U.S. Route 98 in Florida

US 98 near Lillian, Alabama
US 98 near Lillian, Alabama
	I-110 in Pensacola; Panama City; US 19 / US 27 / US 221 in Perry; US 41 in Brooksville; I-75 in Brooksville; I-4 in Lakeland; US 441 / SR 70 in Okeechobee; Florida's Turnpike near Royal Palm Beach; West Palm Beach; US 1 in West Palm Beach;
East end	SR A1A / SR 80 in Palm Beach
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Polk, Highlands, Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is a major east-west thoroughfare through the U.S. state of Florida. Spanning 670.959 miles (1,079.804 km), it connects Pensacola and the Alabama/Florida state line to the west with Palm Beach and the Atlantic coast in the east. It is the longest US road in Florida, as well as the longest US road in any state east of the Mississippi River.

It was established in 1933 as a route between

Gulf Coast between Mobile, Alabama and Crystal River, Florida, including extensive sections closely following the coast eastward from the Alabama-Florida state line to St. Marks

.

Within Florida, US 98 is marked as an east–west road from the Alabama-Florida border to Perry. Throughout most of the Florida Peninsula, the road is marked as a north–south road, but directions return to east–west on the northeast shore of Lake Okeechobee.

As is the case with all Florida roads with federal designations, the entirety of US 98 has a hidden

designation

:

State Road 80 from the US route's eastern terminus at SR A1A in Palm Beach to Main Street (SR 15) in Belle Glade.
US 441 / SR 15) and Park Street (SR 70 east) in Okeechobee
.

US 19) in Citrus County
.

State Road 35 from SR 60 / Broadway Avenue (SR 35 south) in Bartow to US 301 in Pasco County, with one exception:
- State Road 548 from Main Street (SR 35 north) to George Jenkins Boulevard (SR 548 west) in Lakeland.
State Road 55 from South Suncoast Boulevard (US 19 south) in Citrus County to US 221 (SR 55 north) in Perry.
State Road 30 from US 221 in Perry to the Alabama state line via the Lillian Bridge over Perdido Bay, with the following exceptions:
- State Road 30A between the eastern and western termini of both of US 98 Business (SR 30) and US 98 Alternate (SR 30) in Bay County
- State Road 289 from US 98 Business (SR 30) to US 90 (SR 10A) in Pensacola.
- State Road 10A
  from North 9th Avenue (SR 289 north) to North Pace Boulevard (SR 292 north) in Pensacola.
- State Road 292 from West Cervantes Street (US 90 / SR 10A) to US 98 Business (SR 30) in Pensacola.

Concurrencies include

Palm Beach

.

Route description

US 98 is a 671-mile-long (1,080 km) route that extends from the

coast of the Gulf of Mexico through Pensacola and Panama City. It then turns inland and passes through Perry and Chiefland before turning back towards the gulf coast north of Crystal River. The highway stairsteps its way across the peninsula through Dade City, Lakeland, and Sebring. Near Lake Okeechobee, it follows the northern and eastern shore toward Belle Glade. It then heads east to its endpoint on the Atlantic seaboard in Palm Beach.^[2]

Across the Panhandle

US 98 enters Florida from

Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center. It turns north onto SR 295 and the two routes head north together for a short distance. Both SR 173 and SR 295 direct traffic to Naval Air Station Pensacola, which lies three miles (4.8 km) south of the intersection of US 98 and SR 295.^[3]

US 98 enters Pensacola after traversing a short bridge across Bayou Chico. A few blocks later, it turns onto Pace Boulevard (

one-way couplet of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (southbound) and Davis Highway (northbound). Shortly thereafter, US 98 turns south at SR 289 and splits away from US 90. US 98 and SR 289 are concurrent for a few blocks until the U.S. Highway's eastbound traffic turns onto E. Chase Street; westbound traffic arrives at SR 289 on E. Gregory Street. After a short jaunt on the Bayfront Parkway, US 98 turns south to cross the 3-mile-long (4.8 km) Pensacola Bay Bridge over the eponymous body of water.^[3]

The highway lands on the

trumpet interchange with Pensacola Beach Boulevard, which heads south to Pensacola Beach. East of Gulf Breeze, US 98 goes through the Naval Live Oaks Reservation. It meets SR 281 in Tiger Point.^[3] The route then continues on through Navarre, where it intersects with Florida State Road 87 and then the Navarre Beach Causeway

.

