County Road 579 North

Curving northward at I-75, Fletcher Avenue becomes Morris Bridge Road ahead of Tampa Bypass Canal.

03/13/24

CR 582A transitions into CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) north from Interstate 75. The ensuing confirming marker however references CR 582A.

03/13/24

CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) spans the Hillsborough River by the Wilderness Conservation Park - Morris Bridge Site.

11/10/07

Cross Creek Boulevard is a four lane arterial stretching 4.54 miles west across New Tampa from CR 579 to CR 581 (Bruce B. Downs Boulevard) at New Tampa Boulevard.

11/10/07

CR 579 north transitions into Eiland Boulevard north from SR 54 along the west side of the Zephyrhills area. CR 54 accompanies the north-south leg of Eiland Boulevard, between SR 54 and Hand Cart Road.

05/05/15

The Eiland Boulevard branch of CR 54 follows the Zephyrhills West Bypass 5.7 miles east to U.S. 301 (Gall Boulevard). CR 579 branches north from Eiland Boulevard 6.3 miles to CR 579A (Prospect) which connects with CR 577 (Curley Road) north into the city of San Antonio.

05/05/15

Eiland Boulevard shifts west between the Lake Bernadette golf course community and a swath of open ranch land.

05/05/15

Eiland Boulevard (CR 54) makes a sweeping arc east around the Greenheath and Lake Bernadette development toward Zephyhills at the separation with CR 579 (Handcart Road) north to St. Leo. Traffic signals were installed at the CR 54/579 split on August 13, 2018. Pasco County Commissioners previously approved design plans for modifying this intersection in 2016, and work commenced in March 2018.¹

05/05/15

CR 579 follows Handcart Road 4.47 miles north from CR 54 (Eiland Boulevard) to CR 579A (Prospect Road).

09/11/17

Development of rural land along the west side of Handcart Road leading north to Fairview Heights Road broke ground in 2017 at Parcels E, F, G and H of the WaterGrass community. The planned Overpass Road extension from Watergrass east to Kossik Road will cross CR 579 at Fairview Heights Road here.

09/11/17

Reassurance marker posted beyond Wright Lane along Handcart Road northbound.

09/11/17

Handcart Road bee lines north to a T-intersection with CR 579A (Prospect Road).

09/11/17

County Road 579A (Prospect Road) comprises a 1.891 mile connector between CR 579 (Handcart Road) and CR 577 (Curley Road). CR 577 and CR 579 continue northward on respective paths to SR 52 at San Antonio and St. Leo.

09/11/17

CR 579 overtakes Prospect Road 2.25 miles northeast from CR 579A to SR 52.

09/11/17

Traveling north, Prospect Road undulates from 190 feet in elevation down to 95 feet and up again to 150 feet along the stretch west of Lake Pasadena.

09/11/17

CR 579 (Prospect Road) next intersects SR 52. Construction of the SR 52 bypass from 2019 to 2023 replaced CR 52A (Clinton Avenue) east 3.12 miles to U.S. 98/301 in south Dade City.

09/11/17

CR 52A (Clinton Avenue) was incorporated into the new four lane alignment for SR 52 bypassing San Antonio, St. Leo and Dade City to the south. The new terrain route for SR 52 extends 4.36 miles west from CR 579 to the original alignment ahead of Interstate 75.

09/11/17

CR 579 (Prospect Road) advances a quarter mile north from SR 52 (Clinton Avenue) to County Road 52.

03/27/20

CR 579 (Prospect Road) and CR 52 intersect by Ray Pond, just east of the town of Saint Leo.

03/27/20

CR 52 heads northeast three miles into Dade City. San Antonio lies adjacent to St. Leo and Clear Lake to the west.

03/27/20

Overall State Road 52 travels wholly within Pasco County, stretching west to U.S. 19 at Bayonet Point and east to U.S. 98/301 in Dade City. The former alignment through San Antonio and Dade City was renumbered to CR 52 in 2023.

03/27/20