State_Road_729_(Florida)

Florida State Road 729

Florida State Road 729

State highway in Florida, United States


State Road 729 (SR 729), locally known as State Market Road, is a 2.290-mile-long (3.685 km) northsouth road bypassing the city of Pahokee on the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. SR 729 is entirely within the city limits of Pahokee and serves as a designated truck bypass for U.S. Routes 98 and 441 (US 98/US 441).

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Route description

As motorists driving northbound on US 98/US 441/SR 15 veer to the west onto East Seventh Street and north onto Lake Avenue to go into downtown Pahokee, SR 729 continues alongside Florida East Coast Railroad tracks to the northeast and north through the outskirt farmlands of Pahokee, to reconnect with US 98/441/SR 15, which continues along the shore of Lake Okeechobee as Everglades Street.[3]

History

The route was originally signed as State Road 15A.[citation needed]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Pahokee, Palm Beach County.

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References

  1. Transportation and Data Analytics Office (October 14, 2015). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  2. "Remember Highway S-22A? It's Now Something Else". The Panama City News-Herald. May 13, 1973. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. Map of State Road 729 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
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