Florida State Road 82

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For the street in Fort Lauderdale once designated State Road 82, see Florida State Road 736.

Immokalee
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesLee, Hendry, Collier
Highway system
← SR 81→ SR 83

State Road 82 (SR 82) is a 29-mile-long east–west highway serving northern

Immokalee and Felda
.

Route description

State Road 82 begins in Downtown Fort Myers at

Business US 41
one-half mile (0.80 km) to the east.

Between

SR 93), SR 82 is a divided residential/commuter
road. Within the city of Fort Myers, it is known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

After intersecting Interstate 75, it continues east and passes close to Lehigh Acres. SR 82 intersects Daniels Parkway and Gunnery Road at a

Big Cypress Swamp and the western edge of the Everglades drainage system. After clipping the southwest corner of Hendry County, SR 82 enters Collier County and it briefly loses its median and becomes a two-lane agricultural road but expands back to a four-lane divided road about four miles later. SR 82 then comes to an end at a roundabout with SR 29
just north of Immokalee.

History

SR 82 was originally named Anderson Avenue within Fort Myers and it was an early city street. Anderson Avenue was named for Dr. Richard Anderson, who is believed to be the first physician to set up a practice and drug store in Fort Myers. The street was named for Dr. Anderson in 1885, one year after his death.[2]

In the early 1900s, Anderson Avenue was extended east from Fort Myers to Buckingham. The road ran from Fort Myers east to present-day Buckingham Road, which was built at the same time, creating a direct route from Fort Myers to Buckingham.[3]

The road was built as a dirt road from present-day Buckingham Road to Immokalee in the 1930s.[4] The road was officially added to the state highway system in 1931 as SR 184.[5] It was paved in the 1940s.[6][7] The extension to Immokalee was often referred to as Immokalee Road for many years, though that name has been phased out and is now used on the nearby CR 846, which runs from Immokalee to Naples.[8][9]

During the

SR 736
.

In 1991, SR 82 west of I-75 in Fort Myers was renamed from Anderson Avenue to its current name, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The road was rededicated with its new name on January 15, 1991, which is Dr. King's birthday.[2]

Much of SR 82 east of Interstate 75 was upgraded and widened to a multi-lane divided highway in the 2010s and early 2020s. The continuous-flow intersection (CFI) at the Daniels Parkway/Gunnery Road (CR 876) intersection was the first CFI built in Florida, which became fully operational on July 9, 2019.[11][12]

Future

The Florida Department of Transportation is planning to widen the remaining undivided two-lane segment of SR 82 from the Collier County line to Gator Slough lane. The design phase for this project is currently underway.[13]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
LeeFort Myers0.0000.000 McGregor Boulevard to US 41
0.2000.322
US 41 Bus. west (Monroe Street) to US 41
Monroe Street is inventoried as part of SR 82[14]
0.6451.038
 SR 739 south (Fowler Street)		temporary southern terminus of US 41 Bus. south
0.7561.217
SR 739) – North Fort Myers
3.8266.157
CR 865
(Ortiz Avenue)
4.4007.081 I-75 – Tampa, NaplesExit 138 on I-75
6.1549.904Buckingham RoadFormer SR 82A
6.87411.063
CR 884 (Lee Boulevard / Colonial Boulevard) to I-75 – Lehigh Acres, Fort Myers
Former SR 82B east
Daniels Parkway (CR 876) to I-75 – Airport
Continuous-flow intersection
Hendry
 No major junctions
CR 850
south (Corkscrew Road)		Northern terminus of CR 850
​29.88448.094
Everglades
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): note
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related Roads

Monroe Street

Monroe Street intersects SR 82 in Downtown Fort Myers just east of US 41. Monroe Street from SR 82 north to Main Street is state-maintained and is inventoried by FDOT as part of SR 82.[15][14] Westbound traffic is directed via Monroe Street to access US 41 via Main Street since US 41 cannot be accessed from SR 82. Traffic on SR 82 can only access McGregor Boulevard at this intersection.[16]

Former State Road 82A

State Road 82A (SR 82A) was the former designation for Buckingham Road, which connects with SR 82 nearly 2 miles east of Interstate 75.[17] Buckingham Road was previously SR 82A from SR 82 to a point near Buckingham Field. North of here, it was designated SR 861 (which was also signed along the discontinuous Homestead Road).[18] Buckingham Road has since been relinquished to county control and has no route designation at SR 82 (though it is now has the hidden designation of CR 876 beyond Gunnery Road).[15]

Former State Road 82B

See also: Florida State Road 884

The former State Road 82B (SR 82B), locally known as Lee Boulevard, ran from SR 82 east to Lehigh Acres.[8] It was later relinquished to county control, and it was redesignated as CR 884 after Colonial Boulevard (CR 884) was extended to Lee Boulevard at SR 82 in 1990.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (October 1, 2018). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Jacobs, T.M. (May 5, 2010). "The Man Behind Anderson Avenue". Florida Weekly. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "Commissioners Proceedings". The News-Press. October 12, 1918. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Lee, 1936" (PDF). Florida Center for Instructional Technology. University of South Florida. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  5. ^ The State Road System of Florida (1939)
  6. ^ "Road to Immokalee From Buckingham Is Council Project". The News-Press. September 27, 1936. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  7. ^ "Road to the Oil Field". The News-Press. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Lee County Precinct No. 45". The News-Press. March 6, 1972. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  9. ^ "County Road 846 - Immokalee Road". AARoads. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  10. ^ "Collier, 1936" (PDF). Florida Center for Instructional Technology. University of South Florida. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Dickert, Allyssa. "New Continuous Flow Intersection now open in Lehigh Acres". Fox 4 Now. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  12. ^ "State Road 82 Design". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  13. ^ "State Road (SR) 82 from Hendry County Line to Gator Slough Lane". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  14. ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (March 1, 2018). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  15. ^
    Lee County Department of Transportation
    . Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  16. ^ "State Road 82 West". AARoads. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  17. ^ "Real estate sales in Southwest Florida". The News-Press. June 25, 1978. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  18. ^ "Pre-1945 state roads 270-312". NE2. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  19. ^ Kennedy, Sharon (October 16, 1990). "Colonial Boulevard extension opens to traffic". The News-Press. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

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