Florida State Road 51
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US 27 in Mayo US 90 / US 129 in Live Oak | ||||
North end | US 41 / US 129 / SR 6 in Jasper | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Florida | |||
Counties | Taylor, Dixie, Lafayette, Suwannee, Hamilton | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Road 51 (SR 51) is a north–south
County Road 51 runs north from US 41/129 and SR 6 in Jasper to the Georgia border.
Route description
Gulf of Mexico through Lafayette County
State Road 51 begins in
The road briefly enters the northwest corner of Dixie County near the Steinhatchee Springs Wildlife Management Area, only to cross over into Lafayette County. Still within the Steinhatchee Springs WMA, the road continues through southwestern Lafayette County, but suddenly starts to curve more to the east as it approaches the northern terminus of County Road 357 in Cooks Hammock. Continuing to curve to the east and move away from the southwestern portion of the county it crosses over the Steinhatchee River, but then starts to curve more northerly again, and even to the northwest before it approaches the western terminus of CR 360. The road curves back to the northeast and finally straightens out as it enters the Town of Mayo and becomes Fletcher Avenue. One other county road terminates at SR 51 in the town, specifically CR 355 which continues west as Pine Street. The much more important intersection is at the center of town which happens to be U.S. Route 27 (West Main Street and East Man Street). From there it runs between Lafayette County Courthouse (Florida) which occupies the entire block between US 27 and Bloxham Street, and across the street the Old Mayo Free Press Building next door to the Old Lafayette County Courthouse which can be found on the southeast corner of SR 51 and Bloxham Street. The last county road in town is CR 400. Further north it intersects CR 534, and a block later it runs into the last routed intersection in Lafayette County which is CR 354 (South Convict Spring Road), but the last intersection in the county at large is with a cul-de-sac named Northeast Castagna Lane. North of there the road crosses the historic Hal W. Adams Bridge over the Suwannee River.
Suwannee County to Georgia State Line
As it crosses the Suwannee County Line, the road is given the name Irvin Avenue Northwest, a name it keeps throughout much of the county. Within
One block later it crosses the railroad tracks where the historic
Unlike in Suwannee County, only a hint of the right-of-way of the former segment of US 129 can be found before the road turns straight north before letting go of its multiplex with
CR 51 runs briefly along First Avenue Northeast to Second Street Northeast, where it turns right, only to curve northeast again. Shortly after the curve, it has an at-grade crossing with a Georgia Southern and Florida Railway line that was following US 41 since Lake City. At Northeast 39th Drive, the road curves more northerly, although not necessarily straight north. The road winds through local Northern Florida forest land with occasional wetlands even as it passes through the barely existing community of Bakers Mill. After crossing a narrow bridge over the Little Alapaha River it intersects a dirt road named Northwest 13th Street which leads to US 129 near Avoca. The rest of the journey of CR 51 is surrounded by scrub forest. County Road 51 runs north to the Georgia border at a T intersection with two dirt roads named Flaline Break Road and Barnes Road, the latter of which is entirely dirt as far north as its terminus with State Route 94 at Tarver, Georgia.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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CR 361 north – Keaton Beach | ||||||||
1.621 | 2.609 | To 1st Avenue South to CR 358 | ||||||
Dixie |
No major junctions | |||||||
CR 357 south | ||||||||
| 28.798 | 46.346 | CR 360 east | former SR 355A east | ||||
Mayo | 31.938 | 51.399 | Southeast Pine Street | former SR 355 south | ||||
32.182 | 51.792 | |||||||
32.451 | 52.225 | CR 400 east | ||||||
| 34.438 | 55.423 | CR 536 west | former SR 53 north | ||||
| 34.916 | 56.192 | CR 354 east – Convict Springs | |||||
Suwannee River | 35.43 | 57.02 | Hal W. Adams Bridge | |||||
CR 252 east / 152nd Street – Charles Springs | ||||||||
| 47.268 | 76.070 | CR 349 south | |||||
| 48.684 | 78.349 | CR 250 west – Dowling Park | |||||
CR 136 west / Walker Avenue north (truck route) – Dowling Park | roundabout | |||||||
53.469 | 86.050 | SR 249) – Branford | south end of US 129 overlap | |||||
see US 129 (mile 62.327-79.305) | ||||||||
Statenville | north end of US 41 / US 129 / SR 25 / SR 100 overlap | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014