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The route begins at [[U.S. Route 98 in Florida|US 98]]/[[U.S. Route 319 in Florida|319]] in Green Point, a rural community east of [[Eastpoint, Florida|Eastpoint]] on the [[Gulf of Mexico]] in [[Franklin County, Florida]]. For the road's first 2.6 miles it runs straight north<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-319+S%2FUS-98+W&daddr=FL-65+N%2FSt+Co+Rd+65&hl=en&sll=29.791122,-84.828787&sspn=0.030875,0.038581&geocode=FYsQxgEdJIzx-g%3BFY6qxgEdc5bx-g&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=15&z=15 Google Street View; Florida State Road 65 from southern terminus to first curve.]</ref>, and after this curves to the northwest. From here the road becomes North Shore Bay Road and winds around the southern border of the Tates Hell Swamp. As the road enters [[Beverly, Florida|Beverly]], it faces an at-grade crossing with an [[Apalachicola Northern Railroad]] line and then curves straight north again where it enters [[Appalachicola National Forest]]. In [[Buck Siding, Florida|Buck Siding]] that line begins to run parallel to the east side of SR 65 and continues to do so as it crosses the Franklin-[[Liberty County, Florida|Liberty County]] Line. No sooner does the road cross that county line than it enters an unincorporated community named [[Sumatra, Florida|Sumatra]] where it has an intersection with Liberty County Road 22, also known as National Forest Route 175 and then Liberty County Road 379. Just around the intersection of NF Road 180, SR 65 curves to the northeast |
The route begins at [[U.S. Route 98 in Florida|US 98]]/[[U.S. Route 319 in Florida|319]] in Green Point, a rural community east of [[Eastpoint, Florida|Eastpoint]] on the [[Gulf of Mexico]] in [[Franklin County, Florida]]. For the road's first 2.6 miles it runs straight north<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-319+S%2FUS-98+W&daddr=FL-65+N%2FSt+Co+Rd+65&hl=en&sll=29.791122,-84.828787&sspn=0.030875,0.038581&geocode=FYsQxgEdJIzx-g%3BFY6qxgEdc5bx-g&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=15&z=15 Google Street View; Florida State Road 65 from southern terminus to first curve.]</ref>, and after this curves to the northwest. From here the road becomes North Shore Bay Road and winds around the southern border of the Tates Hell Swamp. As the road enters [[Beverly, Florida|Beverly]], it faces an at-grade crossing with an [[Apalachicola Northern Railroad]] line and then curves straight north again where it enters [[Appalachicola National Forest]]. In [[Buck Siding, Florida|Buck Siding]] that line begins to run parallel to the east side of SR 65 and continues to do so as it crosses the Franklin-[[Liberty County, Florida|Liberty County]] Line. No sooner does the road cross that county line than it enters an unincorporated community named [[Sumatra, Florida|Sumatra]] where it has an intersection with Liberty County Road 22, also known as National Forest Route 175 and then Liberty County Road 379. Just around the intersection of NF Road 180, SR 65 curves to the northeast, where from here it spends the rest of it's journey through the forest running from southwestern to northeastern Liberty County. In [[Wilma, Floirda|Wilma]] SR 65 has a wye intersection with Liberty County Road 12, a county road that wouldn't seem so important at the time but will prove to be important later on. |
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Emerging from the forest, SR 65 enters [[Telogia, Florida|Telogia]] where it has an intersection with Liberty County Road 67 and later the northwestern terminus of Liberty County Road 67A. North of this community the road crosses a bridge over the Telogia Creek and then has an intersection with the western terminus of Liberty County Road 2224 (Blue Creek Road, formerly CR 267). Curving straight north in front of a cemetery, SR 65 enters [[Hosford, Florida]] where it has a major intersection with [[Florida State Road 20]] |
Emerging from the forest, SR 65 enters [[Telogia, Florida|Telogia]] where it has an intersection with Liberty County Road 67 and later the northwestern terminus of Liberty County Road 67A. North of this community the road crosses a bridge over the Telogia Creek and then has an intersection with the western terminus of Liberty County Road 2224 (Blue Creek Road, formerly CR 267). Curving straight north in front of a cemetery, SR 65 enters [[Hosford, Florida]] where it continues on this trajectory for more than four blocks. After the intersection with Tin Can Road and Woodman Street, SR 65 serves as the western border for Hosford Elementary-Junior High School, before curving to the northeast again where it has a major intersection with [[Florida State Road 20]] at a blinker-light intersection. Continuing it's northeast curve, it passes by a man-made lake leading to a tributary of Telogia Creek and then a power sub-station before briefly curving more to the north. Eventually this trajectory too shall end as it crosses the very Apalachicola Northern Railroad line it followed since Buck Siding. The rest of the way, SR 65 continues to wind towards the northeast as it crosses the Liberty-[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden County]] Line, and adopts the name Hosford Highway. |
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Crosses the very Apalachicola Northern Railroad line it followed since Buck Siding. |
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Liberty-[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden County]] Line. |
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The name of the road changes to Hosford Highway. |
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Western terminus of Gadsden County Road 65B and then the southeastern terminus of Gadsden County Road 65A |
Western terminus of Gadsden County Road 65B and then the southeastern terminus of Gadsden County Road 65A |
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Revision as of 22:16, 20 June 2013
State Road 65 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 71.3 mi[1] (114.7 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    US 98 / US 319 / SR 30 near Eastpoint | |||
 SR 20 in Hosford | ||||
| North end |  SR 12 west of Quincy | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
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State Road 65 is a north–south route in the eastern panhandle, running from a junction with US 98/319 near Eastpoint northwards through the Apalachicola National Forest to SR 12 west of Quincy, near US 90.
