calhoun, Liberty, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor, Lafayette, Suwannee, Columbia, Alachua, Putnam, Flagler
Highway system
← SR 19 SR 21 →

State Road 20 is an east-to-west route across northern Florida and the Florida Panhandle in the USA.

Route description

The western terminus of State Road 20 is at State Road 85 in Niceville. The route proceeds east along the northern coast of the Choctawhatchee Bay through Freeport, where it leaves the Gulf coast behind, as it heads through Blountstown and the Florida Panhandle. SR 20 crosses the Apalachicola River on the Trammell Bridge, then proceeds though the Apalachicola National Forest and Tallahassee. It then becomes a hidden route briefly along US 90 in Tallahassee, then along US 27 in Tallahassee where it joins the Apalachee Parkway, a major east-west thoroughfare in the city. Constructed in 1957, the Apalachee Parkway starts at Monroe Street in front of the Florida State Capitol building. It has a short expressway section just east of the capitol, then is a busy four-lane surface boulevard with service roads for the next few miles, passing the Governor's Square Mall and state office buildings.

After the Parkway ends, SR 20 remains a hidden route along US 27 as they run through Capps, Florida, where US 19 joins US 27 until they reach Perry where US 19 continues south towards the Tampa Bay Metropolitan Area, while US 27-SR 20 run east to High Springs.

After a brief signed portion in High Springs, State Road 20 is again hidden along US 441 to Gainesville, where it becomes a stand-alone route along Northwest 6th Street, then turns east onto Northwest 8th Avenue, until running south again onto North Main Street before it overlaps such roads as SR 24 and 26. East of Gainesville, the road again becomes a stand-alone route that is four lanes wide as it runs through Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area to the interchange with US 301 in Hawthorne. The road has since been widened along the route between Interlachen and Francis[3] as it heads into Palatka, finally (and, again, "secretly") joining with southbound US 17 which itself is in a concurrency with State Road 100.

All three routes cross the Palatka Memorial Bridge over the St. Johns River toward East Palatka and San Mateo, where SR 20 follows SR 100 to a terminus at US 1 in Bunnell.

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History

The portion of SR 20 running through all of Calhoun County was designated as "Fuller Warren Parkway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1999.[4]

The portion of SR 20 that is co-signed with US 27 in Leon County was designated as "Apalachee Parkway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1961.[5]

The portion of SR 20 that is co-signed with US 27 in Leon, Jefferson, Madison, and Taylor counties was designated as "Blue Star Memorial Highway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1957.[6] The same portion of SR 20 in Taylor, Jefferson, and Leon counties was also designated as "Paradise Drive" by the Florida State Legislature in 1951.[7]

The portion of SR 20 from Perry to High Springs in Columbia County, as well as all of SR 20 that is co-signed with US 27 in Lafayette and Suwannee counties, was designated as "Fred P Parker Memorial Highway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1941.[8]

The portion of SR 20 in Alachua County that is co-signed with US 441 was designated as "Martin Luther King Jr. Highway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1988.[9]

The portion of SR 20 in Alachua County that is co-signed with US 27 was designated as "United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Highway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1947.[10]

The entire portion of SR 20 that is co-signed with US 27 was designated as "Claude Pepper Memorial Highway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1999.[11] Further, the same co-signed portion of SR 20 was designated as "Purple Heart Highway" by the Florida State Highway Board in 2010.[12]

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Major intersections


County Location Mile[1][2] km Destinations Notes
Okaloosa
 Niceville 0.00 0.00 SR 85 – Valparaiso, Freeport Western terminus of SR 20
0.777 1.250 SR 285 north – Bottle Branch
  5.035 8.103 SR 293 south – Destin
Walton
 Freeport SR 883 north (Madison Street) – Owl's Head Former US 331
24.321 39.141 US 331 / SR 83 – Santa Rosa Beach, DeFuniak Springs
Bryce 33.970 54.669 SR 81 north
Choctawhatchee River
 38.566 62.066 Olan Rex Ferguson Bridge
Washington
 Ebro 39.638 63.791 SR 79 – Laguna Beach
Bay
   51.094 82.228 SR 77 – Southport
Fountain 66.810 107.520 US 231 / SR 75 – Southport
Calhoun
 Clarksville 81.586 131.300 SR 73 south – Kinard Western terminus of concurrency with SR 73
81.782 131.615 SR 73 north – Chason Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 73
Blountstown 90.639 145.869 SR 71 – Wewahitchka, Marianna
Apalachicola River
 93.862 151.056 Trammell Bridge[13]
Liberty
 Bristol 95.185 153.185 SR 12 – Greensboro
Hosford 106.368 171.183 SR 65 – Apalachicola
  113.215 182.202 SR 267 north – Quincy Western terminus of concurrency with SR 267
 
 115.064 185.178 Bridge across the Ochlockonee River
Leon
 Bloxham 116.974 188.251 SR 267 south – Hilliardville Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 267
Tallahassee 134.632 216.669 SR 263 Capital Circle
134.731 216.829 SR 366 north
136.206 219.202 US 90 / SR 10 west, Quincy Western terminus of concurrency with US 90 and SR 10
140.361 225.889 US 27 north / US 90 east / SR 10 / SR 61 north, Monticello, Havana Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 90 and SR 10; northern terminus of concurrency with US 27 and SR 61
140.814 226.618 SR 61, Crawfordville Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 61
141.957 228.458 SR 265 south
144.185 232.043 US 319 / SR 261 Capital Circle
Jefferson
   156.960 252.603 SR 59 – Wacissa, Lloyd
Capps 163.543 263.197 US 19 north / SR 57 – Monticello Northern terminus of concurrency with US 19
Madison
   No major intersections in Madison County
Taylor
 Perry 196.165 315.697 US 19 south / US 98 / SR 30 – Cross City Southern terminus of concurrency with US 19
196.590 316.381 US 221 north / SR 55 – Greenville
Lafayette
 Mayo 224.454 361.224 SR 51 – Cross City, Live Oak
  240.626 387.250 SR 349 south
Suwannee River
 241.891 389.286 initially Jay W Brown Bridge,[14] renamed Frank R Norris Bridge in 1991[15]
Suwannee
 Branford 241.971 389.415 US 129 / SR 249 north – McAlpin Western terminus of concurrency with US 129
  246.045 395.971 US 129 / SR 49 south – Trenton Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 129
 
