County Road 35A forms a 10.6 mile long loop from SR 539/I-4 in Lakeland to U.S. 98 at Providence in northwestern Polk County. The southern four miles along Kathleen Road constitutes a divided, four lane arterial joining Griffin, Galloway and Kathleen. CR 35A continues 1.1 miles north from 1st Street NW along a five lane boulevard to Duff Road.
The remainder of CR 35A follows a rural two lane highway. Kathleen Road extends 2.3 miles north from Duff Road to W Socrum Loop Road at the community of Socrum. CR 35A turns east along W Socrum Loop Road 3.2 miles to U.S. 98.
CR 35A along Kathleen Road was realigned 0.77 miles to bypass the intersection with CR 542A (N Galloway Road) at Galloway. Old Kathleen Road remains in service along the adjacent CSX Railroad line to N Galloway Road.
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North
CR 35A (Kathleen Road) intersects Mall Hill Drive just northwest of I-4 and SR 539. Mall Hill Drive winds northeat to Lakeland Square Mall and Sleep Hill Road.
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CR 35A (Kathleen Road) proceeds northwest to an unmarked intersection with CR 582. CR 582 follows Knights Station Road west to Hillsborough County and Griffin Road east to U.S. 98.
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The first shield for CR 35A appears north of CR 582 on Kathleen Road at Griffin.
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West
CR 35A is unsigned along W Socrum Loop Road leading west from U.S. 98 at Providence.
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CR 35A (W Socrum Loop Road) encircles Indian Lake as it shifts a quarter mile north.
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A reassurance marker for CR 35A appears west of the intersection with Old Dade City Road north at Socrum.
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W Socrum Loop Road turns south onto Kathleen Road.
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South
CR 35A (Kathleen Road) heads due south from W Socrum Loop Road.
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Kathleen Road expands to four lanes ahead of the intersection with Duff Road. Kathleen Square shopping center was constructed along the west side here in 2020.
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Duff Road is a major collector linking CR 35A (Kathleen Road) with U.S. 98, 3.03 miles to the east.
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CR 542A stems south fro CR 35A (Kathleen Road) along N Galloway Road five miles to U.S. 92 (New Tampa Highway) and SR 542 (Airport Road) at Winston.
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Unsigned along CR 35A (Kathleen Road), CR 582 lines Griffin Road east to U.S. 98 in Lakeland and west along Knights Station Road west to the Hillsborough County line.
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The guide sign for Tampa and Orlando for the upcoming interchange with Interstate 4 was removed with expansion of the Mall Hill Drive intersection for adjacent commercial development.
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Kathleen Road upgrades from CR 35A to SR 539 at the diamond interchange (Exit 31) with Interstate 4.
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scenes
Old Kathleen Road provides a cutoff from CR 35A (Kathleen Road) south to CR 542A (N Galloway Road) south.
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Photo Credits:
05/31/15, 09/11/17, 11/03/18, 05/22/20 by AARoads
Connect with:
U.S. 98
State Road 539
County Road 542A
County Road 582
Page Updated 03-23-2021.