State Road 50 West - Brooksville to Spring Hill

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The Brooksville bypass is initially rural, with development increasing as SR 50 progresses westward.

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The city of Weeki Wachee is 14 miles away while Spring Hill is 16 miles via connecting roads leading south.

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Hernando County Road 581 (Emerson Road) crosses paths with State Road 50 one half mile to the south of its beginning at U.S. 98/SR 50A (Jefferson Street) in Brooksville.

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County Road 581 stems southward from Brooksville along a rural drive to Darby and SR 52 in Pasco County.

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Westbound reassurance marker posted for SR 50 after CR 581. The Brooksville bypass is consistently signed as a truck route for U.S. 98.

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Just west of a CSX Railroad crossing is the south end of CR 445 (Main Street). A month plus long closure of SR 50 upgraded this crossing on February 12, 2018. Work replaced approximately 800 feet of roadway on each side of the railroad with new concrete, made turning radius improvements and added sidewalks.³

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Signed only at its end points, CR 445 bisects Brooksville along a 3.15 mile route following Main Street north to Downtown and Howell Avenue to U.S. 41 (Broad Street) on the north side of town.

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SR 50 enters the Brooksville city limits beyond CR 445 (Main Street) north and Mitchell Road south.

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Cortez Boulevard becomes more commercial on the approach to U.S. 41 (Broad Street). A junction shield for U.S. 98 / Truck Route appears here erroneously.

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U.S. 41, signed as Broad Street throughout its 18.88 mile course in Hernando County, joins Downtown Brooksville with Masaryktown to the south.

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Suncoast Parkway trailblazers direct drivers to remain on SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) west from Brooksville for its interchange with SR 589.

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Broad Street carries six lanes across SR 50 with retail lining both sides. The route narrows to two lanes ahead of Masaryktown en route to Gowers Corner and Land O' Lakes.

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U.S. 41 north to SR 700 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) leads motorists to U.S. 98 north to Citrus County. U.S. 41 and 98 combine along a one way couplet through Downtown.

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Buck Hope Road ties into SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) between two shopping centers just west of U.S. 41.

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SR 50 curves more northwest to encircle the west side of Brooksville to SR 50A (Jefferson Street) east and CR 485 (Cobb Road) north.

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SR 50 turns west again to Weeki Wachee at the joint termini of SR 50A and CR 485. Cobb Road extends the Brooksville bypass north to U.S. 98.

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Additional SR 589 trailblazers reference SR 50 west.

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SR 50A lines Jefferson Street east directly to Downtown Brooksville, via U.S. 98 south and 41 north.

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Hernando County Road 485 (Cobb Road) continues the Truck bypass route for U.S. 98 north. The county road ends at U.S. 98 in 4.45 miles.

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A brief reprieve of development ensues along SR 50 west as it leaves Brooksville for the final approach to both Weeki Wachee and Spring Hill.

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Hernando County Road 583 (California Street) heads north from Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport (BKV) to end at SR 50 near Wiscon.

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CR 583 travels 4.19 miles between SR 50 and Spring Hill Drive (CR 574) by BKV Airport.

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Fort Dade Avenue (Hernando County Road 484) leads west from Downtown Brooksville to pass by the Cemex mining site at CR 491 (Citrus Way). The county road turns southwest from there to cross paths with SR 50.

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CR 484 (Fort Dade Avenue) extends a half mile south from SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) to end at parallel CR 570 (Wiscon Road).

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SR 50 west curves southwest from Wiscon to overtake CR 570 (Wiscon Road) ahead of the Suncoast Parkway.

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County Road 570 branches east from SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) through Wiscon at the succeeding westbound signal.

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Wiscon Road leads County Road 570 east 4.9 miles to U.S. 41 (Broad Street) in south Brooksville.

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Cortez Boulevard shifts westward again ahead of the diamond interchange with SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway).

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The Suncoast Parkway heads 10.7 miles north to U.S. 98 near the Citrus County line.

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Construction of the Suncoast Parkway 2, underway in February 2018, extended the toll road north to SR 44 at Lecanto. SR 589 opened beyond U.S. 98 on February 28, 2022.

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SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway) heads south along the east side of Spring Hill to Land O' Lakes in Pasco County and Lutz in Hillsborough County. SR 589 follows the Veterans Expressway south to SR 60 (Memorial Highway) in Tampa.

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State Road 50 passes under Suncoast Trail, a multi-use path paralleling the Suncoast Parkway throughout Hernando and Pasco Counties, just west of SR 589.

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SR 50 runs along the north side of the Spring Hill area and next approaches County Road 585 (Barclay Avenue) south.

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CR 585 travels 7.09 miles south from SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) at Brookridge Central Boulevard to CR 578 (County Line Road). The suburban route through east Spring Hill follows a combination of Barclay Avenue and Anderson Snow Road.

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The remainder of SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) west through Spring Hill constitutes a six lane commercial arterial.

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SR 50 meets CR 493 (Sunshine Grove Road) a half mile west of CR 585. CR 493 stems north beside the Brookridge Community to Central High School.

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Sunshine Grove Road doubles as CR 493 north 5.8 miles from Cortez Boulevard to the rural Gulf Florida Highlands community and CR 476 (Centralia Road)

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The signalized intersection with Coastal Boulevard serves big box retail along both sides of SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard).

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Reassurance marker posted westbound after Coastal Boulevard.

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Mariner Way (County Road 587) ties into SR 50 across from Western Way Shopping Center at the succeeding westbound traffic light.

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Mostly as a five lane boulevard, CR 587 winds 7.87 miles southwest from SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) through central Spring Hill to County Line Road.

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Six laning of SR 50 west from SR 589 to U.S. 19 was completed over a three year period in October 2015.

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Distance sign for Weeki Wachee (4 miles) and Spring Hill (6 miles) posted after Mariner Boulevard on SR 50 west. Installed during the six lane expansion project, Homosassa Springs was added on this assembly for the upcoming connection with U.S. 19 north.

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High Point Boulevard connects SR 50 with the High Point Golf Club community to the north. Kadri Boulevard ties in from a medical park to the south.

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Continuing west along Cortez Boulevard from Highpoint and Kadri Boulevards.

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Beginning to curve southwest, SR 50 next intersects the entrance road for Oak Hill Hospital.

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Sand Hill Scout Reservation spreads to the south of SR 50 beyond Oak Hill Hospital. Wooded areas north of Cortez Boulevard are slated for development.

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SR 50 turns more southward between Spring Hill and the Royal Highlands community to this traffic light with Nightwalker Road north and July Avenue south.

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SR 50 west reassurance marker posted after Nightwalker Road and July Avenue.

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Approaching the north end of County Road 589 (Deltona Boulevard) on SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) westbound.

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Deltona Boulevard (County Road 589) takes a winding course southward from SR 50 by Weekiwachee Prairie Lake. CR 589 travels 5.31 miles through Spring Hill to end at CR 574 (Spring Hill Drive).

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The final shield for SR 50 west stands just beyond CR 589 (Deltona Boulevard) south.

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SR 50 concludes its 114 mile route at U.S. 19 (Commercial Way) and CR 550 (Cortez Boulevard) in the city of Weeki Wachee.

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U.S. 19 is appropriately named Commercial Way through Spring Hill and Weeki Wachee. The six lane commercial arterial is a heavily traveled route leading southwest to Hudson, Bayonet Point and New Port Richey in Pasco County.

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