State Road 80 West - Clewiston to Fort Myers

SR 80 leads away from U.S. 27 and Whidden Corner along a mostly rural course to La Belle (22 miles). The west end at Ft. Myers lies 52 miles away.

07/05/11

Westbound reassurance marker for SR 80 posted when the state road was still just two lanes wide. Construction started in October 2011 both added the diamond interchange with U.S. 27 and expanded 0.75 miles of SR 80 westward.¹

07/05/11

07/02/19

Forthcoming Hendry County Road 833 follows a stair stepped route south from SR 80 to Devils Garden, Camp Everglades and Big Cypress Seminole Reservation.

07/05/11

County Road 833 travels 34.3 miles south from SR 80 to the indian reservation boundary. $7.3 million in construction from August 2012 to spring 2014 added two 12-foot lanes along the north side of SR 80 to CR 833.²

07/05/11

Future road work will extend the four lane section of SR 80 west from CR 833 to Indian Hills Drive. A PD&E study on the expansion was completed in 2005.

07/05/11

The Hendry County seat of LaBelle is now 20 miles away, followed by Ft. Myers in 49 miles.

07/05/11

SR 80 angles northwest by Woodyard Hammock to the Glades County line. The state road straddles the county boundary west to Indian Hills Road ahead of this reassurance marker. The ensuing stretch is programmed for four lane expansion with provisions for six lanes in the future.

07/05/11

Reassurance marker posted west of Wellington Parkway..

07/05/11

Cowboy Way (Hendry County Road 80A) loops south through the Port LaBelle community and west to La Belle Municipal Airport (X14). CR 80A returns to SR 80 on the west side of LaBelle.

07/05/11

State Road 80 west from Dalton Lane to Birchwood Parkway in suburban LaBelle was expanded to a four lane divided highway by Fall 2014.

07/02/19

Westbound SR 80 shifts southward from alongside the Glades County line beyond Cedarwood Parkway.

07/02/19

An previous section of SR 80 was four laned west from Birchwood Parkway.

07/02/19

The LaBelle city limits extend east along SR 80 to Collinswood Parkway.

07/02/19

SR 80 advances across the LaBelle street grid along Hickpochee Avenue to the business district at SR 29.

07/02/19

A rural route beyond LaBelle, SR 29 (Bridge Street) leads 13.93 miles northeast to U.S. 27 near Palmdale.

07/02/19

07/05/11

SR 29 dog legs west one block alongside SR 80 (Hickpochee Avenue) to Main Street in Downtown La Belle.

07/02/19

SR 29 resumes southward from SR 80 along Main Street toward Felda, Immokalee and ultimately Everglades City.

07/05/11

Continuing west, SR 80 (Hickpochee Avenue) resumes as a five lane boulevard toward Fort Denaud Road.

07/02/19

The Lee County settlement of Alva is a 12 mile drive west from the LaBelle city center. Fort Myers is just over a half hour away.

07/02/19

Hendry County Road 80A (Cowboy Way) west and Fort Denaud Road east come together at this traffic light on the growing west side of LaBelle.

07/02/19

Traffic lights were added by 2016 at Ben Moore Drive, a short access road to adjacent retail.

07/02/19

Hendry County Road 78A heads south from Denaud to end at SR 80 just east of this confirming marker.

07/05/11

Westbound motorists cross over Townsend Canal ahead of this shield assembly.

07/05/11

SR 80 enters Lee County a half mile west of Townsend Canal.

07/05/11

Lee County Road 884 begins at a rural intersection from SR 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) near Alva. The county road follows Joel Boulevard south to Leeland Heights Boulevard through the Lehigh Acres community.

07/05/11

Collectively with State Road 884 portions, County Road 884 travels 37.6 miles overall from Alva to the west end of SR 78 (Pine Island Road) in Cape Coral. The road is more widely known as Colonial Boulevard through Ft. Myers and Veterans Parkway across the Cape.

07/05/11

SR 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) mirrors the course of the parallel Calooshatchee River over the next 18 miles to Downtown Ft. Myers.

