A major north–south highway extending almost the entire length of the

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, State Road 45 (SR 45) is the unsigned

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designation of most of the current

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in Florida. The southern terminus of SR 45 is an intersection with SR 90 in downtown

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; the northern terminus is an intersection with

US 441 U.S. Route 441 (US 441) is a auxiliary route of U.S. Route 41. It extends from US 41 in Miami, Florida to US 25W in Rocky Top, Tennessee. Between its termini, US 441 travels through the states of Florida, Georgia, North ...

( SR 25) in

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. South of Causeway Boulevard ( SR 676) near

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, SR 45 is also known as the

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. South and east of Naples, US 41 turns eastward as SR 90 as the Tamiami Trail crosses the

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on its way to

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; north of High Springs, US 41 overlaps US 441 (SR 25) until their split in Lake City (from there US 41 continues to the

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border with the hidden SR 25 designation).

Separations of US 41 and SR 45 between SR 45 termini

SR 45 away from US 41

* Business US 41 -

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* Business US 41 -

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* Business US 41 (historic US 541) - Rockport to

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* SR 60 - Tampa to Ybor City *SR 45 (not overlapped between Adamo Drive/SR 60 and Hillsborough Avenue/US 41- 92- SR 600) - Tampa

US 41 away from SR 45

* SR 45A - Venice *

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- Bradenton, concurrent with SR 55 * SR 55 - Bradenton to Memphis * SR 599 - Rockport to Tampa *

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(SR 600) - Tampa

Additional concurrencies with SR 45

*SR 45-55 - Memphis *

US 41 U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...

/SR 45- 60 - Ybor City *

/SR 45-

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- Brooksville *

/ SR 44-45 -

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* Alt US 27-US 41/SR 45- 500 - Williston *

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-US 41/SR 45 - Williston to High Springs

Major intersections

State Road 45A

State Road 45A (SR 45A) is the Venice Bypass, a segment along U.S. Route 41 (US 41) east of the

, which was originally part of US 41 until 1965 when that segment was redesignated as US 41 Bus after the

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(ICW) was dredged through Venice by the

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in 1964. The route begins near Shamrock Boulevard in Venice Gardens and terminates at Venetia Bay Boulevard in the Eastgate section of Venice.

References

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External links

Florida Route Log (SR 45)
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