The following is a list of county roads in Collier County, Florida. All county roads are maintained by the county in which they reside, however not all of them are marked with standard MUTCD approved county road shields. County roads are maintained by Collier County Transportation Management Services (Collier County TMS).
Most of the county roads in Collier County were formerly state roads. In the mid 1970s, the Florida Department of Transportation (formerly the State Road Department) downgraded a number of the state roads to secondary state roads. On January 5, 1976, many of the roads were also renumbered to have a more streamlined numbering system. General Highway Map, Collier County, April 1966, reprinted January 1973General Highway Map, Collier County, April 1966, reprinted January 1976 By the mid 1980s, the secondary state roads were turned over to county control.
County Road 29
County Road 29, once part of State Road 29 prior to the 1980s, is a 13-mile route connecting Everglades City and Chokoloskee Island with the Tamiami Trail in Carnestown.
The southern terminus of CR 29 is in Chokoloskee, where it known as Smallwood Avenue (named for Ted Smallwood, who opened the areas historic general store which is now a museum). From Chokoloksee, CR 29 crosses a causeway across Chokoloskee Bay, which was built in 1956, to Everglades City.
In Everglades City, CR 29 is known as Copeland Avenue in the southern half of the town. Copeland Avenue is named for David Graham Copeland, who worked closely with Barron Collier in the development of Everglades City.
Just north of Everglades Airpark, CR 29 encounters a roundabout, where it turns east along Broadway towards the former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot. It then turns north along Collier Avenue, where it continues out of the city and terminating at U.S. Route 41 in Carnestown.
County Road 29A
County Road 29A is New Market Road in Immokalee. The 2.3 mile route connects to State Road 29 at each end, and it serves as a bypass around downtown Immokalee.
County Road 31
County Road 31 is one of the Naples area's major north–south corridors. It is known as Airport-Pulling Road, though some signs still refer to it by its former name, Airport Road.
Route description Airport-Pulling Road begins in East Naples at an intersection with US 41 (Tamiami Trail). The Collier County Government Center is located on the northeast corner of this intersection. From US 41, Airport-Pulling Road is a six-lane highway and it heads north, coming to an intersection with SR 84 (Davis Boulevard) less than a mile from US 41. It continues north just to the east of Naples city limits and passes Naples Airport before coming to a single point urban interchange with CR 886 (Golden Gate Parkway), a major route which connects Naples with Golden Gate. Further North, Airport-Pulling Road intersects with two more of Collier County's major east-west routes: CR 896 (Pine Ridge Road) and CR 862 (Vanderbiilt Beach Road). Less than a mile north of CR 862, Airport-Pulling Road is reduced to four lanes before coming to its northern terminus at CR 846 (Immokalee Road).
History The first segment of what would become Airport-Pulling Road was from US 41 in East Naples to present-day CR 856 (Radio Road). This initial segment notably provided access to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's original Naples depot, which was built in 1926 and was located on the northeast corner of the present-day intersection of Airport-Pulling Road and Radio Road. The railroad station was closed and tracks were removed in 1944 when the Atlantic Coast Line relocated to the 5th Avenue depot in Downtown Naples, which was originally built by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
In 1942, Naples Army Airfield was built, which would become Naples Airport. The road would provide access to it, which led to the road becoming known as Airport Road. By the 1950s, the initial segment of Airport Road was designated as part of SR 858 along with Bayshore Drive south of Tamiami Trail. SR 858 would also run east from the airport along what would be later known as Radio Road.
Airport Road was eventually extended north of the airport, which would be designated as part of SR 951. A mile north of the airport, SR 951 would turn west toward Naples High School, which would later become part of Golden Gate Parkway. In the late 1950s, Airport Road was extended north to the newly completed Naples Immokalee Highway, which was complete in 1958 and known today as Immokalee Road. Airport Road north of SR 951 would receive the secondary designation SR 31. A major proponent of this extension was local developer John Pulling, who helped secure the right of way for part the extension. Airport Road would later be renamed Airport-Pulling Road in Pulling's honor.
Airport-Pulling Road would maintain its segmented designations of SR 858, SR 951, and SR 31 until the state road renumbering in January 1976. Airport-Pulling Road then became SR 31 in its entirety, along with Bayshore Drive. It then became CR 31 as it is today when it was turned over to county control in the 1980s. Though, Bayshore Drive was not included as part of CR 31.
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County Road 92
County Road 92 is known as San Marco Road connecting Marco Island to the mainland.
Route description San Marco Road begins on the west end of Marco Island at Collier Boulevard (former SR 951). From here, it heads east through the center of Marco Island. On the east side of the island, San Marco Road passes just north of the community of Goodland before crossing the Stan Gober Memorial Bridge on to the Collier County mainland. Once on the mainland, it turns northeast before turning back east through Collier–Seminole State Park. CR 92 comes to its eastern terminus at US 41 (Tamiami Trail). just north of the main entrance to Collier–Seminole State Park.
History San Marco Road was largely complete in 1938 with the opening of the original Goodland Bridge, which was the first automobile bridge to Marco Island. Upon its completion, it was designated SR 27A. It was considered a spur of SR 27, which was the original hidden state road designation US 41 (which was US 94 at the time). SR 27A was redesignated SR 92 during the 1945 Florida State Road renumbering. SR 92 became CR 92 when it was turned over to county control in the mid 1980s.
