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County Road 758
County Road 758
Location	Siesta Key–Sarasota–Bee Ridge
Length	5.8 mi (9.3 km)

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County Road 758

County Road 758 (CR 758) is Midnight Pass Road, Higel Avenue, and Siesta Drive on Siesta Key before crossing to the mainland in Sarasota. In Sarasota, it then South Osprey Avenue and Bay Road to US 41.

Route description

CR 758 begins at an intersection with the western terminus of SR 72 in Siesta Key, heading northwest on Midnight Pass Road, a two-lane divided highway. The median becomes a center left-turn lane as the road heads through resort residential and commercial areas a short distance to the east of the Gulf of Mexico. SR 758 turns north to remain on Midnight Pass Road, with CR 789A (Beach Road) heading west to Siesta Beach. Midnight Pass Road continues as a two-lane undivided road passing through residential neighborhoods, curving to the northwest. SR 758 intersects CR 789A again and turns north onto Higel Avenue, passing more homes in the northern part of Siesta Key. The state road turns east onto Siesta Drive, running through more residential areas.

The road crosses Roberts Bay on a drawbridge and heads into Sarasota, lined with more residences. SR 758 turns south onto South Osprey Avenue, a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane that passes through residential and commercial areas. The state road curves east onto Bay Road and passes more businesses as it comes to an intersection with US 41/SR 45.^[1]

History

CR 758 was previously part of SR 758, which was designated in the 1980s. Prior to that, the segment of SR 758 west of US 41 was previously a discontinuous segment of SR 789.^[2]

In 2018, Sarasota County accepted the state’s $40 million offer to swap responsibility for several roads (i.e. road swap) in exchange for the state to perform major improvements on River Road, one of the county’s main thoroughfares and vital evacuation routes.^[3] FDOT handed over the responsibility of a portion of State Road 758, known locally as Siesta Drive and Midnight Pass Road, west of US 41. The county will be responsible for ongoing maintenance of those roadways, although the state would still maintain the bridges to Siesta Key. The road transfer was completed in September 2020.^[4]

Route description

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Siesta Key	0.0	0.0	CR 72 east (Stickney Point Road)
	1.2	1.9	Beach Road (CR 789A north) - Siesta Beach Business District
	3.1	5.0	Higel Avenue (CR 789A south) to Ocean Boulevard - Siesta Beach, Siesta Village	no left turn northbound
Sarasota	4.5– 4.8	7.2– 7.7	Siesta Key Bridge over Roberts Bay (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway)
Sarasota	5.8	9.3	US 41 (South Tamiami Trail / SR 45) – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

^ ^a ^b ^c Google (July 8, 2024). "County Road 758" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ State Road Department of Florida (1957). Official State Road Map of Florida (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Tallahassee: State Road Department of Florida. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
^ Rodriguez, Nicole (May 22, 2018). "Sarasota County accepts state deal to widen, improve River Road". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^ Hackney, Rachel Brown (July 16, 2020). "Final formal step taken by County Commission to effect its assumption of authority over Siesta Key roads, beginning in September". The Sarasota News Leader. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

Other

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External links

[cr_758-1] Google (July 8, 2024). "County Road 758" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[fdot_1957-2] State Road Department of Florida (1957). Official State Road Map of Florida (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Tallahassee: State Road Department of Florida. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

[3] Rodriguez, Nicole (May 22, 2018). "Sarasota County accepts state deal to widen, improve River Road". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

[4] Hackney, Rachel Brown (July 16, 2020). "Final formal step taken by County Commission to effect its assumption of authority over Siesta Key roads, beginning in September". The Sarasota News Leader. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

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