U.S. 98 South - Hernando County

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U.S. 98 South
U.S. 98 angles southeast from the split with U.S. 19 along rural Ponce De Leon Boulevard. 09/15/19
Citrus County Road 480, which previously spurred west from U.S. 19/98 to Chassahowitzka, resumes east from U.S. 98 along West Oak Park Boulevard. 10/23/19
A new alignment was constructed to move CR 480 further away from the signal at U.S. 19/98. The county road straddles southern areas of Citrus County and Withlacoochee State Forest to U.S 41 near Floral City. 09/15/19
Beyond CR 480, U.S. 98 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) travels across the southern expanse of Sugarmill Woods, a master-planned community based upon woodland preservation. 10/23/19
Brooksville lies 16 miles to the southeast of Sugarmill Woods. 10/23/19
Oak Village Boulevard comprises the main roadway through Sugarmill Woods, winding south to the Hernando County line and north to County Road 480, at Cypress Boulevard. This reassurance marker for U.S. 98 stands beyond the boulevard. 10/23/19
Greenpark Boulevard north and Lone Pine Street south come together at U.S. 98 ahead of this shield assembly in Sugarmill Woods. 11/26/14
Crossing into Hernando County from Sugarmill Woods, construction for the Suncoast Parkway 2 extension comes into view along U.S. 98 south. 10/23/19
Reassurance marker posted south of the Citrus County line and ahead of the Suncoast Trailhead. 10/23/19
The half diamond interchange with the north end of the Suncoast Parkway lies 0.8 miles beyond the county line. Designated SR 589, the toll road provides a direct route south to Tampa. 07/03/15, 10/23/19
SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway) winds southward as a scenic highway through Hernando and Pasco Counties, serving Spring Hill, Land O' Lakes and Odessa before reaching the Veterans Expressway through Hillsborough County. 10/23/19
SR 589 travels 54.4 miles south to SR 60 (Memorial Highway) by Tampa International Airport (TPA). 10/23/19
Phase 1 of the Suncoast 2 construction project extended SR 589 northward 13 miles from U.S. 98 to SR 44 at Lecanto. Costing $135 million, work started in February 2018 and was completed on February 28, 2022. 03/02/22
SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway) north to SR 44 (Gulf to Lake Highway) west leads to Crystal River. 03/02/22
U.S. 98 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) remains southeastward from the Suncoast Parkway by the World Woods Golf Course area and Annuteliga Hammock. 03/02/22
Hernando County Road 491 (Citrus Way) meets U.S. 98 at Ringgold. A $3.5 million project started on November 16, 2021 constructs a roundabout between the two routes. Work runs through Spring 2023. 03/02/22
County Road 491 leads north to Lecanto, Beverly Hills and Holder. 03/02/22
South from U.S. 98, CR 491 (Citrus Way) continues along a rural course west of the Cemex hard rock mine site to CR 484 (Fort Dade Avenue) outside Brooksville. 02/09/14
U.S. 98 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) converges with CR 476 (Lake Lindsey Road) west of Johnson Pond. 12/16/19
CR 476 runs 4.09 miles east to CR 481 (Snow Memorial Highway) at Lake Lindsey and 10.95 miles to the Sumter County line at Nobleton en route to the city of Bushnell. 12/16/19
U.S. 98 shifts more easterly by Tank Lake toward a weigh station at Hawksberry Road. 12/16/19
The Hernando County seat of Brooksville is another six miles to the south while U.S. 98 reaches the Pasco County seat of Dade City in 30 miles. 12/16/19
Truck weigh stations line both sides of U.S. 98 at Hawksbury Road. This is the lone set of scales for the route in Hernando County. 02/09/14
Hernando County Road 485 (Cobb Road) branches southwest from U.S. 98 at the forthcoming traffic light. 12/16/19
County Road 485 represents part of the truck bypass route for U.S. 98 around the west side of Brooksville. The truck route continues along SR 50 east of the city. 12/16/19
Travelers bound for Interstate 75 are also directed to bypass Brooksville versus remaining on U.S. 98 through Downtown. 02/09/14
