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State Road 700 (Florida)
State Road 700 (SR 700) is the mostly unsigned Florida Department of Transportation state road designation of U.S. Route 98 (US 98) between Chassahowitzka (where US 98 continues northward as unsigned SR 55) and Twentymile Bend (where US 98 continues eastward as signed SR 80). The only segments of State Road 700 that are signed are between SR 50A and US 41 in Brooksville, and from Okeechobee south, through Canal Point, to SR 80. From the northernmost signed point, it's an unsigned concurrency with SR 45(US 41), then with SR 50, before rejoining US 98 at the west end of the US 98/SR 50 concurrency. The section between Canal Point to SR 80 is signed only as State Road 700 since the relocating of US 98 to run concurrent with US 441 in Palm Beach County. Cities served by US 98/SR 700 include: * Brooksville *Dade City * Lakeland * Bartow *Fort Meade * Avon Park * Sebring * Okeechobee * Canal Point A extension of SR 700 in Palm Beach County to County Road 880 (CR&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Department Of Transportation
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment, maintenance, and regulation of public transportation in the state of Florida. The department was formed in 1969. It absorbed the powers of the State Road Department (SRD). The current Secretary of Transportation is Jared W. Perdue. History The State Road Department, the predecessor of today's Department of Transportation, was authorized in 1915 by the Florida Legislature. For the first two years of its existence, the department acted as an advisory body to the 52 counties in the state, helping to assemble maps and other information on roads. The 1916 Bankhead Act passed by Congress expanded the department's responsibilities and gave it the authority to: establish a state and state-aid system of roads, engage in road construction and maintenance, acquire and own land, exercise the right of eminent domain, and accept federal or local funds for use in improving roads. The Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NB FL 700, Brooksville, FL (First Sign)
NB, Nb, or nb may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''N.B.'' (album), an album by Natasha Bedingfield * ''NB'' (TV programme), a Scottish arts television programme that aired 1989–1997 Businesses * NB Global, a British investment company * New Balance, a shoe company * Nigerian Breweries, a beverage company * Sterling Airlines, a defunct Danish airline (IATA designator) * National bank (other) several banks Language * ''Nota bene'', often abbreviated as NB or n.b., a Latin phrase meaning "note well" * nb, ISO 639-1 code for Bokmål, the written standard of the Norwegian language * (niúbī), a common word in Mandarin Chinese profanity Places * New Brunswick, a province of Canada, (postal abbreviation: NB) * Nebraska, US, (former postal abbreviation: NB; changed to NE) Science and technology * Niobium, symbol Nb, a chemical element * NB class, Australian steam locomotives * Boeing NB, a 1923 training aircraft * Naive Bayes classifier, in statistics * Neuroblastom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SR 35 (FL)
State Road 35 (SR 35) is a north–south state highway in the western counties of the U.S. state of Florida. Route description It is mainly signed as a hidden route along U.S. Highways: *U.S. Route 17: Punta Gorda to Bartow. * U.S. Route 98: Zolfo Springs to Trilacoochee (which also carries hidden SR 700). * U.S. Route 301: south of Dade City to Belleview In Bartow, SR 35 turns west and follows East Main Street, before turning north again on North Broadway Avenue, and rejoining US 98 again at SR 60 (Van Fleet Drive). Evidence of SR 35's existence can be found in Hardee County, Florida along County Roads 35A & 35B in Coker, Wauchula, and Zolfo Springs. Polk County's evidence of SR 35's existence can be found with County Road 35A between Lakeland and Providence, and in Pasco County, Florida, evidence of SR 35's existence can be found with County Road 35 Alternate between Branchborough and Dade City. According to some maps, County Road 41 Alternate (Spring Valley Road) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SR 546 (FL)
State Road 546 (SR 546) is a state highway in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, that runs from Interstate 4 (I-4) to U.S. Route 92 (US 92) and SR 600. SR 546 is only signed for the first , after which it is concurrent with US 92. Including the segment overlapped by US 92, Florida State Road 546 is a four-lane divided highway, except between Walker Avenue and Florida State Road 33 and Massachusetts Avenue where it is a six-lane divided highway. At North Gary Road the route becomes a four-lane undivided highway until just before its eastern terminus at East Gary Road (hidden SR 600), where it becomes a divided highway once again. Route description Florida State Road 546 begins at Exit 28 on Interstate 4, which has no eastbound re-entry to the interstate. It runs northeast as a four-lane divided highway, until encountering Swindell Road at the Lakeland Mi Pueblo Flea Market, where it turns straight east. At Wabash Avenue, the route encounters US 92 on the south side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets ( Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation. , Google Maps was being used by over 1 billion people every month around the world. Google Maps began as a C++ desktop program developed by brothers Lars and Jens Rasmussen at Where 2 Technologies. In October 2004, the company was acquired by Google, which converted it into a web application. After additional acquisitions of a geospatial data visualization company and a real-time traffic analyzer, Google Maps was launched in February 2005. The service's front end utilizes JavaScript, XML, and Ajax. Google Maps offers an API that allows maps to be embedded on third-party websites, and offers a locator for businesses and other organizations in numero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SR 533 (FL)
