Brackish waters of Cooglers Creek flow just north of Bayou Drive and west of County Road 495 (Pine Island Road). The adjacent marshland opens into Rock Island Bay on the horizon. 02/15/14
There are two sections of County Road 495 in Florida. CR 495 in Citrus County branches northward along Citrus Avenue 9.32 miles from U.S. 19/98 in Crystal River to Citronelle, De Rosa and the Lake Rousseau area. CR 495 in Hernando County forms a hook shaped route 2.45 miles north from County Road 550 to Pine Island on the Gulf of Mexico.
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| Looking north along Hernando County Road 495 (Pine Island Drive) from County Road 550 at North Bayport. 02/15/14 |
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| Pine Island Drive transitions onto a causeway beyond Bayou Drive and ahead of Pine Island. 02/15/14 |
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| A pair of 1983-built bridges cross inlets leading County Road 495 onto Pine Island. 02/15/14 |
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| County Road 495 ends at the entrance to Alfred A. McKethan Pine Island Park. 02/15/14 |
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| Waters of Rock Island Bay separate Pine Island from North Point, west of Bayport, to the south. 02/15/14 |
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| Peering eastward at the Hernando County mainland from the southern tip of Pine Island. 02/15/14 |
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| The initial stretch of Pine Island Drive faces north as County Road 495 leads away from Alfred A. McKethan Park. 02/15/14 |
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| A pentagon for Hernando County Road 495 south resides at the first of two bridges taking Pine Island Road east to the county mainland. 02/15/14 |
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| Pine Island Road spans the second inlet bridge and turns southeast alongside Rock Island Bay. 02/15/14 |
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| County Road 495 follows a causeway to Bayou Drive west and County Road 550. 02/15/14 |
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| Hernando County Road 550 takes Cortez Boulevard west to Bayport and east to Weeki Wachee. 02/15/14 |
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| Pine Island Road ends at a stop sign with CR 550. Cortez Boulevard follows SR 50 east from U.S. 19 (Commercial Way) to Brooksville and Ridge Manor in eastern Hernando County. 02/15/14 |
Page Updated 02-27-2014.