US 98 continues on to Perry through Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor counties, passing through different cities and towns, such as Fort Walton Beach, Destin, miramar beach, Florida Santa Rosa Beach, Panama City, Port St. Joe, and Apalachicola, along the beautiful and well-known Emerald Coast and the quieter, less developed Forgotten Coast.

South turn: Concurrency with US 19

Within the city limits of

Perry-Foley Airport. SR 30 turns east as it heads towards US 27 east of the Perry City Limits. and SR 55 becomes the sole secret designation. Later on, US 19-98-ALT 27 enters Tennille, where it intersects with State Road 51. After this the road crosses the Steinhatchee River as it enters Dixie County and begins to make less of a southerly turn and more of an easterly one. The rest of the way, US 98 passes through small towns such as Shamrock where it intersects County Road 358 twice. The road starts making more of an east turn after this and shortly afterwards encounters CR 351 in Cross City, and then State Road 349 and CR 349 in Old Town, which used to be U.S. Route 129 Alternate. It even contains a Truck Weight station in the median before it follows the left bank of the Suwannee River and intersects the eastern terminus of County Road 55A, before it crosses the Joe H. Anderson Sr. Bridge over the Suwannee River. After this it enters Fanning Springs, where it runs along the border of Gilchrist and Levy Counties. US 19-ALT 27-98 makes a sharp right turn after the intersection of State Road 26

and finally enters Levy County entirely. South of there US 98 continues its pattern of having a limited number of left-turn lanes in the center-median. Recent development in the area may lead to the addition of such turn lanes.

In Chiefland, US 19-98-Alt 27 has a brief hidden concurrency with

County Road 336 in Lebanon Junction. Leaving the forest, the road crosses the Ten Mile Creek bridge. South of Lebanon Junction, US 19-98 runs along sparse residences, trailer parks, a Florida Sheriff's Youth Facility, the Gulf Hammock Wildlife Management Area

.

US 19-98 eventually enters the city of

Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant

. South of there US 19-98 passes by sparsely located hotels, bars, houses, cluster developments and signs advertising locally prepared peanuts, and in between also passes by the Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center.

As the road approaches a car dealership on the northwest corner of West State Park Drive, a local road leading to Crystal River Preserve State Park one truly begins to feel that he or she has entered the City of Crystal River, since it then passes by the Crystal River Mall, and the divider ends as US 19-98 becomes a four-lane undivided boulevard. It then curves east as it passes by some more motels and restaurants on the water across from City Hall then approaches County Road 495 (North Citrus Avenue). East of this intersection, it crosses the Cross Town Trail, a small rail-trail that was once an Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line spanning from Homosassa through Dunnellon. The road starts to curve south again, just north of the intersection of State Road 44, but it also has a hidden concurrency with SR 44 south of that point. From Northeast First Terrace a divided and some bicycle lanes begin once again.

A black US 98 shield used in Florida until 1993.

At the intersection of

Chassahowitzka. US 98 leaves US 19 at the intersection with County Road 480, which also overlaps US 98 briefly before branching out on its own towards Floral City

.

Chassahowitzka through Polk County

As US 98 breaks away from US 19 at the corner of the Publix in Chassahowitzka, it joins hidden

US 41. Between North Mildred Avenue and May Avenue, eastbound SR 50A, US 41, and US 98 are concurrent along Broad Street, while westbound SR 50A, US 41, and US 98 are concurrent along East Jefferson Avenue, then West Jefferson Avenue. US 41 reunites with Broad Street at North Mildred Avenue. This one-way configuration for Broad Street and Jefferson Street has been in effect since November 1993, according to the Florida Department of Transportation

. While both segments go up and down steep hills in the heart of the city, the Broad Street (eastbound) section runs over an old railroad bridge over the CSX Brooksville Subdivision, built in 1936.

