Corkscrew Road, also designated as County Road 850 (CR 850), is a major road in Southwest Florida running from Estero in Lee County east to a point near Immokalee in Collier County. The western section is the primary east–west road in Estero.[2]
County Road 850 | |
|---|---|
| Corkscrew Road | |
 | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 20.9 mi[1] (33.6 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  US 41 in Estero |
| East end |  SR 82 near Immokalee |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| Counties | Lee, Collier |
| Highway system | |
Route description edit
CR 850 begins at US Highway 41 (US 41, Tamiami Trail) in Estero, just across from the Koreshan State Historic Site, and heads east. While not part of CR 850, Corkscrew Road does extend a half mile (0.8 km) west of US 41 as a city street accessing a residential neighborhood and the Koreshan State Historic Site.[2]
From US 41, Corkscrew Road (CR 850) proceeds east as a four-lane divided road through Estero. About 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of US 41, CR 850 intersects Three Oaks Parkway (CR 881), a major north–south corridor connecting Lee and Collier counties. A half a mile (0.8 km) later, CR 850 turns north-northeast and comes to an interchange with Interstate 75 (I-75).[2]
Just east of I-75, CR 850 passes Miromar Outlets and intersects with Ben Hill Griffin Parkway (CR 885), which provides access to Florida Gulf Coast University to the north. Just beyond the Stonybrook neighborhood, CR 850 is reduced to a two-lane road and it turns back east near the Bella Terra neighborhood.[1]
It continues east through rural Lee County. As turns northeast as it enters Collier County. It runs northeast along the north side of Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) before coming to its eastern terminus at State Road 82 (SR 82) near Immokalee.[1]
History edit
The route was first commissioned as a state road in 1935 with the designation SR 276.[3] It became SR 850 ten years later during the 1945 Florida State Road renumbering.[4] It was then transferred to county control in the 1980s. All of CR 850 is maintained by its respective counties, except for the interchange with I-75, which is maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation.[2]
Future edit
Corkscrew Road is currently being widened to six lanes from Ben Hill Griffin Parkway to just east of Stonybrook, and to four lanes from there to Bella Terra. The next phase of the project will widen Corkscrew Road from there to Alico Road.[5]
Major intersections edit
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | Estero | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 41 (Tamiami Trail) | |
| 1.40 | 2.25 |  CR 881 (Three Oaks Parkway) | |||
| 2.00 | 3.22 |  I-75 – Tampa, Naples | Exit 123 on I-75 | ||
| 2.60 | 4.18 |   CR 885 north (Ben Hill Griffin Parkway) | Southern terminus of CR 885 | ||
| | 7.00 | 11.27 |   CR 840 west (Alico Road) | Eastern terminus of CR 840 | |
| Collier | | 20.9 | 33.6 | SR 82 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References edit
- ^ a b c d Google (October 13, 2014). "CR 850" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Lee County GIS. Road Maintenance System (Map). Lee County Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ Florida State Road Department (1936). Lee, 1936 (Map). Scale not given. Tallahassee: Florida State Road Department. Retrieved December 9, 2015 – via Florida Center for Instructional Technology.
- ^ FDOT right of way map, section 12640-2601[dead link]
- ^ "Corkscrew Road Widening Project". Lee County Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 20, 2024.