State Road 50 East - Ridge Manor to Mascotte

SR 50 narrows to two lanes just beyond U.S. 98. The next four lane section lies 21 miles ahead at SR 33 in Mascotte.

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A mostly rural drive along SR 50 east takes motorists 24 miles to the city of Groveland. Orlando is over an hour away.

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1.5 miles east of the partition with U.S. 98 south, SR 50 intersects U.S. 301 (Treiman Boulevard).

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U.S. 301 heads north to The Villages and Bushnell and south to its merge with U.S. 98 and Dade City.

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SR 50 advances east from U.S. 301 and Ridge Manor across a swath of ranch land to an overpass spanning a CSX Railroad line.

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Downtown Orlando is 52 miles to the east of U.S. 301 via SR 50.

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Hernando County Road 575 (Burwell Road) winds two miles south from SR 50, just east of the CSX Railroad, to the Pasco County line. Continuing southwest, CR 575 becomes SR 575 to the rural communities of Lacoochee and Trilby.

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Collectively Hernando County Road 575, SR 575, and Pasco County Road 575 travel 11 miles southwest along a rural course to Pasco County Road 41 (Blanton Road).

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$41.5 million in construction started on November 18, 2021 expanded 4.7 miles of SR 50 east from U.S. 301 to the Sumter County line. Anticipated completion was Spring 2025 and all four lanes were opened to traffic as of December 5, 2025 (FDOT, 2026).

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Cortez Boulevard traverses areas of Withlacoochee State Forest and Richloam Wildlife Management Area east to the Hernando County line.

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SR 50 makes a gradual northeasterly turn ahead of the Little Withlacoochee River and Sumter County line.

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SR 50 remains through Withlacoochee State Forest for another 1.3 miles north from Hernando County.

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County Road 478A forms a 6.40 mile rural loop west and north from SR 50 to Big Gant Lake and SR 471 at Webster.

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SR 50 bee lines 1.8 miles east from Wilson Corner and CR 478A to Tarrytown.

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Tarrytown lies at the crossroads of SR 50 and 471. SR 471 is a linear route leading south 21.2 miles to U.S. 98 in Polk County.

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SR 471 provides a truck route south to Lakeland via U.S. 98 and north to U.S. 301 at Sumterville. The state road follows Market Boulevard through the city of Webster, 3.25 miles to the north.

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Confirming marker posted east of SR 471.

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Distance sign posted 13 miles ahead of Groveland. The figure for Clermont references the SR 50 junction with U.S. 27, located two miles further than the city center.

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Eastbound SR 50 at the rural settlement of Linden.

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Continuing east through portions of Withlacoochee State Forest, SR 50 emerges ahead of Mabel.

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The official scenic highway section of SR 50 concludes at General James A. Van Fleet State Trail.

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County Road 469 stems north from SR 50 to CR 48 at the forthcoming intersection.

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5.46 miles in length, Sumter County Road 469 comprises a rural route connecting SR 50 with the city of Center Hill.

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This SR 50 reassurance marker posted at CR 469 replaced an assembly removed by 2017 that was located just to the east.

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The fast growing city of Groveland lies seven miles ahead. Downtown Clermont is 12 miles away, but again referenced two miles further on SR 50 distance signs.

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SR 50 crosses into rural western Lake County south of Big Prairie.

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The rural settlement of Slones Ridge lies just inside Lake County along SR 50.

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SR 50 makes a series of subtle s-curves east to the rural community of Stuckey.

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A city of over 7,000, SR 50 enters Mascotte. With annexations and suburban development to the north, the city doubled in population from 2000 to 2013.

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The south branch of Lake County Road 565 (Bay Lake Road) intersects SR 50 (Myers Boulevard) near Lake Jackson.

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County Road 565 (South Bay Lake Road) spurs 9.5 miles south from SR 50 to Bay Lake and a trailhead for the General James A. Van Fleet State Trail. This shield assembly was removed by 2021.

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East from CR 565 (Bay Lake Road) south and Bay Lake Avenue north, SR 50 (Myers Boulevard) expands into a three lane boulevard.

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Sunset Avenue provides a cut off to CR 33 (Bluff Lake Road) north from SR 50 (Myers Boulevard) east. The 0.7 mile street doubles as unsigned CR 50.

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Upcoming Lake County Road 33 arcs northward around Big Bluff Lake through the suburban north side of Mascotte.

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County Road 33 travels 13.4 miles north from SR 50 to Okahumpka and U.S. 27 in south Leesburg.

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An implied overlap takes CR 33 south alongside SR 50 east to Groveland.

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Historic Downtown Clermont lies eight miles ahead. Beyond there, SR 50 transitions into a heavily traveled arterial leading east to Orange County.

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