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State Road 553 (SR 553) is a 1.4-mile-long (2.3 km), north–south highway in Plant City, Florida connecting U.S. Route 92 (US 92) and Interstate 4 (I-4). The road also serves as part of the eastern Florida State Road 39 Truck Route around historic downtown Plant City.
 State Road 553 | ||||
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| Park Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 1.410 mi[1] (2.269 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 92 in Plant City | |||
| North end |  I-4 in Plant City | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Hillsborough | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editSR 553's southern terminus is at US 92 to the east of downtown Plant City. The road head towards northeast Plant City to intersect I-4 at its exit 22. Just north of the interchange, state maintenance of roadway ends at North Frontage Road, while the roadway continues north as North Park Road. SR 553 never leaves the city limits of Plant City and is also known under the name of Park Road and is a 6-lane divided highway north of US 92 all the way to Interstate 4.
History
editState Road 553 originally appeared along the north–south section of, what is now, County Road 2224, in eastern Liberty County.[2][citation needed] Park Avenue was originally designated as Florida State Road 600A, a route number also assigned to Manhattan Avenue and Henderson Boulevard in Southwest Tampa, as well as what is today Florida State Road 546 in Lakeland. The original interchange with I-4 was a westbound only flyover to southbound 600A and a north-to-eastbound only on-ramp to I-4.[3]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Plant City, Hillsborough County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.000 | 0.000 | US 92 (SR 600) Park Road - truck route to SR 39 south | |||
| 1.24 | 2.00 | I-4 (SR 400) – Tampa, Orlando | I-4 exit 22 | ||
| 1.410 | 2.269 | Frontage Road | North end of state maintenance | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ General Highway Map, Liberty County, July 1966, reprinted January 1979
- ^ Original version of today's Exit 22 (Historic Aerials)