Florida State Road 713

State Road 713 marker

State Road 713
Kings Highway
Turnpike Feeder Road
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 10.198 mi[1] (16.412 km)
Major junctions
South end: SR 70 / Turnpike in Fort Pierce
North end: US 1 near Lakewood Park
Location
Counties: St. Lucie
Highway system
SR 710SR 714

State Road 713 (SR 713) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida locally known as Kings Highway and Turnpike Feeder Road. The 10.2-mile (16.4 km)-long, two-lane northsouth road is a popular truck route connecting SR 70 in Fort Pierce to the south and U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) between Viking and Florida Ridge to the north. While urbanization is encroaching upon SR 713 north of SR 68, most of SR 713 passes through woodland interspersed with orange groves. Near the southern terminus is Fort Pierce Jai-Alai.

Route description

SR 713 begins as Kings Highway at the intersection between SR 70 and an interchange with Florida's Turnpike (exit 153) 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 State Road Department (forerunner to Florida Department of Transportation), Kings Highway had a State Road 607 designation—at the same time as Emerson Road (current SR 607) and Indrio Road (part west of Kings Highway is now SR 614), with Angle Road being SR 607A at the time.

Prior to the completion of Interstate 95 in Florida in the early 1980s, it was commonly used to "bridge the gap" between Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) and the 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:

Major intersections

The entire route is in St. Lucie County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Fort Pierce0.0000.000 SR 70 (Okeechobee Road) / Turnpike to I-95
 2.3993.861 SR 68 east / CR 68 west (Orange Avenue) to I-95
 3.8966.270 CR 607A (Angle Road)
 4.9267.928 CR 608 east (St. Lucie Boulevard) Airport
Lakewood Park7.45712.001 SR 614 west (Indrio Road / CR 614 east) to I-95
 10.19816.412 US 1 (SR 5)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed March 2014
  2. Google (2010-04-23). "overview map of State Road 713 eastbound" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  3. Google (2010-04-23). "overview map of State Road 713 westbound" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
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