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Florida State Road 226

State Road 24 marker

State Road 24
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 71.527 mi (115.112 km)
Existed: 1945 – present
Major junctions
West end: 2nd Street in Cedar Key
  US 19 / US 98 in Otter Creek

US 27 Alt. in Bronson
US 27 / US 41 in Archer
US 441 / SR 20 / SR 26 in Gainesville
East end: US 301 in Waldo
Highway system
SR 23 Florida 24.svgFlorida 24A.svg SR 25
SR 224 Florida 226.svg SR 228

Florida 24A.svgFlorida 226.svg

State Road 24A, State Road 226
Location: Gainesville

County Road 24
Location: Bronson
Length: 0.76 mi (1.22 km)

State Road 24 marker

State Road 24 (SR 24) is an east–west state highway that runs between Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico and Waldo, Florida, at US 301. State Road 24 runs along a former branch of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. This branch was originally owned by the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, and used to lead to ferries to both Pensacola, Florida and New Orleans, Louisiana. It also passes through Rosewood, site of the infamous 1923 massacre.

Starting as D Street in Cedar Key, State Road 24 skips over Jackson Island and Sunset Island before making its way across the mainland of northwestern Florida. In the City of Otter Creek, the road intersects US 19-98, at a blinker light, which hardly looks like a city at all.

Between US 19-98 and Alternate US 27 in Bronson, the road runs through a wooded area north of Goethe State Forest.

Names for State Road 24 in Levy County include D-Street, 2nd Avenue, West Thrasher Drive, East Thrasher Drive and SR 24.


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