Florida State Road 574

State Road 574
State Road 574
Route information
	Maintained byFDOT
Length	23.044 mi(37.086 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 92inTampa
	I-275in Tampa; US 41in Tampa; I-4near Tampa; US 301near Tampa; I-75nearMango;
East end	US 92inPlant City
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Hillsborough
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 574(SR 574) is an east–west state highway in CentralHillsborough County, Florida.It runs from northwesternTampatoPlant City,and parallelsCounty Road 574west ofMango.

Route description

Beginning at the intersection ofU.S. Route 92(US 92 or theDale Mabry Highway) on the north side ofRaymond James Stadiumand the site of the formerTampa StadiumasMartin Luther King Jr.Boulevard(formerly Buffalo Avenue), SR 574 is a six-lane divided highway until it passes the home office of theTampa Bay Buccaneers,and narrows down to a four-lane divided highway. Instantly, the road is surrounded by the Tampa Branch of St. Joseph's Hospital. The road remains a four-lane divided highway until it reaches Armenia Avenue and becomes a four-lane undivided highway with occasional left-turn lanes. The road crosses theHillsborough Riverover a high bridge built in 1960.

Eastbound SR 574 as it crosses the Hillsborough River over the Paul H. Smith Bridge.

The intersection of southboundUS 41 Business(US 41 Bus.) moves from Highland Avenue to Tampa Avenue when it crosses SR 574, and the road gets a divider again. Northbound US BUS 41 stays consistently on Florida Avenue. The next two major crossings are a diamond interchange withInterstate 275(I-275) and thenState Road 45(Nebraska Avenue). East of here, the road consists of residences, local businesses and churches, and most notably the headquarters of radio stationWMNF88.5 FM. The intersection ofState Road 585(22nd Street) includes the Cyrus Green Playground on the southwest corner and College Hill Memorial Park on the southeast corner. A railroad crossing exists between Short 30th Street and 30th Street, and another one two blocks west ofUS 41(40th Street). East of US 41, the road narrows down to two lanes, and two blocks later at 42nd Street, the road runs between the Garden of Memories Cemetery and Myrtle Hill Cemetery. The southern boundaries of both cemeteries include East Lake Avenue, since SR 574 crosses that street before the intersection withSR 583(50th Street).

When SR 574 entersGrant Park,it widens back to four lanes in the vicinity of the diamond interchange withInterstate 4,and then widens to six-lanes. East of here, theFlorida State Fairgroundsand a gas station can be found on the northwest corner ofUS 301inMango.After this, the road crosses over theTampa Bypass Canalbefore reaching a third interchange and narrowing down to four lanes, this time withInterstate 75as a diamond interchange southbound and a partial cloverleaf interchange northbound. After this, the road widens back to six lanes and encounters its Hillsborough County doppelganger atBroadway Avenue(CR 574) then Lemon Street and Mango Road, one of three disconnected roads in Hillsborough County that have been designatedCounty Road 579.From there, the road narrows back down to two lanes. Before the road intersects Kingsway Road inSeffner,it moves slightly to the northeast, where it runs parallel toAmtrak'sSilver Starline, as it also does inDover.Throughout this section, there are scattered private railroad crossings that intersect with SR 574.

InPlant City,SR 574 becomes Sammonds Road, then SR 574 moves onto West Reynolds Street at a sharp reverse curve However neither of these names appear on street-name signs until the route moves off of Sammonds Road. When SR 574 returns eastward it runs along the south side of the ground of theFlorida Strawberry Festival.After crossingState Road 39(North Alexander Street), SR 574 intersects with SR 566, which is part of an eastbound only segment ofU.S. Route 92.Route 574 joins eastbound US 92 as a shared hidden route with SR 600, all of which enter part of theDowntown Plant City Historic Residential Districtat Carey Street, and leaves it at Franklin Street. NorthboundState Road 39Abegins at North Wheeler Street, while entering theDowntown Plant City Commercial District,as Southbound SR 39A joins eastbound US 92/SR 574 just before intersected at North Collins Street and turns south while eastbound US 92/SR 574 becomes East Reynolds Street. SR 574 finally terminates at the intersection of East Reynolds Street, East Baker Street, and North Gordon Street, where the eastbound and westbound(E. Baker St) segments ofU.S. Route 92reunite. County Road 574 and it various suffixed alternates continue into Polk County.

Major intersections

The entire route is inHillsborough County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Tampa	0.000	0.000	US 92(NorthDale Mabry Highway/SR 600)
	1.837	2.956	Paul H. Smith BridgeoverHillsborough River
	2.653	4.270	US 41 Bus.south (North Highland Avenue /SR 685)
	2.815	4.530	US 41 Bus.north (Florida Avenue /SR 685)
	3.16	5.09	I-275(SR 93) toI-4–Ocala,St. Petersburg	I-275 exit 46B
	3.317	5.338	SR 45(North Nebraska Avenue)
	4.310	6.936	SR 585(North 22nd Street) –Ybor City Historic District
	5.578	8.977	US 41(North 40th Street /SR 599) toI-4
	6.340	10.203	SR 583(North 50th Street)
	7.41	11.93	I-4(SR 400)	I-4 exit 5
	8.880	14.291	US 301(SR 43) toI-4–Riverview,Zephyrhills
	10.935	17.598	I-75(SR 93A) –Naples,Ocala	I-75 exit 260
Mango	12.148	19.550	Hewitt Street (CR 574west)
Mango	12.394	19.946	CR 579north
	16.015	25.774	ToI-4/ McIntosh Road
	19.639	31.606	ToI-4/ South Forbes Road
Plant City	20.686	33.291	Turkey Creek Road (CR 574B) -Airport
	21.643	34.831	Sammonds Road (CR 574Aeast)
	22.887	36.833	ToI-4east /SR 39south (truck route) / Alexander Street
	23.044	37.086	US 92east (Thonotosassa Road /SR 600)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi