State Road 539

Florida State Road 539 travels just 2.516 miles along Kathleen Road in the city of Lakeland. The arterial route provides one of four state road connections between Interstate 4 and Downtown Lakeland. County Road 35A extends Kathleen Road northward from the state road end toward Tiffin, Galloway and Kathleen in northwest Polk County.

North

SR 539 extends the four lane arterial along SR 563 (Sikes Boulevard) north from Prospect Street / Lake Wire Drive to Interstate 4.
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SR 548 (George Jenkins Boulevard) angles southwest from SR 563 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue) onto a viaduct spanning CSX Railroad lines.
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SR 548 (George Jenkins Boulevard) west becomes unsigned SR 600 at Sloan Avenue and the counterpart of U.S. 98 east along Bartow Road from N Florida Avenue.
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U.S. 92 (Memorial Boulevard) spans SR 539 (Kathleen Road) and the parallel CSX Railroad line on a viaduct. Quincy Street to Lincoln Avenue connects the two routes.
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SR 539 (Kathleen Road) concludes north at a diamond interchange (Exit 31) with Interstate 4.
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Kathleen Road extends north from the exchange with I-4 as County Road 35A to Galloway, Kathleen and Socrum.
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South

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A previous guide sign referenced the continuation of SR 539 south into Lakeland at the eastbound entrance ramp for I-4.
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SR 539 (Kathleen Road) angles southeast from I-4 to intersect Fairbanks Street west and Interstate Drive north.
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Kathleen Road passes under the viaduct carrying U.S. 92/SR 546 (Memorial Boulevard) across the adjacent CSX Railroad line.
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SR 539 (Kathleen Road) navigates through an S-curve southeast to SR 548 (George Jenkins Boulevard).
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SR 548 (George Jenkins Boulevard) heads west to SR 600 and U.S. 92 and east to U.S. 98 (Bartow Road) at SR 37 (N Florida Avenue).
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An end shield is the lone marker for SR 539 posted along all of the route southbound.
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SR 563 shifts southeast from Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue to overtake SR 539 along a four lane expressway (Sikes Boulevard) bypassing Downtown Lakeland.
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scenes

Prospect Street spurs west from SR 563 (Sikes Boulevard) and the south end of SR 539 (Kathleen Road) to a dead end at George Jenkins Boulevard (SR 548). This view looks at Prospect Street east where SR 563 turns north from Sikes Boulevard onto MLK Avenue.
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Connect with:
Interstate 4
U.S. 92
State Road 546
State Road 563 - Harden Boulevard / Sikes Boulevard
State Road 570 - Polk Parkway
State Road 572
Polk County Road 35A
County Road 582

Page Updated 03-23-2021.