Despite being a state road, SR 65 has no access to Interstate 10, which it crosses over with a two-lane bridge.
Originally, SR 65 was co-signed with US 90 to Quincy, then north alone to the Georgia border, where it becomes State Route 241. Sometime in the 1990s [citation needed], FDOT downgraded the stretch of SR 65 from Quincy to the Georgia border to the Gadsden County government, in which that segment became County Road 65.[2]
Major intersections
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| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Franklin | Green Point | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 98 / US 319 / SR 30 | Near Eastpoint |
| Liberty | Wilma |   CR 12 north | County extension of SR 12 | ||
| Telogia |  CR 67 | ||||
| | Telogia Creek | ||||
| Hosford | SR 20 | ||||
| Gadsden | Sawdust |  CR 274 | |||
| |  SR 12 west | South end of SR 12 overlap | |||
| Douglas City |   US 90 / SR 10 west | South end of US 90 overlap | |||
| Quincy |     SR 267 south / CR 268 west | ||||
  SR 267 north / CR 268 east | |||||
| US 90 / SR 10 west | North end of US 90 overlap | ||||
  SR 12 east / CR 65 north | North end of SR 12 overlap; SR 65 continues as Gadsden CR 65 | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Related routes
State Road 65 contains eight related county roads, all of which are in Gadsden County, Florida. These include a county extension of a former segment of SR 65, and several suffixed alternate routes, many of which are duplicates of one another.
Gadsden County Road 65
County Road 65 | |
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| Location | Quincy-near Dogtown |
Gadsden County Road 65 is the county extension of SR 65 north from Quincy. The route begins at the eastern terminus of the SR 12/65 multiplex as North Madison Avenue, then becomes Attapulgus Highway north of the city limits. As Attapulgus Highway, the route winds around the outskirts of Quincy before curving primarily towards the northeast. Gadsden County Road 65 crosses the Florida-Georgia State Line west of Dogtown, and becomes Georgia State Route 241.
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Gadsden County Road 65A
County Road 65A | |
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| Location | Gadsden County |
Gadsden County Road 65A is a suffixed alternate county route of SR 65 that can actually be found in one of three locations in Gadsden County.
The first and southernmost CR 65A is named Juniper Creek Road, a loop road on the west side of SR 65 in rural Gadsden County southeast of Greensboro and around Sawdust. The only moderate intersections are with the eastern terminus of CR 65D and CR 274. The road ends at SR 65 on the south side of the bridge over I-10. A former segment of this road can be found on the northwest corner of this bridge as Breeden Road, which becomes a dead end street north of the right-of-way of I-10.
The second CR 65A is Dewey Johnson Way which begins just east of the west end of the multiplex between SR 12/65 near Douglas City and runs directly south to north. The sole moderate intersection along this road is CR 270A, which has a connecting spur on the northwest corner. The route ends at CR 268 in Gretna.
The third, and northernmost CR 65A is Porter Mitchell Road which runs northwest from CR 65 to the Florida-Georgia State Line. Upon crossing the border, the road keeps the name Porter Mitchell Road.
Gadsden County Road 65B
County Road 65B | |
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| Location | Gadsden County |
Gadsden County Road 65B is another county suffixed alternate route of SR 65, that can be found in two locations in Gadsden County.
The southernmost CR 65B is named Old Federal Road. It runs southeast from SR 65 towards the Lake Talquin area. In the vicinity of the Bear Creek Preserve, CR 65B intersects State Road 267 which also leads to Gadsden CR 65C (See Below). The road makes a sharp northeast turn just before the intersection of Bear Creek Road. One other moderate intersection can be found along this segment, specifically CR 267A (Spooner Road), which is shared with a dirt road named Magnolia Farm Road. This segment of CR 65B ends at CR 268 (Highbridge Road) three blocks southeast of a bridge over I-10.
The northernmost CR 65B is named Bettstown Road, which unlike Old Federal Road actually connects to one of the other county-suffixed alternates rather than to SR 65 or CR 65. The route runs west from CR 65A then curves northwest to the Florida-Georgia State Line. Unlike nearby CR 65A however, the name of the street changes to Betts Community Road upon crossing the border.
Gadsden County Road 65C
County Road 65C | |
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| Location | Lake Talquin (Bear Creek Recreational Area) |
Gadsden County Road 65C is named McCall Bridge Road, and does not connect to either SR 65 or CR 65. In fact, there's very little evidence it even connects to a suffixed alternate of these routes, other than the possibility of a hidden concurrency with State Road 267 towards southern CR 65B. The road begins at SR 267 at the Wetumpka Volunteer Fire Department, and runs southeast through the Bear Creek Recreational Area of Lake Talquin State Park. Before entering the park, it passes by the Antioch Cemetery.
Just east of the park, it encounters the northern terminus of Lakeview Point Road, which leads to the Lakeview Point Boat Ramp. The road then turns to the south itself near Bear Creek Road. Gadsden County Road 65C ends on the north shore of Lake Talquin at a boat ramp of its own.
Gadsden County Road 65D
County Road 65D | |
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| Location | Gadsden County |
Gadsden County Road 65D is another county suffixed alternate of SR 65, which actually connects to one of the other county suffixed alternates. The entire road is named Telogia Creek Road and runs east and west from SR 12 to southern CR 65A south of Greeensboro.
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