There are six
special route
In road transportation in the United States, a special route is a road in a numbered highway system that diverts a specific segment of related traffic away from another road. They are featured in many highway systems; most are found in the Int ...
s along
U.S. Route 98
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
and seven former routes. Most US 98 bannered routes are located in the
U.S.
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
state of
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
.
Existing
Alabama alternate route
U.S. Route 98 Alternate (US 98 Alt.) is an
alternate route
An official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Highway system and various state an ...
of US 98. It travels from
Fairhope
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2020 Census lists the population of the city as 22,477. Fairhope is a principal city of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolita ...
, through
Point Clear
Point Clear is a village in the civil parish of St Osyth, south-west of the village of St Osyth and on the other side of St Osyth Creek, a branch of the Colne Estuary in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. In 2018 it had an ...
, 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
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
around the Central Business District of
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 cens ...
. The route exists in
concurrency
Concurrent means happening at the same time. Concurrency, concurrent, or concurrence may refer to:
Law
* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
US Route 90
U.S. Route 90 or U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) is an east–west major United States highway in the Southern United States. Despite the "0" in its route number, US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route. With the exception of a short-lived ...
, 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 Junior College and Bishop State Community College. North of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (formerly Glidden Place), the routes make an east-northeasterly turn onto Beauregard Street. At the intersection with North Water Street, all routes make a left turn at the southern terminus of
Interstate 165. The routes leave I-165 at Exit 2 (New Bay Bridge Road), though westbound signs indicate another leg of US Truck Route 98 continuing north of the interchange.
New Bay Bridge Road passes through
historic Africatown, where it has an interchange with the southern terminus of
U.S. Route 43
U.S. Route 43 (US 43) is a north–south United States Highway in the Southern United States, Southern states of Alabama and Tennessee. It travels from Prichard, Alabama, to Columbia, Tennessee. The highway's southern terminus is in Pr ...
, which is also where AL 13 leaves, then drops the "new" from the street name, encroaching on more industrial surroundings as it encounters interchanges with Paper Mill Road and Clint Street before crossing the
Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge
The Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge carrying US 90/ US 98 Truck across the Mobile River from the mainland to Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama.
History
The Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge was completed a ...
onto
Blakely Island
Blakely Island (SENĆOŦEN: XEMXEMIȽĆ) in San Juan County, Washington is the sixth largest island in the San Juan Islands of Washington (U.S. state), Washington State, United States, encompassing a land area of 16.852 km (6.507 sq m). It i ...
where the routes curve straight south onto the Old Spanish Trail. U.S. Truck Route 98 ends at the eastern portal of the
Bankhead Tunnel
The Bankhead Tunnel, formally the John H. Bankhead Tunnel, is a road tunnel in Mobile, Alabama that carries Government Street under the Mobile River from Blakeley Island to the downtown Mobile business district.
"Mobile City Guide" (map, land ...
just north of Exit 27 on
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country highway in the American Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally pl ...
, where US 90 and 98 continue onto another concurrency, this time in the same direction over
Battleship Parkway
Battleship Parkway, commonly referred to locally and in the media as the "Causeway", is a long causeway that carries US 90 and US 98 eastbound across Mobile Bay from the Bankhead Tunnel on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama to Spanish Fort, ...
.
Pensacola business loop
U.S. Highway 98 Business is an east–west
business route
A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route connected to a ''parent'' numbered highway at its beginning, then routed through the central business district of a nearby city or ...
located mostly in downtown
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ...
. It is also known as Garden Street, Alcaniz Street,
W.D. Childers Plaza and Gregory Street.
Major intersections
Panama City business route
U.S. Highway 98 Business was the original segment of US 98 in
Panama City, Florida
Panama City is a city in and the county seat of Bay County, Florida, United States. Located along U.S. Highway 98 (US 98), it is the largest city between Tallahassee and Pensacola. It is the more populated city of the Panama City–Lynn Ha ...
until U.S. Bypass Route 98 was decommissioned in 1979. It currently serves as a
business route
A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route connected to a ''parent'' numbered highway at its beginning, then routed through the central business district of a nearby city or ...
along the coast of Panama City between
St. Andrews
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and
Parker Parker may refer to:
Persons
* Parker (given name)
* Parker (surname)
Places Place names in the United States
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*Parker, Colorado
* Parker, Florida
* Parker, Idaho
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*Park ...
. Streets consist of Beck Avenue, West 10th Street, Chestnut Avenue, West 9th Street, Frankford Avenue, Beach Drive, 6th Street, East 5th Street, Boat Race Road, and Pitts Bayou.
Major intersections
Brooksville truck route
U.S. Route 98 Truck is the truck detour for
US 98
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
around
Brooksville, Florida
Brooksville is a city in western Florida and the county seat of Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 7,719, up from 7,264 at the 2000 census. Brooksville is home to historic buildings and residence ...
. Although a significant portion of the truck route exists within the city limits, it still avoids historic downtown Brooksville by moving to the south and the west. The route exists in
concurrency
Concurrent means happening at the same time. Concurrency, concurrent, or concurrence may refer to:
Law
* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with two existing State Roads and one County Road, and never independently.
![Florida 50](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Florida_50.svg)
Beginning at Jasmine Avenue, and East Jefferson Road (
State Road 50A), Truck US 98 runs in concurrency with
State Road 50 in a southwesterly direction. As it approaches County Road 581 it turns from southwest to direct west. Crossing the
railroad tracks near County Road 445, the road passes by a large church before curving slightly to the northwest. This segment also contains the secret designation of
State Road 700, until it reaches the intersection of
U.S. Route 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, ...