US 98 continues to overlap SR 50A and US 41 through downtown Brooksville, then makes a sharp right turn off of US 41 onto East Jefferson Street near the May-Stringer House and former Rogers Christmas House. The US 98-SR 50A concurrency continues through the eastern terminus of SR 50A into the west end of a concurrency with SR 50 and hidden route 700, which US 98 becomes concurrent with once again. From there, the speed limit increases to 60 miles per hour as US 98/SR 50 runs southeast through farmland and wooded swampland, then turns straight east again when it runs between a pair of lakebeds before the intersection with CRs 484 and

541. At that point, the road moves up and down a series of hills but first passes by communities such as Rolling Acres and Hill 'n Dale. The hills continue along the road, but along more farms and sparsely populated areas, along with at least one church and later a trailer park. Entering the unincorporated community of Ridge Manor West, commercial development designed primarily for travelers begins to dot the landscape as it approaches the interchange with Interstate 75

at exit 301. US 98-SR 50 is the only interchange along I-75 in Hernando County, and the left-turn lanes leading to the on-ramps are notoriously short. Directly east of I-75 is a development that shares the community's namesake as well as one shopping center.

The road takes one last drop, only to rise again and officially enter

County Road 54, and then the southern terminus of State Road 471

.

Polk County through Okeechobee

Running southeast from the Pasco-Polk border, US 98 remains rural, but eventually becomes more suburban as it enters communities such as

Polk Parkway at Exit 10, which contains loop ramps only from US 98. This interchange is within a mere block of the western terminus of State Road 540, although that route secretly has a concurrency with US 98 until it reaches Highland City

, and moves to the west as County Road 540.

Southwest of Lake Hancock, the road begins to skirt the borders of

CR 640, where to the east of this you'll find the Mosaic Peace River Park.^[7]^[8] In Fort Meade US 98/SR 700 leaves US 17/SR 35 and turns east again, secretly taking CR 630 with it. All three routes leave Fort Meade at the bridge over the Peace River where it becomes Frostproof Boulevard. In this segment, US 98/SR 700/CR 630 has two sharp reverse curves to the south and east, the first being near Pleasant Grove Cemetery, and a much larger one near Lake Hendry Road. After these curves, the route remains relatively straight west and east and after crossing the CSX Railroad Line that is used by Amtrak's Silver Star and Silver Meteor lines it reaches US 27 in West Frostproof, where it turns south once again onto yet another US route concurrency. County Road 630 continues to the east. From here, the hidden routes are SR 25 and SR 700

.

Within

South Florida Community College territory, and then Lake Sebring and Lake Jackson. Curving to the east around the southern shores of Lake Jackson, the route encounters a wye intersection in Sebring, where the second southern terminus of State Road 17 can be found. The commercial zoning that has lined US 27/98 since Avon Park begins to diminish south of Sebring, but doesn't completely disappear. US 98 and hidden SR 700 leaves US 27 at the eastern terminus of State Road 66, thus joining the Florida Cracker Trail

in the process, while US 27/SR 25 continue southbound towards Miami.

Running east, this segment of US 98 is two lanes wide, and shortly after leaving a concurrency with US 27 encounters another with another

Okeechobee station. Between Northwest Fifth and Northwest Fourth Streets, US 98 finally turns straight south, only to encounter a major intersection with State Road 70, where it turns left into another concurrency, running east and officially entering the City of Okeechobee. After crossing a railroad spur leading to the vicinity of the Amtrak station, US 98 leaves SR 70 at the intersection of U.S. Route 441

, where it turns south.

Lake Okeechobee to Palm Beach Area

US 98/441 runs straight south out of the Okeechobee City Limits, along with its hidden state roads 700 and

Florida East Coast Railroad

grade crossing with no signs indicating the location of the border. Winding around the shores of the lake, the road eventually turns to the southwest.

In

CR 717. South of that point, the road is named Belle Glade Road and later makes another reverse curve to the west and south again along the east side of that FEC line before eventually approaching Belle Glade. Before reaching the city limits though, US 98/441 makes a sharp left turn to the east at the intersection of the Hooker Highway, where State Road 80

joins the route, while SR 15 continues south along westbound SR 80.

Between

US 1 and SR 5, reducing to two lanes as it crosses Lake Worth Lagoon on two bridges, and ending on a roundabout with SR A1A in Palm Beach near the Mar-a-Lago estate, which is next to the southern terminus of US 98 at SR A1A, in Palm Beach.^[9]^[10]

History

Conners Highway

Prior to the designation of US 98 in Florida, sections of the route in the southern part of the state were part of the Conners Highway. The Conners Highway or W. P. Conners Highway was a privately built toll road from West Palm Beach, Florida to Okeechobee, Florida, and a free continuation of the road to Tampa, Florida. It cost $2 million to build across the swamps at the outskirts of the Everglades.

