Florida State Road 713
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| Counties | St. Lucie | |||
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State Road 713 (SR 713) is a
SR 68, most of SR 713 passes through woodland
interspersed with orange groves.
Route description
SR 713 begins as Kings Highway at the intersection between SR 70 and an interchange with Florida's Turnpike (exit 152) and heads north. North of the SR 614 intersection, it veers to the northeast and changes names to Turnpike Feeder Road. The road terminates at US 1 just south of the St. Lucie-Indian River county line.[2][3]
History
According to a 1960 map prepared by the
SR 614), with Angle Road being SR 607A
at the time.
Prior to the completion of
Interstate highway
.
As sections of I-95 were completed between
SR 60 near Vero Beach
and SR 70 in Fort Pierce between 1978 and 1980, the common methodology of using SR 713 to travel between I-95 and the Turnpike evolved:
- Until early 1978, northbound motorists turned west onto Indrio Road (SR 607). After 8.5 miles (13.7 km) of Emerson Road, northbound motorists turned west onto SR 60, which connected with I-95 six miles (10 km) from SR 607.
- When a nine-mile (14 km)-long section of I-95 opened in 1978, northbound motorists stayed on Indrio Road (SR 614) after turning left from SR 713. The then-new I-95 interchange was three miles (4.8 km) to the west of SR 713 on Indrio Road.
- When an additional six miles (9.7 km) of I-95 were opened in late 1978, motorists were directed eastward on SR 68 from SR 713 to connect with I-95. Most stayed with this route after a 0.3-mile (0.48 km)-long section (to SR 70) was opened in early 1979, even though Florida Department of Transportation posted signs encouraging them to avoid SR 713 altogether and use SR 70. The final segment of I-95 to be finished in Florida (Stuart to Palm Beach Gardens) was finally opened in 1987.
Major intersections
The entire route is in St. Lucie County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Fort Pierce | 0.000 | 0.000 |     SR 70 (Okeechobee Road) / Florida's Turnpike to I-95 | Exit 152 on Florida's Turnpike (tolled road) | |
| | 2.399 | 3.861 |     CR 68 west (Orange Avenue) to I-95 | Termini of SR 68 and CR 68 | |
| | 3.896 | 6.270 |  CR 607A (Angle Road) | Former SR 707A | |
| | 4.926 | 7.928 |    Airport | Former western terminus of SR 608 | |
CR 614 east (Indrio Road) to I-95 | Termini of SR 614 and CR 614 | ||||
| | 10.198 | 16.412 |  SR 5 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ Google (2010-04-23). "overview map of State Road 713 eastbound" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ Google (2010-04-23). "overview map of State Road 713 westbound" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
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