07/05/11

Broadway Street (unsigned County Road 78A) links SR 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) with County Road 78 (Bay Street) across the Caloosahatchee River at Alva. The set of on SR 80 at Broadway Street and Packinghouse Road south was upgraded to traffic lights by 2009.

07/05/11

SR 80 shifts northward from just west of Broadway Street toward the Caloosahatchee River. The divided highway stays rural as it bypasses Lehigh Acres to the north.

07/05/11

The unincorporated community of Tice lies just east of the Fort Myers city limits along SR 80 west in 13 miles.

07/05/11

Westbound SR 80 reassurance marker posted just ahead of Hickey Creek.

07/05/11

Entering the Buckingham and Fort Myers Shores communities, SR 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) west transitions into an arterial. Old Olga Road (historic SR 31) and Buckingham Road (old CR 80A) come together at a commercialized intersection. SR 31 crossed the Caloosahatchee River north from Olga along a former bridge. CR 80A previously comprised a loop south and west along Orange River Boulevard.

07/05/11

Tropic Avenue forms one of several north-south streets into Fort Myers Shores from SR 80 west opposite Verandah Boulevard. Verandah Boulevard loops south as the only access road connecting SR 80 with the gated Verandah golf course community.

07/05/11

Davis Boulevard ties into SR 80 at the west end of Fort Myers Shores.

07/05/11

Approaching the south end of SR 31 on SR 80 west. SR 31 provides only the second crossing of the Caloosahatchee River between LaBelle and I-75.

07/05/11

Palm Beach Boulevard expands to six overall lanes as SR 80 continues west from SR 31. Transmission lines above supply power from the nearby Florida Power and Light coal plant.

07/05/11

Passing by an RV park, SR 80 west nears a diamond interchange with Interstate 75.

07/05/11

Construction underway in 2014 extended the I-75 overpasses above SR 80 to accommodate a triple left turn lane for the freeway south to Naples.

05/19/19

Orange River Boulevard connects with SR 80 opposite Louis Street just ahead of the northbound on-ramp to Sarasota. Orange River Boulevard (formerly CR 80A until 1972) originally extended west to SR 80 at Tice, but construction of I-75 severed the direct connection. The 6.6 mile long road offers a shortcut back to Lehigh Acres.

05/19/19

Interstate 75 heads northwest from SR 80 to Punta Gorda in neighboring Charlotte County. The lone freeway through Southwest Florida leads north to Tampa.

05/19/19

Prior to construction during the I-75 expansion project, just one turn lane connected SR 80 with southbound to Bonita Springs and Naples and two through lanes for Tice and Fort Myers.

07/05/11

Leading away from Interstate 75, SR 80 enters the Tice community.

11/22/12

Traffic lights operate at Morse Shores Shopping Center and Underwood Drive south for Orange River Elementary.

11/22/12

Ortiz Avenue leads south from the ensuing westbound signal of SR 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard). Ortiz Avenue represents the northernmost extent of Lee County Road 865, though the designation is unmarked north of SR 82.

11/22/12

A lane drop for SR 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) occurs westbound at Flamingo Circle just prior to Ortiz Avenue. The arterial advances west with four overall lanes.

07/05/11

A five-way intersection joins Palm Beach Boulevard with New York Drive north and south and Tice Street east. Tice Street constitutes a minor collector to areas east of Interstate 75.

11/22/12

Drivers on SR 80 west formally enter the Fort Myers city limits at Prospect Avenue.

01/02/07

Marsh Avenue crosses SR 80 at the next traffic signal. The north-south road connects SR 80 indirectly with SR 82 via the Michigan Link, an extension of Michigan Avenue.

11/22/12

Approaching Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard (formerly Palmetto Avenue). Terry Park, originally built in 1906, lies west of Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard approximately one quarter mile south of SR 80. The park was once the spring training home to several major league baseball teams, including the Kansas City Royals. Main entrance to the park can be reached via SR 80 west of Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard.

01/02/07

Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard is named after an instrumental City of Fort Myers council woman who has made many contributions to the community. The road was originally known as Palmetto Avenue until it was extended south of SR 82 (Martin Luther King Boulevard) on a new alignment to SR 884 (Colonial Boulevard). An additional extension tied Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard in with an extension of Plantation Road to the south of SR 884, resulting in another viable north-south arterial in the Fort Myers area.

