Florida State Road 19
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| Length: | 88.955 mi (143.159 km) | |||
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  SR 33 / SR 50 in Groveland
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 US 441 in Tavares CR 44 in Eustis SR 40 in Ocala NF
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 US 17 in Palatka
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| Location: | Tavares-Mount Dora |
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| Location: | Eustis |
State Road 19 (SR 19) is a Florida State Road in Putnam, Marion, and Lake counties. It runs from Groveland to Palatka through Ocala National Forest. Along with SR 33, SR 19 provides a mostly rural north-south corridor through central Florida from Lakeland to Palatka.
State Road 19 begins in Groveland at State Road 50 just west of the northern terminus of State Road 33, where SR 33 becomes a hidden state route concurrent with westbound SR 50 until it reaches Mascotte and becomes a county road. SR 19 runs 6 miles (9.7 km) to the north and curves to the northeast before encountering a parclo interchange with US 27. The southbound on-off ramps lead directly to the southbound interchange with Florida's Turnpike. Later the road curves from northeast to northwest at the intersection of County Road 455 and then back to north at Quiet Cove Road before reaching Howey-in-the-Hills, where it adopts the name Palm Avenue. Here SR 19 meets the intersection of Revels Road and East Revels Road, the former of which is an insignificant dirt road, while the latter is a road that leads to the coast of Little Lake Harris. SR 19 then makes another right curve where it passes Taylor Memorial Cemetery and curves back north as it approaches the heart of town. The first site it approaches as it curves north is the Howey Academy on the southeast corner of South Palm Avenue and East Lakeview Avenue. The next major intersection is a blinker light at Central Avenue, which is near the local library and police station. Here, South Palm Avenue becomes North Paim Avenue, and West Central Boulevard becomes East Central Boulevard. After passing Citrus Avenue, and the historic Howey Mansion as it curves northwest, SR 19 serves as the eastern terminus of Former SR 48 and then turns right to cross over the Lake Harris Bridge, which divides Lake Harris from Little Lake Harris. From there, the road officially enters the Tavares City Limits, but the land surrounding the road doesn't. Along the way, SR 19 intersects such roads as County Road 448/North Eichelberger Road then becomes a four-lane divided highway where it serves as the northern terminus of County Road 561. From here the road runs along an abandoned railroad line that previously ran along CR 561, but borh SR 19 and that former railroad line run along the west coast of Lake Dora.
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