. Here,
State Road 700 leaves the truck route, and heads north along US 41 (SR 45) until branching off to Ponce De Leon Boulevard to rejoin US 98. Meanwhile, SR 50/Truck US 98 passes a branch of the Brooksville Post Office, and makes a northbound curve at Horse Lake Drive, then at the Hernando County Sheriff's Office before meeting
West Jefferson Road. This entire section of SR 50/US Truck 98 was widened from two lanes to four lanes in the early-21st Century.
While SR 50 takes its sharp left turn toward
Weeki Wachee
Weeki Wachee is an unincorporated community and former city located in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community has a total population of 16. The Weeki Wachee Preserve and the Weeki Wachee Springs park are ...
, and SR 50A begins eastbound into downtown Brooksville, Truck Route US 98 continues north along County Road 485, also known as Cobb Road. From that intersection it narrows down to two lanes, as it approaches a four-way stop intersection and accompanying red blinker-lights with County Road 484 (West Ford Dade Avenue).
Two old sections of Cobb Road used to exist. One is to the right north of
County Road 484 (West Fort Dade Avenue), and the other is a mining road that runs from the intersection with Yontz Road to an isolated section of
County Road 476 (Lake Lindsey Road) in Stafford.
Crossing the railroad tracks a second time after the intersection with
Yontz Road (Former County Road 485B), the road winds through a rural field between a mining area and a hilly region before finally reuniting with US 98 south of the Willow Prairie Lake area. Truck Weigh Stations exist just west of the northern terminus of Truck US 98 on the right of way of a
former railroad crossing.
Former
Natchez business route
Business U.S. Route 98 was a short business route of
U.S. Route 98
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
in
Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez ( ) is the county seat of and only city in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 14,520 (as of the 2020 census). Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, N ...
between the early 1960s and 1970s. It also included concurrencies with US 61, Bus US 61, Jefferson Street, Canal Street.
Spanish Fort truck route
Pensacola toll route
Panama City Beach bypass route
Bypass U.S. Route 98 was a bypass of the concurrency of
U.S. Routes 98 between
Hollywood Beach, Florida
Hollywood is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States, located between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. As of July 1, 2019, Hollywood had a population of 154,817. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now ...
and
Panama City Beach, Florida
Panama City Beach is a resort town in Bay County, Florida, Bay County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico coast. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 12,018. The city is often referred to under the u ...
, that was replaced by mainline US 98. The road was also unsigned State Road 30A, which still exists.
Panama City alternate route
U.S. Highway 98 Alternate was the original segment of US 98 in
Panama City Beach, Florida
Panama City Beach is a resort town in Bay County, Florida, Bay County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico coast. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 12,018. The city is often referred to under the u ...
until U.S. Bypass Route 98 was decommissioned in 1979. The road is signed as
State Road 30 and begins at the Carillion Beach Resorts as Front Beach Road. It turns from south to east where it runs directly along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. It also includes a pair of wye intersections with both legs of the southern terminus of
State Road 79. The road doesn't begin to move away from the beach until east of Dement Circle, when it turns northeast, and then intersects with South Thomas Drive, and then the western terminus of County Road 392 and eastern terminus of CR 392A. US ALT 98 finally ends at US 98 at an interchange just west of the north end of CR 392.
Dade City truck route
Truck U.S. Route 98-301 was a truck bypass of the concurrency of
U.S. Routes 98 &
301
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in
Dade City, Florida
Dade City is a city in and the county seat of Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is located in the Tampa Bay Area. The population was 6,437 at the 2010 census.
Dade City is popular with tourists for its antique stores, restaurants, and h ...
. The road was also unsigned State Road 533, which still exists.
Truck US 98-301 ran to the east of the original US 98-301, which previously ran through the heart of Dade City along 7th Street. After the intersection with Alternate County Road 35 it ran parallel to a
CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
railroad line, and passes by the old
Dade City Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot
Dade City station is a railroad station and historic site located in Dade City, Florida, United States.
The station is located on CSX's S-Line, which runs along the east side of the building. On July 15, 1994, it was added to the U.S. National R ...
.
In February 2007, this section was converted into the main branch of the US 98-301 concurrency. It maintains the unsigned SR 533 designation, while SR 35 and SR 700 remain on the 7th Street (Old US 98/301), barring a relinquished portion in downtown Dade City.
Dade City business route
Business U.S. Route 98-301 was the main line of the concurrency of
U.S. Routes 98 &
301
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in
Dade City, Florida
Dade City is a city in and the county seat of Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is located in the Tampa Bay Area. The population was 6,437 at the 2010 census.
Dade City is popular with tourists for its antique stores, restaurants, and h ...
until February 2007. The road was also unsigned
State Road 35,
State Road 39, and
State Road 700. During the decommissioning of US 98-301 Truck Route, FDOT was carrying out a resurfacing project of the road, and exposed the road's status as State Road 39. SRs 35 and 700 remain hidden, however.
Lakeland business route
Business U.S. Route 98 was a short business route of
U.S. Routes 98 in
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is the most populous city in Polk County, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay Area, located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa. According to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. Lakeland is a principal c ...
between the early 1960s and 1999. It also included a concurrency with former
US Bus 92 along Main Street.
Bartow business route
Business U.S. Route 98 was a short business route of
U.S. Route 98
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
in
Bartow, Florida
Bartow ( ) is the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the Confederate Army to die in combat during the American C ...
between the early 1960s and 1999. The route ran along parts of Broadway and Main Street in Downtown Bartow.
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