Florida State Road 54

State Road 54
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Existed:	1945 renumbering (definition) – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 19/SR 55 Holiday
	SR 589 near Odessa US 41 / SR 45 in Land O' Lakes SR 56 in Wesley Chapel I-75 / SR 93 in Wesley Chapel
East end:	US 301 / SR 39 / SR 41 in Zephyrhills
Location
Counties:	Pasco
Highway system
Florida State and County Roads Interstate • US • SR (Pre-1945) • Toll • County ← SR 53 SR 55 →

S.R. 54 with the former Tampa Bay Executive Airport in Odessa.

State Road 54 is located in the Tampa Bay Area, north of Tampa itself, and runs from US 19 in Holiday in the west to US 301 in Zephyrhills, in the east. In between it passes through Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, and Elfers.

Route description

SR 54 is a six-lane divided highway from its western terminus at US 19, but narrows down to four lanes from Suncoast Parkway east of Odessa to US 41 in Land O' Lakes. In between County Roads 77 and 1 in Seven Springs, the road moves southeast along the Mitchell Bypass, which crosses over the Anclote River the moment it moves away from Old CR 54. The segment between Trinity Boulevard and Gunn Highway in Odessa was rebuilt and relocated along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad right-of-way that ran from Pinellas County where much of the Pinellas Trail exists today into Trilby. There is a gap in the route between the western terminus of State Road 56 and the northern terminus of State Road 581 that is filled by Pasco County Road 54. Currently, that section is being widened and a West Zephyrhills Bypass is being proposed between the intersection with CR 577 and the north end of merger of CR 54 and CR 579, which would be ideal for both a realignment and a revival of the state designation segment between US 301 in Zephyrhills and US 98 in Polk County. As of 2009, all segments east of SR 581 remain a two-lane undivided highway.

History

Former Segments

Seven Springs:

• Old County Road 54(Fifth Avenue), Little Road(Pasco CR 1), Gunn Highway

Odessa:

• Abandoned State Road 54 R.O.W.: Gunn Highway from Pasco CR 996 to Old Gunn Highway.
• Black Lake Road

Land O'Lakes:

• Catfish Lake Lane

Cypress Creek:

• Cabbage Swamp Road
• Old County Road 54

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Pasco County.

Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Holiday		US 19 / SR 55 (Magnolia Avenue)	Western terminus
Elfers		CR 595
Seven Springs		CR 77 (Rowan Road)
		CR 1 (Little Road)
Odessa		CR 996 (Trinity Boulevard)
		CR 578 (Gunn Highway)
		SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway)	Exit 19 on Suncoast Parkway
Land O' Lakes		US 41 / SR 45 (Land O' Lakes Boulevard)
Wesley Chapel		SR 56
		I-75 / SR 93	Exit 279 on I-75
		SR 581 (Bruce B. Downs Boulevard)
		CR 577 (Curley Road)
Zephyrhills		CR 579 (Morris Bridge Road) and CR 579/CR 54(Eiland Boulevard)
		US 301 / SR 39 / SR 41 (Gall Boulevard)	Eastern terminus

External links

• Florida Route Log (SR 54)