State Road 64

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State Road 64 runs 77.32 miles east from SR 789 on Anna Maria Island on Florida's Suncoast to U.S. 27/SR 17 at Avon Park in Highlands County. SR 64 is one of two routes spanning Anna Maria Sound from coastal Manatee County to Bradenton. East from I-75, SR 64 connects the Manatee County seat with Zolfo Springs and the Hardee County seat of Wauchula via CR 64A. CR 64 spurs 9.13 miles northeast from SR 17 in Avon Park to Avon Park Bombing Range in southern Polk County.

Through Downtown Bradenton, SR 64 partitions into a couplet. Eastbound branches south from Manatee Avenue along 15th Street to 6th Avenue West and East. A $23 million expansion of SR 64 to six lanes between Carlton Arms Boulevard adjacent to the Braden River and Interstate 75 was completed in 2015.1 Construction from June 2017 to Fall 2019 reconfigured the exchange with I-75 to eliminate the loop ramp from the freeway north to SR 64 west. 1.9 miles of SR 64 between Lena Road and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard were widened during a $25.2 million project underway from November 26, 2007 and the end of May 2010.2

Florida State Road 64 Guides

Construction underway from August 3, 2020 to November 1, 2021 added a multi lane roundabout at Greyhawk Boulevard north and Pope Road south. The $3.9 million project also added traffic lights at the intersection with 117th Street E.3

Completed in Fall 2020, a separate project started in October 2018 along SR 64 converted the intersection with White Eagle Boulevard west and Rye Road east into a roundabout. That roundabout opened to traffic on July 23, 2020.4 Scheduled to go to bid in July 2023, a third roundabout is planned at Lorraine Road and 145th Street E.5 Estimated to cost $6.2 million, construction on this roundabout runs from late April 2024 to Spring 2025.6

Another future project for State Road 64 will replace the Anna Maria Island Bridge with a fixed high-level span. Rising to a height of 65 feet, the new two lane crossing is proposed approximately 14 feet to the south of the existing bascule bridge. Under design through mid 2025, costs to construct the bridge are estimated at $76 million.

Manatee Beach - Anna Maria Island, FL

The Gulf of Mexico at Manatee Beach by the west end of SR 64 in Holmes Beach, Florida. 11/12/16

County Road 64 West

CR 64 travels southwest from Lake Arbuckle and Arbuckle Wildlife Management Area to an area of orange groves and CR 17A outside Avon Park. This confirming marker follows westbound on E Main Street.
07/02/19

SR 17 is unmarked at the west end of Highlands County Route 64 in Avon Park. SR 17 overtakes E Main Street west from CR 64 from Memorial Drive en route to Downtown.
07/02/19
Florida State Road 64 scenes

Upper Manatee River Road provides a part of a through route with Fort Hamer Road and the Fort Hamer Bridge linking U.S. 301 near Parrish with SR 64 at Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.
04/15/22

Sources:
  1. "Road, transportation project priorities identified." Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL), June 23, 2014.
  2. "S.R. 64 widening project nearing May completion." Bradenton Herald (FL), March 18, 2010.
  3. State Road 64 at Greyhawk Boulevard/Pope Road Roundabout Construction. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 1, project fact sheet.
  4. "FDOT opens Rye Road roundabout on S.R. 64 in Manatee County." YourObserver.com (Sarasota, FL), July 23, 2020.
  5. "More S.R. 64 construction begins in Lakewood Ranch area." YourObserver.com (Sarasota, FL), July 15, 2020.
  6. 196022-6 SR 64 and Lorraine Road Roundabout_3_26_24. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) project factsheet. Accessed May 13, 2024.


Photo Credits:

    07/02/19 by AARoads and JP Nasiatka. 04/15/22 by AARoads.

Connect with:
Interstate 75
U.S. 41
U.S. 41 Business - Bradenton / Palmetto
U.S. 301
State Road 789

Page Updated 05-13-2024.

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