Florida State Road 82

For a street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that was once designated State Road 82, see Florida State Road 736.

State Road 82 marker

State Road 82
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 29.884 mi[1] (48.094 km)
Major junctions
West end: US 41 / SR 867 in Fort Myers
East end: SR 29 near Immokalee
Highway system
SR 81SR 83

State Road 82 (SR 82) is a 29-mile-long eastwest highway serving northern Lee and Collier County, Florida (and "clipping" the southwest corner of Hendry County). The western terminus is an intersection with Cleveland Avenue (US 41-SR 45, part of the Tamiami Trail) in Fort Myers; the eastern terminus is an intersection with SR 29 midway between Immokalee and Felda.

Route description

West of Interstate 75 (SR 93), State Road 82 is a divided residential/commuter road. Within the city of Fort Myers, it is known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. East of Lehigh Acres, State Road 82 loses its median and becomes a two-lane agricultural road as it crosses the southwest Florida farmlands and wetlands, a part of Big Cypress Swamp and the western edge of the Everglades drainage system.

Motorists continuing past the western terminus of State Road 82 travel along McGregor Boulevard (SR 867). Other State Roads within a few blocks of the western terminus include SR 80 (western terminus located two blocks to the north) and SR 739-Business US 41 one-half mile to the east.

History

The route was designated State Road 184 until 1945, when it was changed to State Road 82 as part of a state-wide renumbering.[2]

Until the 1980s, SR 82 was an "interrupted" state road, for there was concurrently a Fort Lauderdale street (Davie Boulevard) with SR 82 signage. As part of a statewide renumbering, Davie Boulevard's SR 82 signage was replaced with signs showing its current designation: SR 736.

Prior to 1991, SR 82 was known as Anderson Avenue within Fort Myers before being changed to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. 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.[3]

Future

The two-lane undivided section between Lehigh Acres and Immokalee has been notorious for many fatal high-speed crashes. The Florida Department of Transportation plans to widen the stretch to a six-lane divided highway west of Shawnee Road and a four-lane divided highway east of that location. The project has been divided into seven phases. Construction is underway on the short segment in Hendry County. Construction from Colonial/Lee Boulevard to Shawnee Road is set to begin in 2016 which will include upgrading the Daniels Parkway/Gunnery Road intersection to Florida's first continuous flow intersection. Widening from Alabama Road to the Hendry County Line will begin in 2017.[4][5][6]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
LeeFort Myers0.0000.000 SR 867 south (McGregor Boulevard) to US 41interchange with US 41; no direct access from SR 82
0.2000.322 To US 41 (SR 45) / Monroe Street
0.6451.038 SR 739 south (Fowler Street)
0.7561.217
US 41 Bus. north (Evans Avenue / SR 739) North Fort Myers
3.8266.157 CR 865 (Ortiz Avenue)
4.407.08 I-75 (SR 93) Tampa, NaplesI-75 exit 138
6.87411.063 CR 884 (Lee Boulevard / Colonial Boulevard) to I-75 Lehigh Acres, Fort Myers
Lehigh Acres11.12317.901 To I-75 south / Gunnery Road / Daniels Parkway (CR 876 west)
Collier 24.52139.463 CR 850 south
 29.88448.094 SR 29 LaBelle, Immokalee, Everglades
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014
  2. "Collier, 1936". Florida Center for Instructional Technology. University of South Florida. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. Jacobs, T.M. (5 May 2010). "The Man Behind Anderson Avenue". Florida Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. "State Road 82 Design". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. Zoldan, Sheldon (18 March 2016). "Three sections of State Road 82 will be widened in 2017-18". The News-Press. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. Russell, Ty. "FDOT considers new proposal for busy Lehigh intersection". WBBH-TV. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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