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<!--State Road 471 begins at [[U.S. Route 98 in Florida|U.S. 98]] in northwestern Polk County, which is just southeast of Branchborough in Pasco County, and the eastern terminus of Pasco County Road 54, a county extension of [[Florida State Road 54]]. The road soon leaves Polk County and runs along the Pasco-Polk County Line. Here the road runs entirely through preserved forest land and swampland, including the Green Swamp. Contrary to what many maps indicate it is not as straight through this area shifing from lefr to right and vice-versa on a random basis. Crossing the [[Withlacoochee River (South)|Withlacoochee River]], the Pasco-Polk border is replaced by the Pasoc-Sumter border, and the |
<!--State Road 471 begins at [[U.S. Route 98 in Florida|U.S. 98]] in northwestern Polk County, which is just southeast of Branchborough in Pasco County, and the eastern terminus of Pasco County Road 54, a county extension of [[Florida State Road 54]]. The road soon leaves Polk County and runs along the Pasco-Polk County Line. Here the road runs entirely through preserved forest land and swampland, including the Green Swamp. Contrary to what many maps indicate it is not as straight through this area shifing from lefr to right and vice-versa on a random basis. Crossing the [[Withlacoochee River (South)|Withlacoochee River]], the Pasco-Polk border is replaced by the Pasoc-Sumter border, and the landscape described earlier continues. Eventually it enters part of the [[Withlacoochee State Forest]], and some distance later, the Pasco-Sumter Line is replaced by the Hernado-Sumter Line. After leaving the forest the road crosses over the Little Withlacoochee River where the Hernando-Sumter border turns west, and SR 471 is now entirely in Sumter County. Eventually, the road slows down into [[Tarrytown, Florida]] where it approaches a lumber mill, and crosses the former right-of-way for the [[Orange Belt Railway]] just south of the intersection of [[Florida State Road 50]].--> |
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| ⚫ | <!--North of Tarrytown, SR 471 becomes as straight as road maps incorrectly indicate it to be south of Tarrytown. Most of this segment of the road runs primarily through farmland interrupted only by the occasional rural road, and county road without shields. However the amount of farmland is reduced, but not eliminated, once it runs through the [[Webster, Florida|City of Webster]], a popular farm-to-market trading post. Within Webster, SR 471 serves as a terminus of Sumter County Road 478A and 4/10 of a mile later intersects County Road 478, which spans from US 301 in the St. Catherine/Croom-A-Coochie area to Center Hill. SR 471 share a 3/10 mile concurrency between Southeast First Street and Northwest Fourth Street. Outside of the Webster city limits, the road becomes part of an unincorporated communiuty named Belville's Corner, which is also the intersection with [[County Road 48 (Sumter County, Florida)|Sumter County Road 48]], a tri-county extension of [[Florida State Road 48]]. North of Belville's Corner, the road intersects the eastern terminus of Sumter County Road 476 and western terminus of Sumter County Road 567.--> |
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<!--[[Tarrytown, Florida]] where it approaches a lumber mill and crosses the former right-of-way for the [[Orange Belt Railway]] just south of the intersection of [[Florida State Road 50]].--> |
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| ⚫ | <!--North of Tarrytown, SR 471 becomes as straight as road maps incorrectly indicate it |
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<!--Belville's Corner, which is the intersection with [[County Road 48 (Sumter County, Florida)|Sumter County Road 48]], a tri-county extension of [[Florida State Road 48]]. North of Belville's Corner, the road intersect the eastern terminus of Sumter County Road 476 and western terminus of Sumter County Road 567.--> |
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Revision as of 14:38, 19 January 2012
State Road 471 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 34.6 mi[1] (55.7 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    US 98 / SR 35 / SR 700 near Branchborough | |||
 SR 50 in Tarrytown | ||||
| North end |   US 301 / SR 35 / CR 470 in Sumterville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
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State Road 471 is a two-lane rural highway primarily in Sumter County in the state of Florida. It runs north and south from US 98 in northwestern Polk County to US 301 in Sumterville to US 98 in Sumter County.
Route description
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In Sumterville itself, SR 471 runs along a former railroad line that ran towards Winter Haven, then turns directly south though primarily farmland and the City of Webster, a popular farm-to-market trading post.
South of SR 50 in Tarrytown, SR 471 runs entirely through preserved forest land and swampland, including the Withlacoochee State Forest. Contrary to what maps indicate, it's not as straight through this area, frequently shifting from left to right and vice-versa. Within this preserved land, it runs along the Hernando–Sumter border, then the Pasco–Sumter border until it reaches the Withlacoochee River and crosses into Polk County, running along the Pasco–Polk border until finally reaching US 98, southeast of the intersection with Pasco CR 54 entirely within Polk County.
Major intersections
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| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Polk | | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 98 | Southern terminus East of Branchborough |
| Sumter | Tarrytown | 21.2 | 34.1 | SR 50 | |
| Webster | 24.5 | 39.4 |  CR 478A | ||
| 24.9 | 40.1 |  CR 478 | 0.3 mile concurrency | ||
| Belville's Corner | 27.8 | 44.7 |  CR 48 | County extension of SR 48 | |
| | 28.8 | 46.3 |   CR 476 / CR 567 | ||
| Sumterville | 33.6 | 54.1 |  CR 528 | To Lake-Sumter Community College | |
| 34.1 | 54.9 |  CR 526 | |||
| 34.6 | 55.7 | US 301 / CR 470 | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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