State Road 52 - AARoads

Located wholly within Pasco County, SR 52 is an increasingly suburban and commuter route joining Bayonet Point and coastal communities along U.S. 19 with I-75 and Dade City. The western extent of the state road is six lanes wide with commercial frontage. East of Suncoast Parkway (SR 589), SR 52 narrows into a two lane rural highway, with separate projects planned or underway to expand the remainder of the route east to Dade City. SR 52 travels 33.40 miles overall between U.S. 19 and U.S. 98-301.

Florida State Road 52 Guides

Construction started in 2019 (project 256323-1-52-01) expands SR 52 from two to six lanes east from the Suncoast Parkway to a realigned intersection with U.S. 41. Subsequent widening (project 256334-1-52-01) in 2026 will upgrade SR 52 to a four lane, divided highway 8.5 miles east from U.S. 41 to CR 581 (Bellamy Brothers Road).

Costing $12.6 million, project 256243-2-52-01 expands 1.5 miles of SR 52 east from CR 581 (Bellamy Brothers Road) to Old Pasco Road. Started on November 28, 2016, work here ran through late 2018.⁴ This section feeds into a six-laning project completed in Spring 2018. Coupled with the $73 million reconstruction of I-75,¹ expansion of SR 52 added a lane in each direction on a 0.8 mile stretch between Old Pasco Road and Corporate Lake Boulevard. Additionally the diamond interchange with I-75 was expanded to include a loop ramp from SR 52 west to the freeway south.

Ongoing road work both widened and realigned SR 52 to bypass San Antonio and St. Leo east from the end of the six lane section at Uradco Place, east of I-75. Construction included upgrading Clinton Avenue (CR 52 Alternate) east from CR 579 (Prospect Road) to CR 41 (Fort King Road). Design and right of way costs were $22.9 million and construction costs are $82 million. Road work runs from November 2019 to late 2023 / early 2024. Two of the four lanes on the new alignment opened to traffic on March 24, 2023. With the new route established, the former alignment through San Antonio, St. Leo and Dade City was renamed as County Road 52.²

Looking south at the realignment of SR 52 where it intersects CR 579 (Prospect Road) just south of the former route on CR 52 by the town of St. Leo. 03/28/23

CR 52 branches northeast of SR 52 near the Mirada development along a rural course east into the city of San Antonio. CR 52 curves north and then east around the city street grid as it continues to the adjacent town of St. Leo. Through Dade City, CR 52 enters from the southwest and lines 21st Street north to Meridian Avenue east into Downtown.

Previously County Road 52 Alternate extended 4.61 miles along Clinton Avenue from CR 579 to south Dade City and CR 35A. SR 52 replaced the county road east to U.S. 98-301; CR 52 ALT remains in place east from there. Clinton Avenue 1.8 miles east from Fort King Road to U.S. 98/301 was expanded to a four lane arterial in 2013-14.

Widening of SR 52 east from CR 587 (Moon Lake Road) to SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway) was completed in June 2007. The $17 million project expanded the highway from two to six lanes and added sidewalks.³

Sources:

I-75 Widening from north of County Road 54 to north of State Road 52 - 258736-2-52-01~~http://www.fdottampabay.com/ project/64/258736-2-52-01~~ Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 7, project web site.
SR 52 Widening and realignment between Uradco Place and Fort King Road - 435142-1-52-01. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), project web site.
District Seven Construction - Pasco County. ~~http://www.dot.state.fl.us:80/ publicinformationoffice/construc/ district7pio/counties/pasco.htm~~ FDOT web page. August 20, 2007.
~~http://www.fdottampabay.com/ project/109/256243-2-52-01~~.

Connect with:
Interstate 75
U.S. 19
U.S. 41
U.S. 98
U.S. 301
State Road 589 - Veterans Expwy / Suncoast Pkwy
Count Road 52 ALT - Clinton Avenue
County Road 41/541
Pasco County Road 577
County Road 579
Pasco County Road 583 - Ehren Cutoff

Page Updated 04-17-2023.