State Road 789 South

Gulf Drive (CR 789) splits with Palm Drive, which provides a more direct route south through Holmes Beach.
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CR 789 (Gulf Drive) heads east away from the Gulf of Mexico to a commercialized intersection with Marina Drive in Holmes Beach.
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Former Florida Keys shield for SR 64 posted on Gulf Drive south ahead of Manatee Avenue. This assembly was removed after 2011.
10/15/07

Vintage trailblazers posted by Manatee Beach along Gulf Drive (CR 789) south at the eastbound beginning of SR 64 (Manatee Avenue).
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SR 64 east connects the south end of CR 789 (Gulf Drive) at Manatee Beach Park with SR 789 south along E Bay Drive in Holmes Beach.
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SR 64 (Manatee Avenue) intersects SR 789 (E Bay Drive) south 0.22 miles east of Gulf Drive.
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The first confirming marker for SR 789 stands just south of SR 64 (Manatee Avenue) along E Bay Drive.
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SR 789 south overtakes Gulf Drive from E Bay Drive ahead of 31st Street in Holmes Beach.
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SR 789 (Gulf Drive) enters Bradenton Beach south at 27th Street.
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SR 684 (Cortez Road) connects Bradenton Beach with the mainland via the Cortez Bridge to Cortez.
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SR 684 (Cortez Road) travels east to U.S. 41 and U.S. 41 Business at South Bradenton.
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With the addition of a sidewalk, this shield was removed by 2011.
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A roundabout joins SR 789 (Gulf Drive) with Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach.
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Spanning Longboat Pass, SR 789 leaves Bradenton Beach for the town of Longboat Key.
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SR 789 crosses Longboat Pass on a bascule bridge built in 1957.¹
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16.4 feet above Longboat Pass, the Longboat Key Bridge measures 2,129 feet in length.¹
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SR 789 continues south onto Longboat Key by the Longbeach community.
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SR 789 (Gulf of Mexico Drive) crosses the Sarasota County line ahead of Bayfront Park Recreation Center in Longboat Key.
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SR 789 spans New Pass south from Longboat Key onto Lido Key.
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Lido Key falls within the city limits of Sarasota.
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The New Pass Bridge is a bascule span built in 1986.
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Ken Thompson Parkway stems east onto City Island from SR 789 (John Ringling Parkway) just beyond the New Pass Bridge.
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SR 789 expands to a four lane boulevard south along Boulevard of the Presidents onto St. Armands Key.
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SR 789 follows Boulevard of the Presidents South into St. Armands Circle.
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John Ringling Boulevard connects SR 789 (St. Armands Circle) with Benjamin Franklin Drive south to Lido Beach.
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Boulevard of the Presidents extends south from St. Armands Circle to Taft Drive near Lido Beach.
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SR 789 turns east from St. Armands Circle onto John Ringling Boulevard.
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SR 789 continues east from John Ringling Boulevard along John Ringling Causeway across Sarasota Bay
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A reassurance marker for SR 789 south appears between Washington Drive and Sarasota Harbor West.
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The Little Ringling bridge spans a channel ahead of Bird Key.
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The Little Ringling bridges date back to 1958.
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SR 789 (John Ringling Causeway) intersects Bird Key Drive at Bird Key Park on Bird Key.
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SR 789 shifts northeast from Bird Key across Sarasota Bay on the John Ringling Causeway bridge.
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A fixed high level bridge, the span across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway along SR 789 ascends to a height of 65 feet.
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The bridge along John Ringling Causeway opened to traffic on September 17, 2003.
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An array of condominiums line Sarasota Bay on the peninsula at Golden Gate Point.
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SR 789 curves east into central Sarasota by Golden Gate Point.
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The east end of John Ringling Parkway passes by Eloise Werlin Park.
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SR 789 transitions from John Ringling Causeway east onto Gulfstream Avenue.
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SR 789 (Gulfstream Avenue) next intersects Sunset Drive north and Golden Gate Point south.
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Construction underway from March 15, 2021 to Fall 2023 converted the signalized intersection with U.S. 41 at the south end of SR 789 into a multi lane roundabout.
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U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) runs north paralleling Sarasota Bay to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) and Whitfield en route to Oneco and Bradenton.
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South from SR 789 (Gulfstream Avenue), U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) arcs along Sarasota Bay to Mare Selby Botanical Gardens, where the route turns east along Hudson Bayou to U.S. 301.
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An overhead formerly posted for U.S. 41 north ahead of what was a signalized intersection joining SR 789 with Tamiami Trail and Gulfstream Avenue east.
10/16/16

A lone guide sign replaced the series of U.S. 41 signage along SR 789 (Gulfstream Avenue) southbound.
10/16/16

Two lanes enter the multi-lane roundabout with U.S. 41 from SR 789 south while a third lane bypasses onto U.S. 41 southbound. The traffic pattern replaced dual turn lanes for U.S. 41 north and single lanes for Gulfstream Avenue east and Tamiami Trail south.
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Gulfstream Avenue continues east toward Downtown Sarasota. Fruitville Road, formerly SR 780 west of U.S. 301, meets U.S. 41 north at a roundabout nearby.
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