State Road 729 (SR 729), locally known as State Market Road, is a 2.290-mile-long (3.685 km) north–south 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).
 State Road 729 | ||||
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| State Market Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 2.290 mi[1] (3.685 km) | |||
| Existed | May 1973[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    US 98 / US 441 / SR 15 in Pahokee | |||
| North end | US 98 / US 441 / SR 15 in Pahokee | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Palm Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editAs 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
editThe route was originally signed as State Road 15A.[citation needed]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Pahokee, Palm Beach County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | US 98 / US 441 / SR 15 (South Lake Avenue) – Pahokee | |||
| 0.028 | 0.045 |   CR 717 east (Muck City Road) | Western terminus of CR 717; former SR 717 | ||
| 2.290 | 3.685 | US 98 / US 441 / SR 15 – Canal Point, Okeechobee | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (October 14, 2015). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Map of State Road 729 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
External links
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Media related to Florida State Road 729 at Wikimedia Commons
