Florida State Road 544

State Road 544 marker

State Road 544
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 11.647 mi[1] (18.744 km)
Major junctions
West end: US 92 in Auburndale
  US 17 in Winter Haven
East end: SR 17 in Haines City
Highway system
SR 542SR 546

State Road 544 (SR 544) is a west-east state road in the U.S. state of Florida. It runs 11.7 miles (18.8 km) from Auburndale to Haines City.

Route description

SR 544 breaks off at a diagonal from US 92 in Auburndale and heads east-southeast toward Winter Haven as Havendale Boulevard; the name derives from the two cities it connects. In Winter Haven, it straightens out eastward as Avenue T North, conforming to Winter Haven's systematic road-naming grid plan.

As SR 544 leaves Winter Haven, it becomes Lucerne Park Road, also going by the title Scenic Highway. It winds north and east around Lake Conine, Lake Smart, and Lake Fannie, and bypasses the community of Lucerne Park, on its way toward southern Haines City. SR 544 crosses US 27 and enters the Haines City city limits shortly afterward, passing by a landmark tall-steepled First Presbyterian Church. SR 544 also bypasses Alta Vista Elementary School, then intersects with SR 17; the Haines City Post Office marks a corner of this junction. SR 544 ends at SR 17; across this intersection is County Road 544, which leads toward Grenelefe.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Polk County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Auburndale0.0000.000 US 92 (SR 600) Lakeland, Lake Alfred
0.3450.555 CR 544A west (Derby Avenue)
Winter Haven3.1835.123 US 17 (8th Street Northwest / SR 555) Lake Alfred, Legoland, Bartow, Chain of Lakes Baseball Stadium
3.6815.924 SR 549 south (First Street North) Downtown Winter Haven, Polk State College
9.85315.857 US 27 (SR 25) to I-4 Haines City, Lake Wales
Haines City11.64718.744 SR 17 / CR 544 east Haines City, Lake Wales, Historic District
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related roads

County Road 544

County Road 544
Location: Haines City

County Road 544 exists in two separate places:

County Road 544A

County Road 544A
Location: Auburndale

County Road 544A, called Derby Avenue, serves as a sort of extension of SR 544 to the west. Its western terminus is Recker Highway (SR 655) in western Auburndale; it then runs parallel to US 92 until reaching SR 544 just east of its junction with US 92.

References

  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed March 2014


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