U.S. 41

U.S. 41
The Calooshatchee Bridge extends north from Downtown Fort Myers to North Fort Myers. 12/21/11

Traveling 479 miles in Florida, U.S. 41 originates in Miami and exits the state north of Jennings. The bulk of the route was replaced by Interstate 75 as a through route, which originally represented one of the main routes from Florida to Chicago and the Great Lakes. The 2,000 mile long route accompanies I-75 northward from Naples to Tampa before breaking away somewhat through Brooksville, Iverness and Williston. The route closely parallels I-75 northward again from Lake City to Forsyth, Georgia.

Known as Tamiami Trail from Miami to Tampa, U.S. 41 offers a slow go, traveling mostly as a four or six lane arterial between Naples and Downtown, Tampa. The route east from Naples, which replaced the U.S. 94 designation to Miami, travels a rural path through Collier-Seminole State Park, Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, mostly as a two lane highway. East of the Everglades, U.S. 41 enters the Miami metropolitan area again as a slow moving arterial to its terminus near Downtown.

Historically, in addition to the replacing of U.S. 94 in 1950, U.S. 41 ended at Miami Beach. That alignment included an overlap with U.S. 1 north to MacArthur Causeway (State Road A1A) east.

U.S. 41 Florida Guides

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State Roads of U.S. 41

The majority of U.S. 41 through both Southwest Florida and the Tampa Bay Region consists of either a four to six lane arterial or divided highway. Through Pasco COunty, a $11.2 million project widened the US highway from two to six lanes between Bell Lake Road and Barcelona Road, and north from there to Tower Road from two to four lanes. Work here wrapped up in December 2002.1 Subsequent work from August 2009 to Spring 2011 lengthened the four-lane section of U.S. 41 from Tower Road to Connerton Road and added a 12 foot wide multi-use path along the east side of the divided highway.2

References:

  1. District Seven Construction - Pasco County. http://www.dot.state.fl.us:80/ publicinformationoffice/construc/ district7pio/counties/pasco.htm FDOT web page. November 19, 2003.
  2. Pasco County Construction - August 4, 2010. http://www.dot.state.fl.us/ publicinformationoffice/construc/ district7pio/pasco.shtm FDOT District 7 web page.

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