Florida State Road 24
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| Length: | 71.527 mi (115.112 km) | ||||||
| Existed: | 1945 – present | ||||||
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| 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
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 US 301 in Waldo
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| Location: | Gainesville |
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| Location: | Bronson |
| Length: | 0.76 mi (1.22 km) |
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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