The toll section had three

toll booths, at 20 Mile Bend, Canal Point and south of Okeechobee. It was opened on July 4, 1924. The last section of the full route to be paved, from Okeechobee to Sebring

, was paved in 1925.

A toll of $1.50 per car and driver, and 50 cents extra per passenger, was charged at each toll booth. The route also included the Williams Ferry across the Kissimmee River west of Okeechobee, which charged 50 cents.

The highway was advertised as a cross-state alternate to the unpaved Tamiami Trail, also part of the west mainline of the Dixie Highway. Parts of it, including the tolled section, were used as the South Florida Connector of the Dixie Highway.

Tolls were removed on June 10, 1930.

The early years of US 98

US 98 was first commissioned in 1934 and its entire route was within Florida, running from Pensacola to Apalachicola but over a route quite different from its current path.^{[citation needed]}

Eastward extension

In 1951, the eastern end was extended to its present terminus in Palm Beach, Florida. Much of this extension was (and is) concurrent with other US routes.^[11] From Apalachicola, it followed the path of US 319 to Wakulla (which it was then cosigned with), then along new State Road 30 across the lower Big Bend to Perry. From 1952-54, while this section was being built, Temporary US 98 ran from Wakulla to Tallahassee on US 319, and then along US 27 east to Perry.^{[citation needed]}

From Perry, US 98 was extended southward concurrently with US 19 for over 125 miles (200 km) to near

Indiantown.^[12]

Westward extension

In 1955, US 98 was extended westward from Pensacola into Alabama [11] over what is now State Road 298, locally known as Lillian Highway. US 98 retained this routing until sometime after 1965 when it was routed along its current routing south of Naval Air Station Pensacola, Corry Station (formally known as Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Corry Field). The airfield at NAAS Corry Field closed in 1958, opening the way for a southern routing of US 98. The current alignment continues west from its intersection with State Road 298 and is four lanes from its intersection with Blue Angle Parkway to the intersection with Navy Boulevard. The four-lane section from Navy Hospital to Navy Boulevard is routed along the southern most taxiway from the old NAAS Corry Field airfied.

Later changes

Following the extensions of the 1950s, minor changes were made in the routing of US 98. Several of these involved the construction of bypass routes (in Panama City, Dade City, Lakeland, and Bartow) or straightening alignments (near Lakeland and Bartow).^{[citation needed]} Around 1990, US 441 was realigned onto new road from north of Belle Glade to Twenty Mile Bend and, by the late 2000s, US 98 was transferred to this route as well, the most significant rerouting of US 98 in Florida in nearly half a century. The former path of US 98 from Canal Point is now signed as State Road 700 north of the junction with US 98/US 441 and County Route 700 south of that to County Road 880.

