Florida State Road 78
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| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 72.017 mi (115.900 km) | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length: | 19 mi (31 km) | |||
| West end: |
  CR 765 / CR 884 in Cape Coral
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| East end: |
 SR 31 near Fort Myers Shores
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| Section 2 | ||||
| Length: | 15 mi (24 km) | |||
| West end: |
 SR 29 near LaBelle
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| East end: |
 US 27 near Moore Haven
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| Section 3 | ||||
| Length: | 34 mi (55 km) | |||
| South end: |
US 27 near Moore Haven
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| North end: |
 US 98 in Okeechobee
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| Location: | Pine Island Center-Cape Coral, North Fort Myers-Alva |
| Existed: | 1980–present |
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| Location: | Cape Coral-North Fort Myers |
| Length: | 3.6 mi (5.79 km) |
| Existed: | 1980–present |
State Road 78 (SR 78) is the Florida Department of Transportation designation of the highway that historically extended from Pine Island Center on the Gulf Coast of Florida to the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee. In the 1980s, two segments of the route were removed from state maintenance to county maintenance (and the road designations were changed to reflect the action). More recently, SR 78 signs were removed from the four-mile-long stretch of US 27/SR 25 that was once a concurrency. All three sections are signed east–west, even though the easternmost section is actually a north–south route.
The current western terminus of the westernmost piece of SR 78 is in northwest Cape Coral at an intersection with CR 884 (Veteran's Parkway) to the south and CR 765 (Burnt Store Road) to the north. Known as Pine Island Road, it travels east from its terminus through northern Cape Coral toward North Fort Myers, Florida, where it intersects U.S. Route 41. SR 78 becomes Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers at its intersection with U.S. Route 41 Business (which is part of an earlier alignment of US 41 and the Tamiami Trail). Bayshore Road continues east paralleling the north shore of the Caloosahatchee River. It intersects with Interstate 75 shortly before terminating at State Road 31 near the Lee County Civic Center.
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