- U.S. Route 98
Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=98
length_mi=964Droz, Robert V. [http://www.us-highways.com/usbt.htm U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830)] . URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).]
length_km=1,551
yrcom=1933
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
from=Jct|state=MS|US|61|US|84 near Washington, MS
junction=Jct|state=MS|I|55 at Summit, MS
Jct|state=MS|I|59 at Hattiesburg, MS
Jct|state=MS|US|49 at Hattiesburg, MS
Jct|state=AL|I|65 at Mobile, AL
Jct|state=AL|I|10 at Mobile and Spanish Fort, AL
Jct|state=FL|I|110 at Pensacola, FL
Jct|state=FL|I|75 near Brooksville, FL
Jct|state=FL|I|4 at Lakeland, FL
Jct|state=FL|I|95 at West Palm Beach, FL
to=Jct|state=FL|FL|A1A|FL|80 at Palm Beach, FLU.S. Route 98 is an east-west
United States highway that runs from southernFlorida to westernMississippi . It was established in 1933 as a route betweenPensacola, Florida andApalachicola, Florida , and has since been extended eastward across the Florida Peninsula and westward intoMississippi . [http://www.us-highways.com/us2.htm#US_98] It runs along much of theGulf Coast betweenCrystal River, Florida andMobile, Alabama , including extensive sections closely following the coast westward fromSt. Marks, Florida .As of
2005 , the highway's eastern terminus is Palm Beach, Florida, at State Road A1A. Its western terminus is nearWashington, Mississippi , atU.S. Highway 61 .Route description
For the better part of its route,
US 98 travels along coastal counties in Florida until it passes through Dade City.Florida
Concurrencies include US 441 from Royal Palm Beach to Okeechobee, US 27 from South Sebring to West Frostproof, US 17 from Fort Meade to Bartow, US 301 from Clinton Heights to Moss Town, SR 50 from Ridge Manor to Brooksville, SR 50A then US 41 in Brooksville, US 19 from Chassahowitzka to Perry, ALT US 27 from Chiefland to Perry, US 319 in Medart and from St. Theresa to Port St. Joe, and US 90 in Pensacola. The hidden designation for most of US 98 across the panhandle of the state of Florida is State Route 30. Between Chassahowitzka and
Palm Beach , the hidden designation is State Route 700.Alabama
In Alabama, U.S. 98 is paired with unsigned
Alabama State Route 42 . The route enters Alabama from the east near Lillian in rural Baldwin County. At Daphne, U.S. 98 begins a concurrency withU.S. Route 90 . U.S. 90 and 98 junctionInterstate 10 at Daphne on the eastern shore ofMobile Bay , then again on the western side of the bay as they enter downtown Mobile. As the two routes approach the Mobile River, U.S. 98 is split into two routes, with a Truck Route 98 crossing the Mobile River via the Cochrane-AfricaTown Bridge, co-signed with U.S. 90. Passenger car traffic passes directly into town under the Mobile River via theBankhead Tunnel . Once the Truck Route rejoins the main route in downtown Mobile, U.S. 98 assumes a northwestward trajectory, and entersMississippi near the community of Wilmer in western Mobile County. U.S. 98 is the southern terminus of two majorU.S. highways :U.S. Route 31 , at Spanish Fort, andU.S. Route 45 in Mobile.Mississippi
U.S. Route 98 enters the state from the southeast and immediately widens to four lanes. It bypasses Lucedale to the north, and an interchange with
Mississippi Highway 63 provides four-laned access to Pascagoula on theMississippi Gulf Coast , increasing road capacity for hurricane evacuationsfact|date=September 2007. At Hattiesburg, an interchange withU.S. Route 49 provides four-laned access to Gulfport (to the south) and Jackson (to the north). The road continues west from its intersection with U.S. 49 toInterstate 59 at Exit 59, with which it is concurrent through Exit 65 (Hardy Street). The highway runs westward through Columbia before meeting U.S. 51 in McComb. It then joinsInterstate 55 from Exit 15 (South McComb) to Exit 20 (Summit). The last remaining two-laned section of U.S. 98 in Mississippi then runs northwestward to Bude and Meadville, becoming concurrent with the four-laned US 84 from Meadville to its western terminus in Washington at U.S. 61, just northeast of Natchez. There is some debate as to whether the highway actually runs with U.S. 61 to Natchezfact|date=September 2007.Highway 98 serves as a primary hurricane evacuation route in southern Mississippi, connecting cities along the
Mississippi Sound to inland destinations further northcite web|url=http://www.gomdot.com/maps/HurricaneEvacRoutes_2007.pdf|title=Mississippi Hurricane Evacuation Map|accessdate=2007-10-01] .The Mississippi section of U.S. 98 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.
Blue Mountain recorded a song titled "Bloody 98," specifically referring to a two-laned section of the highway between
Mobile, Alabama andHattiesburg, Mississippi .See also
Bannered and suffexed routes
*U.S. Route 98 Business from McComb to Summit, Mississippi
*U.S. Route 98 Business inPensacola, Florida
*"U.S. Route 98 Toll" fromPensacola, Florida toNavarre, Florida
*"U.S. Route 98 Bypass" inPanama City Beach, Florida
*U.S. Route 98 Alternate inPanama City Beach, Florida
*U.S. Route 98 Business inPanama City, Florida
*U.S. Route 98 Truck inBrooksville, Florida
*U.S. Route 98 Truck inDade City, Florida
*U.S. Route 98 Business inDade City, Florida
*"U.S. Route 98 Business" inLakeland, Florida
*"U.S. Route 98 Business" inBartow, Florida References
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