FDOT announced in January 2010, near the end of the Pensacola Bay Bridge's 50-year design life, that the bridge was structurally deficient and would have to be replaced within six years.^[13] As of 2011, a study is underway to determine the "feasibility, location, and conceptual design" of a replacement bridge.^[14] As of February 2013, plans have begun to replace the bridge with construction beginning within two years, at a cost of $595.6 million, on a course slightly to the west of the existing bridge. The new bridge, like the current one, will not charge a toll.^[15] As of February 2020, construction of the new bridge is complete with only the pedestrian portion to be completed with the old bridge being dismantled to make way for the parallel bridge to begin construction. However, just months later during Hurricane Sally on September 15-16, 2020, a barge got stuck under the bridge before a crane fell onto one span of the bridge; this knocked almost the entire span into Pensacola Bay, rendering the bridge completely unusable; creating a temporarily gap on US 98;^[16] repairs were quickly arranged, the bridge reopened to traffic on May 28, 2021.^[17]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
SR 42) – Mobile		Continuation into Alabama
SR 42) – Mobile		Lillian Bridge SR 30 begins
CR 293 south (Bauer Road) – Big Lagoon State Park, Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park
	3.583	5.766	CR 297 south (Dog Track Road) – Myrtle Grove , Dog track
		5.474	8.810	NAS Pensacola
		6.962	11.204	SR 727 (Fairfield Drive)
	NAS Pensacola, Naval Aviation Museum	West end of SR 295 overlap
		9.679	15.577	SR 295 north (New Warrington Road)	East end of SR 295 overlap
		10.013	16.114	CR 295A (Old Corry Field Road)
		10.113	16.275	SR 294 west (Chiefs' Way)	no left turn eastbound
	CR 453 north (W Street)
		12.049	19.391	SR 30) / SR 292 begins	East end of SR 30 overlap; west end of SR 292 overlap
		12.520	20.149	Jackson Street ( CR 298A west)
		12.657	20.369	SR 10A) / SR 292 north (Pace Boulevard north)	East end of SR 292 overlap; west end of US 90/SR 10A overlap
		13.325	21.445	E Street ( CR 443 north)
		14.094	22.682	SR 95 )	Southern terminus of US 29
		14.29	23.00	I-110 north (SR 8A)	I-110 exit 2
		14.416	23.200	SR 291 south (Alcaniz Street)	One-way street; Dr. Martin Luther King Drive feeds into Alcaniz St.
		14.489	23.318	SR 291 north (Davis Street)	One-way street
		14.719	23.688	SR 289 north)	East end of US 90/SR 10A overlap; west end of SR 289 overlap
		15.215	24.486	SR 30) to I-110 / I-10 – Airport	East end of SR 289 overlap; west end of SR 30 overlap
		15.575	25.066	SR 196 west (Bayfront Parkway) – Port of Pensacola
Pensacola Bay		18	29	Pensacola Bay Bridge
CR 399 – Pensacola Beach, Fort Pickens	Trumpet interchange
		25.234	40.610	CR 191A south (Oriole Beach Road)
		26.944	43.362	SR 281 north (Garcon Point Bridge) to I-10
		28.182	45.355	CR 191B south (Soundside Drive)
		30.057	48.372	CR 191C south (Nantahala Beach Road)
		30.997	49.885	CR 399 east (East Bay Boulevard)
		31.197	50.207	Woodlawn Beach Road ( CR 191D south)
	Navarre	38.703	62.286	SR 87 north to I-10 – Milton, Dixonville
	Navarre	39.160	63.022	Navarre Beach
Eglin AFB, Mary Esther Business District, NW Florida Regional Airport
	Fort Walton Beach	54.268	87.336	SR 189 north (Beal Parkway) to SR 85 north – Troy University
		54.501	87.711	SR 85 Truck north (Eglin Parkway)
		54.715	88.055	SR 85 north (Florida Place) – Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport	No outbound access eastbound
		54.822	88.227	SR 145 north (Perry Avenue) – To Brooks Street south of US 98
	Okaloosa Island	55.1	88.7	Brooks Bridge over Santa Rosa Sound
	Okaloosa Island	60.3	97.0	Destin Bridge over the East Pass
	CR 30A east)
		63.759	102.610	CR 2378 east – Beaches
		65.919	106.086	Rocky Bayou State Park
CR 2378 west – Beaches
		73.383	118.098	CR 457 north (Mack Bayou Road)