11/02/12

Westbound SR 80 crosses the Seminole Gulf Railway at the intersection with Short Street. The railway provides not only freight service on its 286 miles of track, but also serves to entertain patrons on its murder mystery dinner train excursion. The rail line connects with CSX rail lines at Arcadia in DeSoto County and Oneco in Manatee County.

01/02/07

Nearing Seaboard Street and the split of SR 80 into eastbound and westbound one way pairs. SR 80 east uses 2nd and Seaboard Streets from outside Downtown Fort Myers.

01/02/07

Palm Beach Boulevard transitions into westbound only traffic at Seaboard Street and Riverside Drive. The street was reconstructed in 2006-07.

11/22/12

Built in 1941, a vertical lift bridge carries SR 80 west across Billy Creek. Palm Beach Boulevard ends and First Street begins along this stretch.

11/22/12

Forthcoming U.S. 41 Business north follows Park Avenue from Second Street (SR 80 east) to the Edison Bridge across the Caloosahatchee River.

11/22/12

U.S. 41 Business south follows the Edison Bridge to Fowler Street at SR 80. The route formerly overlapped with SR 80 to the Five Points interchange at U.S. 41 on the west side of Downtown.

11/22/12

U.S. 41 Business combines with SR 739 north from Second Street in Fort Myers to unincorporated North Fort Myers, and the merge with U.S. 41 near the north Cape Coral city line. SR 739 emerges from the US highway as a stand alone route south on the couplet of Evans Avenue and Fowler Street.

11/28/13

The adjacent Edison Bridge consists of separate spans to a causeway on the north side of the Caloosahatchee River. Connections with Pondella Road (CR 78A) and Pine Island Road (SR 78) lead motorists west from U.S. 41 Business to Cape Coral.

07/05/11

A pair of confirming markers for SR 80 west stand along First Street after U.S. 41 Business (Park Avenue) north. These are the last for the transpeninsular route.

11/22/12

Four residential blocks separate the north and southbound directions of U.S. 41 Business along SR 80 (First Street) west. SR 739 south emerges from U.S. 41 Business en route to Metro Parkway and Estero.

11/22/12

Signage directs U.S. 41 Business south along SR 739 (Fowler Street) to SR 82 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) west for the continuation to U.S. 41. Shields on Fowler Street however still recognize the former overlap with SR 80 west along 1st and Bay Streets.

11/22/12

SR 80 ends at U.S. 41 Business (Fowler Street) south despite remaining signs directing motorists west along First Street. The alignment of SR 80 along First, Monroe and Second Streets was relinquished to the city of Fort Myers by the mid 2000s.

11/22/12

Historically SR 80 turned off First Street onto Bay Street to run one block further north. First Street is still considered County Road 80 on FDOT GIS files.

11/22/12

Prior to the decommissioning of SR 80 west of Fowler Street, U.S. 41 Business and the state road overlapped west through the heart of Downtown Fort Myers between Lee and Monroe Streets.

11/22/12

The old alignment of U.S. 41 Business and SR 80 through Downtown Fort Myers utilized Monroe Street south from First Street, one block to Main Street west. The state road reemerges along the 0.168 mile segment of Main Street west alongside U.S. 41 Business south to U.S. 41 (Cleveland Street).

05/19/19

A sign bridge along Main Street west precedes the Five Points interchange with U.S. 41 (Cleveland Avenue) and McGregor Boulevard (former SR 867) south. U.S. 41 splits with northbound traffic using a viaduct onto the Caloosahatchee Bridge while southbound travels at-grade from the bridge end at First Street.

05/19/19

An end shield for U.S. 41 Business stands between Heitman Street and the northbound U.S. 41 on-ramp to Punta Gorda.

12/21/11

Two lanes join the west end of SR 80 with U.S. 41 (Cleveland Street) southbound toward Edison Mall and Page Field (FMY) while a single lane transitions onto McGregor Boulevard south through the Edison Park historic district. A greenout was added for the SR 867 panel, reflecting the turn back of the route to the city of Fort Myers.

05/19/19