The original Goodland Bridge, which was a wooden swing bridge, was replace by the current Stan Gober Memorial Bridge in 1975.
Major intersections
County Road 268
County Road 268 is a county road in Collier County. It is known as County Barn Road, and it runs from Florida State Road 84 (Davis Boulevard) to Collier County Road 864 (Rattlesnake Hammock Road).
County Road 837
County Road 837 exists in two segments near Copeland. The west segment is less than a half mile long running from State Road 29 into Copeland. The longer east segment, known as Wagon Wheel Road, exists just north of Copeland running from SR 29 east to CR 839 in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
County Road 839
County Road 839, locally known as Turner River Road, is a 20-mile route through the Big Cypress National Preserve. It runs just east of and parallel to State Road 29. It begins at U.S. Route 41 east of Ochopee near the Turner River and ends just east of Miles City after crossing underneath I-75/Alligator Alley.
County Road 841
County Road 841 is a short 4.4 mile road through the Big Cypress National Preserve. It is named Birdon Road, and it connects U.S. Route 41 in Ochopee to CR 837 east of Copeland.
County Road 846
County Road 846 runs over 40 miles through northern Collier County primarily connecting Naples with Immokalee.
County Road 849
County Road 849 is Sanctuary Road just north of Orangetree. It connects CR 846 with the entrance to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. It was formerly State Road 846A before the 1976 renumbering and SR 849 after until it was relinquished to the county. The SR 849 designation was later reused in 1983 for the Atlantic Boulevard extension in Pompano Beach.
County Road 850
County Road 850 is Corkscrew Road in northeastern Collier County. It begins at the Lee-Collier County line east of Immokalee, continuing from the Lee County portion which begins in Estero. It terminates at State Road 82 near Immokalee.
County Road 851
County Road 851 is one of Collier County's north–south corridors known locally as Goodlette-Frank Road.
Route description Goodlette-Frank Road begins in Downtown Naples at US 41 (Tamiami Trail) just west of the Gordon River. From here, it heads north as a six-lane highway passing just east of the community of Lake Park. North of Lake Park, it passes Coastland Center and Naples Zoo before intersecting CR 886 (Golden Gate Parkway). As it continues north, Goodlette-Frank Road leaves Naples city limits and passes a number of residential communities before intersecting CR 896 (Pine Ridge Road). After passing Pine Ridge Road, Goodlette-Frank Road enters the community of North Naples and intersects CR 862 (Vanderbilt Beach Road) before terminating at CR 846 (Immokalee Road).
History Goodlette-Frank Road today runs along a route that was historically the Naples area's railroad corridor. The railroad south of Vanderbilt Beach to Downtown Naples was built in 1926 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (via their Seaboard–All Florida Railway subsidiary) and was opened in 1927. North of Vanderbilt Beach, track was built by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1926 as a branch line to Marco Island. In 1944, the Atlantic Coast Line took over the Seaboard Air Line's tracks, linking the two lines at Vanderbilt Beach.
The first segment of Goodlette-Frank Road built was along the railroad from SR 862 (present-day Solana Road) south to 22nd Avenue North near Naples High School in the 1966, providing access to nearby farmland. This segment was named Frank Boulevard after local landowner Ed Frank, who owned about 400 acres of land near the road. Frank also operated an auto repair shop in Naples and was the developer of the original swamp buggy. By the end of the 1960s, Frank Boulevard would extend as far north as present-day Pine Ridge Road.
The addition of another north-south roadway for Collier County had been proposed as early as the 1950s by Collier County Commissioner Dick Goodlette. In the 1960s, Goodlette Road, named in honor of Goodlette, was built along the railroad from US 41 north to connect with Frank Boulevard. A spur of the road, known as Goodlette Extension, would also be built from a point near Naples High School east to Airport Road (present-day Airport-Pulling Road).
Frank Boulevard, Goodlette Extension, and Airport Road would be designated as a spur of SR 951 while Goodlette Road south to US 41 would be designated SR 951A. When the state roads were renumbered in January 1976, Goodlette Road and Frank Boulevard were redesignated SR 851 (and subsequently CR 851 when it was relinquished to county control). In an effort to give the road a unified name, the road was renamed in the mid 1980s by combining the two names into Goodlette-Frank Road. Goodlette Extension would become part of Golden Gate Parkway in 1972.
The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, the successor of the Atlantic Coast Line, removed the adjacent railroad tracks in 1980. Collier County acquired the railroad's right of way to allow for the expansion of Goodlette-Frank Road. Goodlette-Frank Road was subsequently widened to six lanes from just south of Golden Gate Parkway and four lanes north of there. The southbound lanes between CR 896 (Pine Ridge Road) and Fleischmann Boulevard run along the former railroad right of way.
Goodlette-Frank Road was extended north of Pine Ridge Road along the former railroad corridor to CR 846 (Immokalee Road) by 1992.
Goodlette-Frank Road was widened to six lanes from Golden Gate Parkway to Pine Ridge Road in the mid 2000s.
Major intersections
County Road 856