 250.514 403.163 Bridge across the Ichetucknee River
Columbia
 Fort White 258.102 415.375 SR 47 – Craggs, Lake City
 
 263.104 423.425 Bridge across the Santa Fe River
Alachua
 High Springs 265.430 427.168 US 27 south / US 41 south / SR 45 – Newberry Southern terminus of concurrency with US 27
265.999 428.084 US 441 north / SR 25 – Lake City Northern terminus of concurrency with US 441 and SR 25
Alachua 271.358 436.708 I-75 / SR 399 – Gainesville, Lake City
272.691 438.854 SR 235 north – La Crosse
Gainesville 283.260 455.863 SR 121 north – Worthington Springs
284.481 457.828 US 441 south / SR 25 – McIntosh Southern terminus of concurrency with US 441 and SR 25
285.395 459.299 SR 222 west
286.409 460.931 SR 120 east
287.763 463.110 SR 329 south
288.249 463.892 SR 24 west / SR 26 – Newberry Western terminus of concurrency with SR 24 and SR 26
289.054 465.187 SR 24 east – Waldo Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 24
289.298 465.580 SR 26 east – Melrose Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 26
Hawthorne 303.903 489.084 US 301 / SR 300 – Citra, Waldo
Putnam
 McMeekin 307.902 495.520 SR 21 north – Melrose
Palatka 329.572 530.395 SR 19 south – Salt Springs
332.184 534.598 US 17 north / SR 15 north / SR 100 west – Bostwick, Florahome Western terminus of concurrency with US 17, SR 15, and SR 100
  332.756–
333.591		 535.519–
536.863		 Memorial Bridge across the St. Johns River
East Palatka 334.836 538.866 SR 207 north – Hastings
San Mateo 337.837 543.696 US 17 south – Satsuma Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 17 and SR 15
Flagler
 Bunnell 361.614 581.961 US 1 north / SR 5 – Palm Coast Eastern terminus of SR 20, eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 100
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened
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Related routes

Liberty County Road 120

County Road 120
Location: Liberty / Leon County Line
Aerial view of the Ochlockonee River in flood on April 16, 1975 near Bloxham, at the old Florida State Highway 20 bridge crossing and just southwest of the Talquin Dam.

Liberty County Road 120 (CR 120) is a short piece of an old alignment of State Road 20, at the Liberty/Leon County Line. CR 120 only extends a couple of tenths of a mile (about 300 m) to the Ochlockonee River, where the old bridge has been dismantled; thus, it no longer connects, to Leon County CR 20, on the other side of the river.

The reasons for a realignment were to straighten out the curve on the Leon County side and to bypass a residential area. Along CR 120, are entrances to a couple of residences and an abandoned gas station.

Putnam County Road 20A

County Road 20A
Location: McMeekin – Interlachen

Putnam County Road 20A is a suffixed county alternate route on the south side of SR 20 in western Putnam County. It begins at the southern terminus of Florida State Road 21 in McMeekin, and runs southeast towards Johnson, and Edgar, finally reaching Interlachen, where it turns north to meet SR 20 again.


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References

  1. ^ a b "Basemap Routes with Measures". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  2. ^ a b "Florida Geodatabase". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  3. ^ State Road 20 from Hawthorne to Interlachen Alachua County and Putnam County; Project Overview (Florida DOT)
  4. ^ Florida State Legislature (June 11, 1999). "Fuller Warren Parkway Designation" (PDF). 99-403. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  5. ^ Florida State Highway Board (June 22, 1961). "Apalachee Parkway Designation" (PDF). 26837. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  6. ^ Florida State Legislature (October 29, 1957). "Blue Star Memorial Highway Designation" (PDF). 57-211. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  7. ^ Florida State Highway Board (July 6, 1951). "Paradise Drive Designation" (PDF). 61-598. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  8. ^ Florida State Legislature (May 9, 1941). "Fred P Parker Memorial Highway Designation" (PDF). 20265. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  9. ^ Florida State Legislature (October 1, 1988). "Martin Luther King Jr. Highway Designation" (PDF). 88-419. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  10. ^ Florida State Legislature (May 20, 1947). "United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Highway Designation" (PDF). 23719. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  11. ^ Florida State Legislature (May 12, 1999). "Claude Pepper Memorial Highway Designation" (PDF). 99-404. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  12. ^ Florida State Highway Board (July 1, 2010). "Purple Heart Highway Designation" (PDF). HB 5. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  13. ^ Florida State Highway Board (June 18, 1996). "Trammell Bridge Designation" (PDF). 96-429. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  14. ^ Florida State Highway Board (June 1, 1990). "Jay W Brown Bridge Designation" (PDF). 90-368. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  15. ^ Florida State Highway Board (May 29, 1991). "Frank R Norris Bridge Designation" (PDF). 91-315. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
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