		75.126	120.904	CR 30A east – Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, Deer Lake State Park
	CR 393 – Dune Allen Beach
		79.945	128.659	CR 83 south – Blue Mountain Beach
		80.893	130.185	SR 83) to I-10 – Freeport
		82.417	132.637	Watercolor, Grayton Beach State Park
		83.985	135.161	Eden State Gardens
	CR 30A west – Rosemary Beach, Deer Lake State Park
US 98 Alt. east
	At-grade intersections
		98.690	158.826	L	Beaches via Wisteria Lane ( CR 3037 south)
		99.517	160.157	K	Beaches via Toledo Place
	Panama City Beach	100.857	162.314	J	Beaches via Cobb Road
	Panama City Beach	101.767	163.778		SR 79 to I-10 – Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, Westbay, Dog track, Beaches
	CR 3031 south) – NSA Main Gate, Bay Point	Interchange; eastbound exit only
		109.931	176.917		SR 30A overlap/Panama City Beach Pkwy.; west end of SR 30 overlap; former US 98 Alt. west
		110.100	177.189		Thomas Drive ( CR 3031 south) – NSA PC, BAY POINT , Marinas	Interchange; no eastbound exit
	St. Andrews Bay	111.2	179.0		Hathaway Bridge
	Panama City	112.192	180.556		SR 368 east – Port PC
		113.859	183.238		SR 30 east) / SR 390 east (Beck Avenue) SR 30A begins	East end of SR 30 overlap; west end of SR 30A overlap; no eastbound access to SR 390
		114.491	184.255		CR 385 (Frankford Avenue)
		114.995	185.067		CR 327 (Lisenby Avenue)
		116.406	187.337		Historic Downtown Panama City
		117.000	188.293		SR 77 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) to US 231
	CR 2337 (Sherman Avenue) to US 231
	CR 2337 (Sherman Avenue) to US 231	118.508	190.720		SR 389 (East Avenue) to US 231 – Lynn Haven
	CR 2327 (Transmitter Road) to US 231
	CR 28 west (11th Street)
	Callaway	121.873	196.136		SR 22 – Wewahitchka, Springfield
	SR 30) – Springfield	East end of SR 30A overlap; west end of SR 30 overlap
	East Bay	125.6	202.1		Dupont Bridge
	CR 386 north
CR 382 east (Industrial Road)
	153.923	247.715	SR 71 north (Cecil G. Costin Sr. Boulevard) – Wewahitchka, Marianna, Downtown Port St. Joe
	155.440	250.156	CR 384 (Madison Street) – Oak Grove, St. Joseph Cemetery
		156.033	251.111		SR 30A east – Cape San Blas, St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve
		157.490	253.456		Gulf Coast Community College Gulf/Franklin County Campus
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve	Former SR 30A
		170.644	274.625		CR 385 north (Tilton Road) – Box-R Wildlife Management Area
	CR 384 west (12th Street)
	Apalachicola River	177.6– 177.980	285.8– 286.431		John Gorrie Memorial Bridge
		177.980	286.431		US 319 begins	West end of US 319 overlap at base of John Gorrie Bridge
	Apalachicola Bay	178.78– 181.48	287.72– 292.06		Apalachicola Bay Bridge
	St. George Island, St. George Island State Park, Cape St. George Light
	Green Point	186.720	300.497		SR 65 north – Hosford, Sumatra, Apalachicola National Forest
	CR 376 east (Timber Island Road) – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
		198.388	319.275		CR 379 north (River Road)
		198.6	319.6		Tillie Miller Bridge over Carrabelle River
		199.437	320.963		Tallahassee Street ( CR 67 north) – Apalachicola National Forest
		209.555	337.246		SR 377) – Sopchoppy, Ochlockonee River State Park	East end of US 319 overlap
		218.638	351.864		CR 370 east (Alligator Drive) – Alligator Point
Ochlockonee Bay Bridge
SR 61 overlap at base of Ochlockonee Bay Bridge
	221.107	355.837	Mashes Sands Beach, Airport
	SR 375) – Sopchoppy, Ochlockonee River State Park	West end of US 319 overlap
		230.350	370.712		SR 61) – Tallahassee, Crawfordville	East end of US 319/SR 61 overlap
		235.340	378.743		CR 365 (Spring Creek Highway) – Shell Point, Spring Creek, Live Oak Island
		242.561	390.364		SR 363 – Tallahassee, St. Marks, San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
	Newport	244.594	393.636		SR 267 north to SR 20 – Wakulla, Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
	Newport	245.100	394.450		St. Marks Lighthouse
Jefferson		252.661	406.618		SR 59 north – Wacissa
