Florida State Road 44
State Road 44 (SR 44) is an east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Florida. It runs from Crystal River on the Gulf of Mexico east to New Smyrna Beach on the Atlantic Ocean, passing through Inverness, Wildwood, Leesburg and DeLand.
State Road 44 | ||||
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SR 44 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 102.786 mi (165.418 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945 renumbering (definition)–present | |||
| Western section | ||||
| Length | 49.155 mi (79.107 km) | |||
| West end | US 19 / US 98 in Crystal River | |||
| Major intersections | US 41 in Inverness I-75 near Wildwood US 301 in Wildwood | |||
| East end | US 441 in Leesburg | |||
| Central section | ||||
| Length | 52.198 mi (84.005 km) | |||
| West end | US 441 in Mount Dora | |||
| Major intersections | US 17 / US 92 in DeLand I-4 near DeLand I-95 in New Smyrna Beach US 1 in New Smyrna Beach | |||
| East end | SR A1A in New Smyrna Beach | |||
| Eastern section | ||||
| Length | 1.433 mi (2.306 km) | |||
| West end | North Riverside Drive in New Smyrna Beach | |||
| East end | Peninsula Avenue in New Smyrna Beach | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Citrus, Sumter, Lake, Volusia | |||
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A section in Lake County, between eastern Leesburg and a point north of Mount Dora, is concurrent with U.S. Highway 441 (SR 500). This concurrency is not signed; signs on US 441 mark it as TO SR 44. The former alignment of SR 44 in that area is now mostly County Road 44, which runs north of Lake Eustis, on the other side as US 441 and current SR 44.
A former western extension of SR 44 from Crystal River to the Gulf of Mexico is now County Road 44. In some locations, it is signed as County Road 44W.