There are six special routes along U.S. Route 98 and seven former routes. Most US 98 bannered routes are located in the U.S. state of Florida. Existing Alabama alternate route U.S. Route 98 Alternate (US 98 Alt.) is an alternate route of US 98. It travels from Fairhope, through Point Clear, to Barnwell along the former alignment of US 98. Although it is mostly signed as County Route 98, some US 98 Alt. signs remain. Mobile truck route U.S. Route 98 Truck is the truck detour for US 98 around the Central Business District of Mobile, Alabama. The route exists in concurrency with US Route 90, as well as a portion of Interstate 165. The route begins on North Broad Street at the north end of the wrong way concurrency between US 90 and 98. Overlapping US 90 and AL 13/Alt. 16, North Broad Street carries all four routes northwest until passing the intersection of Congress Street, then makes a sharp curve to the northeast passing S D Bishop State Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is located near Homosassa Springs, Florida, in the United States. The park is one of the notable locations in the state to view manatees. Visitors can get close to the animals on a floating observatory. Black bears, bobcats, white-tailed deer, American alligators, and river otters can also been seen in the park. The park is also home to the hippopotamus Lu, famously known for his performances in many movies for the past 40 years. The park is officially named Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in honor of Elmyra Felburn Schiller (1943 – 2009), a benefactor of the Florida state park system. History Native Americans lived in the area of Homosassa Springs, Florida, long before the first nonindigenous people entered the area. Within 200 years of encounter, the original inhabitants of the area were decimated by disease and colonial warfare. Soon after that, the area was resettled by several groups of Native Americans displa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SR 55 (FL)
State Road 55 (SR 55) is mainly the internal or secret designation of U.S. Route 19 through Florida, although it has appeared on maps and atlases on several occasions. State Road 55 originates at the Georgia state line north of Ashville, and ends at SR 684 in Bradenton. North of Perry, it is the secret route for US 221, continuing north into Georgia as Georgia State Route 76. South of Memphis, it is a secret designation for US 41; it is also a secret designation for US 301 in the Bradenton - Palmetto area, along a segment co-signed with US 41. Very little evidence of SR 55's existence can be found, except in Levy, Dixie, and Taylor counties. In Dixie County, for example, there's a CR 55A in Old Town and Fanning Springs. In Chiefland, US 19's status as SR 55 is exposed in street-name signs, and one shield south of US 27 ALT. Route description SR 55 begins at the eastern terminus of unsigned SR 684 in Braden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Road 880 (Palm Beach County, Florida)
__NOTOC__ Year 880 ( DCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Cephalonia: A Byzantine fleet, under Admiral Nasar, is sent by Emperor Basil I to the Ionian Islands. Nasar defeats the Aghlabids in a night battle near Cephalonia (modern Greece). * May 1 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, by Patriarch Photius I, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.Mango (1986), p. 194.Ousterhout (2007), p. 34. Europe * February 2 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath. The Saxons are routed in a snowstorm; many drown in the river or are captured during the retreat. * Battle of Thimeon: King Louis III ("the Younger") defeats Vikings (probably Norsemen) from England, near Charleroi, north of the River Sambre. During the battle 5,000 Vikings are killed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebring, Florida
Sebring ( ) is a city in the south-central Florida and is the county seat of Highlands County, Florida, United States, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,729. It is the county seat of Highlands County, and is the principal city of the Sebring Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sebring is the home of the Sebring International Raceway, created on a former airbase, first used in 1950. It hosted the 1959 Formula One United States Grand Prix, but is currently best known as the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring, an annual WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. Nearby Highlands Hammock State Park is a popular attraction. Additionally, the house where novelist Rex Beach committed suicide is located on one of Sebring's main lakes, Lake Jackson. History Sebring was founded in 1912. It was named after George E. Sebring (1859–1927), a pottery manufacturer fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon Park, Florida
Avon Park is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 8,836, and in 2018 the estimated population was 10,695. It is the oldest city in Highlands County, and was named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. History The first permanent white settler in Avon Park was Oliver Martin Crosby, a Connecticut native who moved to the area in 1884 to study the wildlife of the Everglades. By 1886, enough people had followed that the town of "Lake Forest" was founded. As president of the Florida Development Company, he recruited settlers to the area, many of whom were from England, including many from the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, who gave the town its name. In 2006, then-mayor Thomas Macklin (Republican) proposed City Ordinance 08-06, which would have blocked the issuance or renewal of city licenses to businesses that hired undocumented aliens, fined any property owner who rented and leased property to undocumented aliens, and established E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Meade, Florida
Fort Meade is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. , the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,203. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city was named for George Meade, at the time an Army lieutenant serving in Florida following the Second Seminole War. Fort Meade is home to Fort Meade Middle-Senior High School, several historic buildings, and Streamsong resort. The area is popular with kayakers and canoers. History Fort Meade is the oldest city in Polk County, dating its origins to 1849 when it was established along a new military road from Tampa (Fort Brooke) to Fort Pierce following the Second Seminole War. The town and road were originally sited by then-lieutenant George Meade of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, whose commander named it for him. Around the start of the American Civil War a mounted volunteer company nicknamed the "Hickory Boys" was formed at the fort. The 1880s business district was loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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