Florida State Road 548

State Road 548
State Road 548
George Jenkins Boulevard
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	1.809 mi (2.911 km)
Existed	2004–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 600 in Lakeland
East end	US 98 in Lakeland
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Polk
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 548 (SR 548), also known as the Lakeland In-Town Bypass, is a short six-lane arterial in Lakeland, Florida, United States, opened in early 2004. It connects George Jenkins Boulevard (west of downtown) to U.S. Highway 98 (US 98) and SR 600 (Bartow Road and Main Street) east of downtown, allowing traffic to bypass downtown.

History

SR 548 began construction in 2002 and opened in 2004. In 2005 it was stalled by budget cuts only for construction to resume in 2006, with a scaled back design that excluded the originally proposed bridge over SR 539 (Kathleen Road) east of the bridge over Lakeland Junction.^[2]^[3]

Second phase

SR 548 was extended west across SR 563 (Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue) and SR 539 (Kathleen Road) terminating at George Jenkins Boulevard west of downtown. This provides a full east–west bypass to supplement US 92 (Memorial Boulevard) and SR 400 (Interstate 4).^[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lakeland, Polk County.

mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	Sloan Avenue / George Jenkins Boulevard (SR 600)	Former US 92 BUS
0.549	0.884	SR 539 (Kathleen Road)
0.749	1.205	SR 563 (Martin L. King Jr. Avenue)
0.989	1.592	US 98 north (Florida Avenue / SR 35)	West end of US 98 overlap
1.184	1.905	Massachusetts Avenue	Former SR 33
1.809	2.911	US 98 south (Bartow Road / SR 35 south) / Main Street (SR 35 north / SR 600)	East end of US 98 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

External links

Media related to Florida State Road 548 at Wikimedia Commons

KML file (edit • help)

Template:Attached KML/Florida State Road 548

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In-Town Bypass may open soon (Lakeland Ledger; October 23, 2009) Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
FDOT Map of Polk County (Including SR 548)

[sld-1] FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014

[2] "In-Town Bypass Back, but With Catches; Lakeland project delayed until 2007 and won't get bridge over Kathleen Road," by Bill Rufty (Lakeland Ledger; January 23, 2006; Updated January 24, 2006)

[3] "Years in the Making, Lakeland In-Town Bypass Opens at Last; Officials hope road will make downtown safer for pedestrians," by Shelley Rossetter (Lakeland Ledger; November 6, 2009)

[4] *Phase Two of Lakeland In-Town Bypass nears completion (BayNews9; September 27, 2009)

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