County Road 579 South

Leading away from CR 578 (St. Joe Road), CR 579 is unmarked along Happy Hill Road southbound between Suwannee and Drew Lakes.

08/13/18

Happy Hill Road shifts west a quarter mile through an S-curve beyond Suwannee Lake and by Easterling Road.

08/13/18

Resuming a southward heading, CR 579 (Happy Hill Road) lowers in elevation through a strip of the St. Leo town preceding SR 52.

08/13/18

CR 52 links Dade City and St. Leo with the neighboring city of San Antonio two miles to the west.

08/13/18

Upon completion of the SR 52 bypass in 2023, the former alignment of SR 52 through St. Leo and San Antonio was redesignated CR 52.

08/13/18

The SR 52 bypass crosses CR 579, 0.267 miles to the south at CR 52A (Clinton Avenue). The four lane arterial initially opened with two lanes on March 24, 2023.

02/20/17

CR 579 (Prospect Road) meets CR 52 Alternate (Clinton Avenue) at the southeastern corner of the St. Leo town limits. The new SR 52 alignment will make an S-curve north from McCabe Road to a future signalized intersection with Prospect Road here.

02/20/17

Clinton Avenue (CR 52A( runs across the south side of Dade City, connecting CR 579 (Prospect Road) with CR 41 (Fort King Road), U.S. 98/301 and CR 35A (Old Lakeland Highway) along a 4.61 mile course.

02/20/17

Prospect Road continues south from Clinton Avenue (CR 52A) along a hilly stretch to the west of Lake Pasadena.

02/20/17

A 90 degree turn takes Prospect Road due west to CR 579A at Handcart Road.

02/20/17

CR 579 Alternate extends Prospect Road 1.89 miles west to CR 577 (Curley Road).

02/20/17

CR 579 resumes a southward heading along Handcart Road toward West Zephyrhills. CR 579 Alternate links with CR 577 (Curley Road) leading north to the city of San Antonio.

02/20/17

County Road 54 overtakes County Road 579 south from western reaches of Zephyrhills. The two combine southward for 1.85 miles.

12/04/17

CR 54 (Eiland Boulevard) ends at SR 54. SR 54 runs west to SR 581, where it becomes CR 54 ahead of I-75 and Land O' Lakes. CR 579 continues south onto Morris Bridge Road.

12/04/17

Widening of SR 54 west from CR 54/579 included expansion of Morris Bridge Road leading south past the Crossroads subdivision.

09/04/17

The distance sign referencing Tampa was removed during widening of CR 579 south of SR 54. The distance of 24 miles likely referenced the original course of Morris Bridge Road to Harney Road prior to the construction of Interstate 75.

09/04/17

Chancey Road extends west from CR 535 and SR 39 (Paul S. Buchman Highway) to CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road). Separate sections of Chancey Road are located west to SR 581 (Bruce B. Downs Boulevard).

09/03/20

CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) advances south to meet SR 56. A four lane suburban arterial, SR 56 opened east from Meadow Point Boulevard to U.S. 301 on July 10, 2019.

09/03/20

CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) angles southwest into Hillsborough County by the rural New River Ranchettes subdivision.

09/04/17

A section of CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) south from the New River is a canopy road.

09/04/17

Cross Creek Boulevard stems west from CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) across New Tampa and the Pebble Creek community to CR 581 (Bruce B. Downs Boulevard) at New Tampa Boulevard.

09/04/17

CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) bee lines southwest between Flatwoods Park and Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve.

09/04/17

CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) curves west across the Hillsborough River.

09/04/17

Morris Bridge Road makes a 90 degree turn to the west around the Pine Ridge Estates neighborhood.

09/04/17

Advancing southwest across the Tampa Bypass Canal, CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) expands to four lanes leading into the exchange with I-75.

09/04/17

Interstate 75 passes through New Tampa northwest to Wesley Chapel in Pasco County en route to Ocala.

09/04/17

CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) ends and CR 582A (Fletcher Avenue) begins at the parclo interchange with Interstate 75.

05/20/18

I-75 heads south from CR 579 south and CR 582A east to Brandon, Bradenton, Sarasota and Fort Myers.

05/20/18