Signed here as Truck CR 485, the county road runs 4.45 miles south to the junction of SR 50 and SR 50A on the west side of Brooksville. 12/16/19
U.S. 98 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) and Hernando County Road 485 partition at a signalized intersection. Signed here as Truck CR 485, the county road totals 4.45 miles to the junction of SR 50 and SR 50A. 02/09/14
Remaining rural through North Brooksville, U.S. 98 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) continues toward the North Campus of Pasco-Hernando Community College. 12/16/19
Yontz Road, former CR 485B, stems east from CR 485 (Cobb Road) and Cement Plant Road to Howell Avenue (CR 445) along the Brooksville city line. 12/16/19
U.S. 98 expands with a continuous center turn lane as it crosses the Brooksville city line. A city of over 8,000, Brooksville was established in 1856 and incorporated on October 13, 1880. 12/16/19
Ponce De Leon Boulevard advances U.S. 98 south 1.1 miles from the city line to SR 50A (Jefferson Street) at SR 700. 12/16/19
Fort Dade Avenue (CR 484) ties into U.S. 98 at a RIRO intersection just north of SR 50A (Jefferson Avenue) and SR 700. 12/16/19
SR 50A (Jefferson Avenue) west to SR 50 leads motorists to the Suncoast Parkway at Exit 46 and Weeki Wachee. 12/16/19
A signed portion of SR 700 emerges south from U.S. 98 at SR 50A (Jefferson Street). The 0.33 mile segment of SR 700 links U.S. 98 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) with U.S. 41 (Broad Street) south toward Masaryktown. 12/16/19
Travelers headed to SR 50 or I-75 are directed onto U.S. 41 (Broad Street) south from SR 700 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) to Cortez Boulevard to circumvent Downtown Brooksville. 03/26/18
U.S. 98 South Florida State Road 50A East
U.S. 98 turns east onto Jefferson Street to overlap with SR 50A to Downtown. 02/17/14
U.S. 98/SR 50A east turn onto Mildred Avenue as Jefferson Street becomes one way in the westbound direction. 03/26/18
U.S. 41 U.S. 98 South Florida State Road 50A East
U.S. 98/SR 50A combine with U.S. 41 south from the block of Mildred Avenue between Jefferson Street west and Broad Street east. 02/17/14
U.S. 41 south rejoins Broad Street through southwest Brooksville while U.S. 9/SR 50A turn east alongside northbound U.S. 41 along the one way section of Broad Street. 02/17/14
U.S. 41 North U.S. 98 South Florida State Road 50A East
U.S. 98/SR 50A combine with U.S. 41 north along Broad Street for 0.78 miles between Mildred Avenue and Jefferson Street south. 02/09/14
Broad Street passes over the CSX Railroad line through Brooksville over a bridge built in 1936. Jefferson Street (U.S. 41 south / U.S. 98 north) crosses the railroad at-grade to the north. 02/09/14
Four blocks east of the CSX Railroad bridge is the signalized intersection with Main Street. Main Street doubles as unsigned CR 445 south to SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) and north to Howell Avenue. 02/09/14
U.S. 41 north, U.S. 98 south and SR 50A east pass by both the Hernando County Courthouse and Government Center beyond Main Street. 02/09/14
U.S. 98 south / SR 50A east part ways with U.S. 41 (Broad Street) and rejoin Jefferson Street leading southeast. 02/09/14
U.S. 41 curves northward to exit Brooksville to Withlacoochee State Forest, Floral City and Inverness. 02/09/14
U.S. 98/SR 50A remain paired for another 1.4 miles south to Cortez Boulevard (SR 50). Interstate 75 is 9.6 miles to the east via U.S. 98. 02/09/14
U.S. 98 South Florida State Road 50A East
Jefferson Street leads south from U.S. 41 (Broad Street) to cross the Good Neighbor bicycle Trail. Ridge Manor lies 13 miles ahead, followed by the SR 50 destination of Groveland in 38 miles. 02/09/14
U.S. 98/SR 50A (Jefferson Street) turn eastward at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to intersect the north end of Hernando County Road 581 (Emerson Road). 02/09/14
CR 581 leads south from Brooksville to Darby and SR 52 in Pasco County. 02/17/14
U.S. 98/SR 50A east leave the city limits of Brooksville beyond County Road 581. 02/09/14
