Florida State Road 56

State Road 56 marker

State Road 56
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length 6.732 mi[1] (10.834 km)
Existed March 28, 2002[2] – present
Major junctions
West end SR 54 / CR 54 in Wesley Chapel
East end Meadow Pointe Blvd. in Wesley Chapel
Location
Counties Pasco
Highway system
← SR 55SR 57 →

State Road 56 (SR 56) is a six lane state highway 6.732 miles (10.834 km) in length that runs from State Road 54 east to Meadow Pointe Boulevard in Wesley Chapel.

Route description

State Road 56 begins at a three-way intersection with State Road 54. At this point, State Road 54 makes a sharp left turn while State Road 56 continues straight on the same roadway.[3] The state road at the beginning of its route is a 6 lane avenue that passes through a rural area of Wesley Chapel.[4] After 0.9 miles, State Road 56 comes to an interchange with Interstate 75, which is exit 275 on the highway.[5] The on-ramps allow access to both northbound and southbound I-75. After its intersection with I-75, State Road 56 enters the commercial district of Wesley Chapel.[6] It travels 2.1 miles through the town before reaching a four-way intersection with State Road 581.[7] After this intersection, the speed limit increases to 55 mph, and State Road 56 travels another 3.8 miles through rural Wesley Chapel before coming to its eastern terminus at a three way intersection with Meadow Pointe Blvd.[8][9]

History

The first segment of SR 56, which stretched from SR 54 to Bruce B. Downs Boulevard (SR/CR 581), opened on March 28, 2002 after three years of construction. The highway allows a more-direct access to Interstate 75 two miles (3 km) north of the northern terminus of Interstate 275, as opposed to SR 54, which parallelled I-75 for about three miles before meeting at its interchange.

The first phase of expansion, from Bruce B. Downs to Meadow Pointe Boulevard, began construction in March 2008 to mark the imminent opening of the Shops at Wiregrass.[10] On July 31, 2010, after numerous delays, this extension of SR 56 opened for vehicular traffic.

Future

An extension to US 301 in Zephyrhills is being planned by the FDOT, and has been part of the plan since the highway's conception.[11]

A Diverging diamond interchange is planned for the intersection of SR 56 and I-75 "soon" (as of May 2018). [12]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Pasco County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Wesley Chapel0.0000.000 SR 54 west / CR 54 east (Wesley Chapel Boulevard)Western terminus
0.881.42 I-75 (SR 93) – Ocala, Tampa, St. PetersburgExit 275 on I-75
2.9504.748 SR 581 north / CR 581 south to SR 54
6.73210.834 To SR 54 / Meadow Pointe BoulevardCurrent eastern terminus
Zephyrhills US 301 / Gall BoulevardFuture eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Unopened

References

Route map:

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., accessed February 2014
  2. ↑ "Motorists Overjoyed". St. Petersburg Times, 29 March 2002. Retrieved 28 Mar 2010.
  3. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Florida+56/@28.1917584,-82.3959087,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88c2b0c62b0d8c4f:0x44f8814b141a9ab8
  4. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/@28.191231,-82.396098,3a,63.6y,-3.2h,67.35t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sJpXH3j2WPLmDPFm1Ep8FJw!2e0
  5. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/dir/28.1906505,-82.3969325/Florida+56,+Wesley+Chapel,+FL/@28.1950702,-82.382947,16z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88c2b0a6136dfaf9:0x4b953abda24938c8!2m2!1d-82.3840839!2d28.1940713
  6. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/@28.192122,-82.380615,3a,75y,148.56h,83.29t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSpawsOoR_zgGhMse1Rjimw!2e0
  7. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Florida+56,+Wesley+Chapel,+FL/28.185644,-82.3535921/@28.1839891,-82.3564889,16z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m5!1m1!1s0x88c2b0a6136dfaf9:0x4b953abda24938c8!2m2!1d-82.3840839!2d28.1940713!1m0
  8. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/@28.197674,-82.303107,3a,75y,195.71h,88.42t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1slHW3FzN2WU7fK4UR2Q5ZJQ!2e0
  9. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Florida+56,+Wesley+Chapel,+FL+33543/28.1976755,-82.2985699/@28.1953777,-82.3041274,16z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m5!1m1!1s0x88c2b0d1831445eb:0xb7553fac7ddfe607!2m2!1d-82.3535816!2d28.1857161!1m0
  10. ↑ S.R. 56 gets scooped for extension, Tampa Tribune, March 18, 2008
  11. ↑ State Road 56 extension to start by spring, St. Petersburg Times, October 20, 2006
  12. ↑ "Florida has a gem of an idea to move traffic on and off I-75. It's called diverging diamonds". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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