Florida State Road 5

"FL 5" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Florida's 5th congressional district.

State Road 5
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	536.724 mi (863.774 km) 6.784 miles (10.918 km) signed
Existed:	1945 renumbering (definition) – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 1 / Fleming Street in Key West
	US 98 / SR 80 in West Palm Beach
North end:	US 17 / SR 25 in Kingsland, GA
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US SR Former Pre-1945 Toll ← SR 4 SR 5A →

State Road 5 (SR 5) is a mostly-unsigned state highway in the state of Florida. It is mainly signed as US 1 from its south end in Key West, Florida to Jacksonville, Florida, and US 17 from Jacksonville to the Georgia state line at the Saint Marys River. US 1 is SR 15 northwest from Jacksonville.

However, from northern Lantana through Lake Worth to Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach, SR 5 is separate from US 1, which runs to the west on the older but wider Dixie Highway. Here, SR 5 runs along a road named Olive Avenue.

Route description

SR 5 uses the parallel Olive Avenue from just north of County Road 812 (Lantana Road) in Lantana until Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach, where it turns west one block to rejoin Dixie Highway and US 1. Olive Avenue and Dixie Highway are parallel and extremely close to each other for this entire length. Olive Avenue is also signed as Federal Highway, but this name is not used as much.

History

Until around 2004, Olive Avenue carried northbound US 1 (and SR 5) north from Dixie Highway (new US 1 / SR 805) to SR A1A. In 2004, US 1 was re-routed onto Dixie Highway without SR 5. Afterwards, FDOT started periodically relinquishing SR 5 in fragments between July 1, 2004 and April 7, 2011. FDOT has relinquished all of former SR 5 in the city of West Palm Beach. Therefore, SR 5 has a gap starting at the West Palm Beach-Lake Worth city line, and resumes at the US 1 intersection with Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Monroe	Key West	0.000	0.000	US 1 / Fleming Street	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 1
See US 1 (mile 0.000-216.945)
Palm Beach	Lantana	216.945	349.139	US 1 north (Dixie Highway / SR 805)	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 1; southern terminus of SR 805
	Lake Worth	218.590	351.787	SR 802 east (Lake Avenue)	One-way eastbound
		218.639	351.865	SR 802 west (Lucerne Avenue)	One-way westbound
		219.391	353.076	10th Avenue to I-95
	C-51 Canal	220.596	355.015	Bridge (end state maintenance)
	West Palm Beach	221.300	356.148	Forest Hill Boulevard	To SR 882
		222.721	358.435	US 98 / SR 80 (Southern Boulevard) to I-95 / Turnpike
		223.729	360.057	Olive Avenue	Former US 1 North
		223.834	360.226	US 1 south (Dixie Highway / SR 805) to I-95 / Belvedere Road	Resume state maintenance; southern terminus of concurrency with US 1; northern terminus of SR 5
See US 1 (mile 223.789-507.69), US 17 (mile 286.263-317.070)
Nassau	Wilds Landing	536.724	863.774	US 17 north / SR 25 north – Kingsland, Brunswick	St. Marys River crossing into Georgia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

External links

• Atlantic Highway (Florida Auto Trails)