SR 50A ends as SR 50 joins U.S. 98 south along Cortez Boulevard east. 02/09/14
SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) encircles the south side of Brooksville along a partially commercial bypass. The state road enters the city from Weeki Wachee and the north side of Spring Hill. 02/09/14
U.S. 98 South Florida State Road 50 East
U.S. 98 south and SR 50 east combine 8.2 miles ahead of Interstate 75. 10/23/19
Distance sign posted after CR 541 (Spring Lake Highway) south and CR 484 (Mondhill Hill Road) west. The unincorporated community of Ridge Manor lies seven miles ahead. 02/09/14
Reassurance markers for U.S. 98 south / SR 50 east posted along Cortez Boulevard by the Hill &apos'N Dale community. 02/09/14
Four miles further east, U.S. 98/SR 50 enter a single point urban interchange (SPUI) interchange with Interstate 75. Construction completed in Fall 2019 upgraded this exchange from a diamond interchange. 11/11/19
Interstate 75 angles southwest across ranch land from U.S. 98/SR 50 south into Pasco County to San Antonio and Land O' Lakes. 11/11/19
The entrance ramp for Interstate 75 south to Tampa departs U.S. 98/SR 50 east. I-75 partitions with I-275 south to St. Petersburg in 27 miles. 11/11/19
Passing under I-75, U.S. 98 south / SR 50 east reach the northbound ramp for Ocala, Gainesville and Lake City. 11/11/19
Windmere Road south and Bronson Boulevard north come together at a traffic light just east of Interstate 75. Windmere Road provides one of two access roads to the Sherman Hills golf course community to the north. 01/20/20
Continuing beyond Windmere Road and I-75, U.S. 98/SR 50 partition at Ridge Manor for Lakeland and Orlando respectively. 02/09/14
Croom Rital Road stems north from U.S. 98/SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) to Withlacoochee State Forest and the Croom Wildlife Management Area. Kettering Road spurs south from the intersection to a Wal-Mart Distribution Center. 02/09/14
Withlacoochee State Trail spans U.S. 98/SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) just east of Croom Rital Road. The multi-use path is a linear state park stretching 46 miles from Citrus Springs to Trilby. It replaced a Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which was abandoned by CSX in 1987 and purchased by the state in 1989.1 02/09/14
U.S. 98 south / SR 50 east enter the Ridge Manor, which consists of a street grid network of mostly unpaved roads to the north and more conventional subdivisions to the south. 02/09/14
Drivers next span the Withlacoochee River as U.S. 98/SR 50 curve southeast into Ridge Manor. The 141 mile waterway flows west from Green Swamp near Polk City into the Gulf of Mexico by Yankeetown. 02/09/14
Ridge Manor Boulevard (the former alignment of State Road 50), crosses U.S. 98/SR 50 ahead of this shield assembly. Cortez Boulevard bypassed this stretch of roadway. 02/25/17
U.S. 98 parts ways with SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) for McKethan Road south to Lakeland. Olancha Road, the former alignment of SR 23, ties in from the north. 02/25/17
SR 50 remains eastward through Ridge Manor to Groveland while U.S. 98 turns south to Trilby and a merge with U.S. 301 to Dade City. 02/25/17
U.S. 98 South
McKethan Road carries just two lanes of U.S. 98 traffic south from Ridge Manor to Pasco County. Dade City is another ten miles along U.S. 98 south while Lakeland is incorrectly listed at 35 miles away. 02/09/14
A second distance sign posted south of SR 50 adjusts the mileage to Lakeland upwards four miles to 39 miles. 02/09/14
U.S. 98 crosses the Pasco County line between Ridge Manor and Trilby. 02/09/14


 
Sources:
  1. Withlacoochee State Trail Wikipedia.org.


Photo Credits:

02/09/14, 02/17/14, 11/26/14, 07/03/15, 02/25/17, 03/26/18, 09/15/19, 10/23/19, 11/11/19, 12/16/19, 01/20/20, 03/02/22 by AARoads

Connect with:
Interstate 75
U.S. 41
U.S. 301
State Road 50
State Road 50A
State Road 589 - Veterans Expwy / Suncoast Pkwy
State Road 700
County Road 476
County Road 491
County Road 581

Page Updated 03-05-2022.

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