Florida State Road 559

State Road 559 (SR 559) is an 11-mile-long (18 km) state highway located entirely in Polk County, Florida. It is accessible to Auburndale and Polk City. It straddles the shoreline of Lake Ariana and Lake Juliana.

State Road 559
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length10.921 mi[1] (17.576 km)
Major junctions
South end SR 655 in Auburndale
 
  • US 92 in Auburndale
  • I-4 in Auburndale
North end SR 33 in Polk City
Location
CountiesPolk
Highway system
← SR 555SR 563 →

Route description

SR 559 starts at U.S. Highway 92 (US 92) in Auburndale as Main Street, also taking the name Bartow Avenue. It heads northward through the downtown of the city, making three sharp turns around the Auburndale Chamber of Commerce and proceeding into a traffic circle around Lake Stella. The road makes its way to the eastern shore of Lake Ariana and straddles it for one mile (1.6 km) before passing the subdivision of Ariana Harbors. Leaving Auburndale, the road runs along the northeastern shore of Lake Juliana and continues north and slightly west to intersect with Interstate 4 (I-4) at its exit 44. The road passes Fantasy of Flight, turns northwest, and ends at SR 33 in Polk City.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Polk County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Auburndale0.0000.000 SR 655 (Recker Highway)
0.6831.099Derby Avenue (CR 544A)
0.9411.514 US 92 (Magnolia Avenue / SR 600) – Lake Alfred, Lakeland
7.64912.310 SR 559A west (C. Fred Jones Boulevard)
8.46913.630 I-4 (SR 400) – Tampa, OrlandoI-4 exit 44
9.09014.629 CR 557A east – Lake Alfred, Polk Correctional Institution, Water Ski Museum
Polk City10.92117.576 SR 33 – Lakeland, Groveland
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
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