CR 14 (Econfina River Road / Aucilla River Road) – Econfina River State Park
	CR 356 west (Hampton Springs Road) – Taylor Correctional Institution
		280.688	451.724		CR 359B north (Osteen Road)
		281.922	453.709		CR 359 south (Golf Course Road)
	US 27 Alt. / US 221 Truck overlap; Cardinal direction change from east-west to north-south
see US 19 (mile 214.672-88.418)
SR 700 overlap; north end of CR 480 overlap
SR 700 overlap; north end of CR 480 overlap		409.881	659.640		CR 480 east (Oak Park Boulevard)	South end of CR 480 overlap
Hernando		413.8	665.9		SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway) – Tampa, Crystal River
		417.575	672.022		CR 491 (Citrus Way) – Lecanto
		419.738	675.503		CR 476 (Lake Lindsey Road) – Nobleton, Bushnell
		421.255	677.944		SR 50
	SR 50A west (Jefferson Street west) / SR 700 south (Ponce de Leon Boulevard south) to SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway) / US 41 south / I-75 / SR 50 – Weeki Wachee	South end of SR 700 overlap; west end of SR 50A overlap
		425.574– 425.646	684.895– 685.011		SR 45) – Masaryktown, Land o' Lakes	West end of US 41 / SR 45 overlap
		426.428	686.269		SR 45 )	East end of US 41 / SR 45 overlap
	CR 581 (Emerson Road)
	SR 50A overlap; eastern terminus of SR 50A; north end of SR 50 overlap
	CR 541 south (Spring Lake Highway) – Spring Lake, Dade City
		436.06	701.77	SR 93) – Tampa, St. Petersburg, Ocala	I-75 exit 301
	Ridge Manor	439.062	706.602	SR 50 east (Cortez Boulevard) – Groveland, Orlando	South end of SR 50 overlap
CR 575 (Trilby Road) – Lacoochee, Trilby
		442.917	712.806	SR 35) – Wildwood	North end of US 301 / SR 35 overlap
	see US 301 (mile 92.506-83.074)
		452.349	727.985	SR 39) – Zephyrhills	South end of US 301 overlap
		455.406	732.905	CR 35 Alt. (Old Lakeland Highway) – Richland	Interchange
CR 54 west – Zephyrhills
Polk		461.974	743.475	SR 471 north – Tarrytown, Webster, Colt Creek State Park
		469.621	755.782	CR 35A south (Socrum Loop Road) – Kathleen
	SR 400) – Tampa, Orlando	I-4 exit 32
		477.537	768.521	SR 700 south)	South end of SR 700 overlap
		477.900	769.105	SR 35 south)	South end of SR 35 overlap; north end of SR 548 overlap
		478.720	770.425	Main Street ( Amtrak	south end of SR 548 overlap; north end of SR 35 overlap
		479.255	771.286	Lake Parker Avenue ( SR 700 north)	North end of SR 700 overlap; no left turn southbound
	Eaton Park	482.149	775.944	SR 659 north (Combee Road)
		482.80	776.99	SR 570 (Polk Parkway) – Tampa, Orlando	SR 570 exit 10
		483.113	777.495	SR 540 east (Winter Lake Road)
	CR 540 west (Clubhouse Road)
		486.628	783.152	CR 540A west
	Bartow	488.822	786.683	To US 17 / Ernest M. Smith Boulevard	North bypass of Bartow
		490.421	789.256	Downtown Bartow	South end of SR 35 overlap; north end of SR 60 overlap
		490.948	790.104	SR 60 east – Lake Wales, Vero Beach	South end of SR 60 overlap
		491.216	790.536	SR 555) – Eagle Lake, Winter Haven	North end of US 17 / SR 555 overlap
		491.724	791.353	To Main Street ( SR 60 Business
	CR 640 – Homeland, Homeland Heritage Park, Mosaic Peace River Park
	CR 630 west (Broadway) – Wauchula	South end of US 17 / SR 35 overlap
		517.131	832.242	CR 630 east – Lake Wales, Frostproof, Indian Lake Estates	North end of US 27 / SR 25 overlap
see US 27 (mile 182.234-157.342)
SR 25) / SR 66 west – Lake Placid, Zolfo Springs	South end of US 27 / SR 25 overlap
		542.363	872.849	CR 17 north – DeSoto City	West end of CR 17 overlap
		542.976	873.835	CR 17 south	East end of CR 17 overlap
		555.879	894.601	CR 621 south
	CR 721 south
CR 700B south (NW 178th Avenue)
	570.069	917.437	CR 700A north (NW 176th Avenue) – Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
	571.816	920.249	CR 68 east (NW 160th Street)
		584.271	940.293	SR 70 west – Arcadia	North end of SR 70 overlap
	Ft. Pierce	South end of SR 70 overlap; north end of US 441 / SR 15 overlap
see Martin County line
SR 80 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Tolled

