SR 79 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length | 60.673 mi[2] (97.644 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Florida | |||
Counties | Bay, Washington, Holmes | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Road 79 (SR 79) is a north–south highway in the panhandle of Florida. It is a popular route for tourists to and from the Panama City Beach area. The route begins at Alabama State Route 167 at the Alabama–Florida border and runs to its southern terminus at US 98 in Panama City Beach, Florida. Currently, the highway is being expanded to four lanes north of Panama City to the junction with Interstate 10. SR 79 is a major hurricane evacuation route from the coastal area. It is one of few designated routes northward between Pensacola and Panama City.
History
[edit]As of June 1, 2009, the route between US 98 (Back Beach Road) at Panama City Beach and SR 20 at Ebro was being expanded to four lanes. A second bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at West Bay has been completed and is now open making the four lane complete for about a 5-mile (8.0 km) stretch from US 98 northward to the intersection of SR 79 and SR 388 at West Bay. North of this completed stretch construction continues to a point just north of the Ebro Greyhound Racetrack. As of 2023, construction from north of Ebro to Interstate 10 has been completed and the road is now a 4-lane divided highway from Panama City Beach to I-10. Also in 2023, the Y intersection with Front Beach Road in Panama City Beach was replaced with a roundabout.
Major intersections
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County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Bay | Panama City Beach | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() | Roundabout |
0.531 | 0.855 | ![]() | |||
West Bay | 5.37 | 8.64 | B.V. Buchanan Bridge over West Bay | ||
5.768 | 9.283 | ![]() ![]() | Former Florida State Road 388 | ||
7.040 | 11.330 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
| 12.343 | 19.864 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Washington | Ebro | 16.023 | 25.787 | ![]() | |
New Hope | 26.817 | 43.158 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 31.122 | 50.086 | Fanning Branch Road | former SR 277 south | |
Vernon | 33.935 | 54.613 | ![]() ![]() | ||
34.189 | 55.022 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 34.608 | 55.696 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 34.786 | 55.983 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 42.262 | 68.014 | ![]() | ||
Holmes | Bonifay | 44.25 | 71.21 | ![]() | I-10 exit 112 |
46.074 | 74.149 | ![]() | |||
47.069 | 75.750 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
| 48.479 | 78.019 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 55.492 | 89.306 | ![]() | ||
Holland Crossroads–Esto line | 58.567 | 94.254 | ![]() | ||
Esto | 60.673 | 97.644 | ![]() ![]() | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
[edit]- ^ "SR 79 and Front Beach Road roundabout now open". WJHG. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014