References

^ ^a ^b FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed January 2014
^ Google (April 26, 2013). "Statewide view of US 98" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Google (April 27, 2013). "Panhandle section of US 98" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
^ "District Seven Construction -- Citrus County (Florida Department of Transportation)".
^ "US 98 between CR 582 and Bella Vista Street (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
^ "FDOT Map of Polk County (including SR 563)" (PDF).
^ "Mosaic Peace River Park (Polk County Government)". Retrieved October 9, 2014.
^ "Mosaic Peace River Park (Florida Hikes)". Florida Hikes!. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
^ Google (May 3, 2010). "overview map of State Road 80" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
^ Google Inc. (July 8, 2008). Google Earth (4.3.7284.3916) [beta]. Retrieved July 25, 2009. <http://earth.google.com/>
^ ^a ^b Dale Sanderson. End of US highway 98 Archived October 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at USEnds.com
Panama City News Herald
, McKethan Makes Announcement: U. S. Highway 98 is Extended Southward To Palm Beach, November 15, 1951:
McKethan said the route numbering committee of the American Association of State Highway officials has agreed to the extension of Highway 98 from its present western terminus at Apalachicola to West Palm Beach by way of Newport, Perry, Cross City, Brooksville, Lakeland, Frostproof, Okeechobee and Canal Point. Approval was voted at the recent AASHO meeting in Omaha, where McKethan appeared in behalf of the project. The new route will be designated on the 1952 State Highway maps which will be released for publication next month. For the present the through highway will be routed through Tallahassee and down the peninsular because the Newport-Perry cut-off is still under construction. The Okeechobee-West Palm Beach leg of the route will also be designated as temporary on the 1952 maps because the relocation of the road there, via Indiantown in Martin county, is projected.

^ "Pensacola Bay Bridge is 'structurally deficient,' must be replaced." Northwest Florida Daily News, January 21, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2011.

^ Pensacola Bay Bridge PD&E Study Accessed May 24, 2011.

^ Sen. Don Gaetz: No toll for Pensacola Bay Bridge Accessed February 1, 2013.

^ Staff Reports (September 16, 2020). "Three Mile Bridge suffers massive damage after Hurricane Sally topples crane, section missing". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

^ WEAR Staff (May 28, 2021). "FDOT reopens the Pensacola Bay Bridge". WEAR. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

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[sld-1] FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed January 2014

[Google_statewide-2] Google (April 26, 2013). "Statewide view of US 98" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 26, 2013.

[Google_panhandle-3] Google (April 27, 2013). "Panhandle section of US 98" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

[4] "District Seven Construction -- Citrus County (Florida Department of Transportation)".

[5] "US 98 between CR 582 and Bella Vista Street (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Retrieved October 9, 2014.

[6] "FDOT Map of Polk County (including SR 563)" (PDF).

[7] "Mosaic Peace River Park (Polk County Government)". Retrieved October 9, 2014.

[8] "Mosaic Peace River Park (Florida Hikes)". Florida Hikes!. Retrieved October 9, 2014.

[Google_Maps-9] Google (May 3, 2010). "overview map of State Road 80" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 3, 2010.

[gemile-10] Google Inc. (July 8, 2008). Google Earth (4.3.7284.3916) [beta]. Retrieved July 25, 2009. <http://earth.google.com/>

[Sanderson-11] Dale Sanderson. End of US highway 98 Archived October 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at USEnds.com

[12] Panama City News Herald
, McKethan Makes Announcement: U. S. Highway 98 is Extended Southward To Palm Beach, November 15, 1951:
McKethan said the route numbering committee of the American Association of State Highway officials has agreed to the extension of Highway 98 from its present western terminus at Apalachicola to West Palm Beach by way of Newport, Perry, Cross City, Brooksville, Lakeland, Frostproof, Okeechobee and Canal Point. Approval was voted at the recent AASHO meeting in Omaha, where McKethan appeared in behalf of the project. The new route will be designated on the 1952 State Highway maps which will be released for publication next month. For the present the through highway will be routed through Tallahassee and down the peninsular because the Newport-Perry cut-off is still under construction. The Okeechobee-West Palm Beach leg of the route will also be designated as temporary on the 1952 maps because the relocation of the road there, via Indiantown in Martin county, is projected.

[13] "Pensacola Bay Bridge is 'structurally deficient,' must be replaced." Northwest Florida Daily News, January 21, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2011.

[14] Pensacola Bay Bridge PD&E Study Accessed May 24, 2011.

[15] Sen. Don Gaetz: No toll for Pensacola Bay Bridge Accessed February 1, 2013.

[pnjsally-16] Staff Reports (September 16, 2020). "Three Mile Bridge suffers massive damage after Hurricane Sally topples crane, section missing". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

[17] WEAR Staff (May 28, 2021). "FDOT reopens the Pensacola Bay Bridge". WEAR. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

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