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State Road 79 marker
State Road 79
Map
SR 79 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length60.673 mi[2] (97.644 km)
Major junctions
South end US 98 in Panama City Beach
Major intersections SR 20 in Ebro
SR 277 in Vernon
I-10 in Bonifay
US 90 in Bonifay
SR 2 in Esto
North end SR 167 towards Hartford, AL
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesBay, Washington, Holmes
Highway system
SR 78 SR 80

State Road 79 (SR 79) is a north–south highway in the panhandle of Florida. It is a popular route for tourists to and from the Panama City Beach area. The route begins at Alabama State Route 167 at the Alabama–Florida border and runs to its southern terminus at US 98 in Panama City Beach, Florida. Currently, the highway is being expanded to four lanes north of Panama City to the junction with Interstate 10. SR 79 is a major hurricane evacuation route from the coastal area. It is one of few designated routes northward between Pensacola and Panama City.

History

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As of June 1, 2009, the route between US 98 (Back Beach Road) at Panama City Beach and SR 20 at Ebro was being expanded to four lanes. A second bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at West Bay has been completed and is now open making the four lane complete for about a 5-mile (8.0 km) stretch from US 98 northward to the intersection of SR 79 and SR 388 at West Bay. North of this completed stretch construction continues to a point just north of the Ebro Greyhound Racetrack. As of 2023, after ten years of work construction from north of Ebro to Interstate 10 has not been completed. A dangerous section in Vernon has been abandoned by crews for years and left with cones diverting traffic on a hilly part of the road. Also in 2023, the Y intersection with Front Beach Road in Panama City Beach was replaced with a roundabout.

Major intersections

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SR 79 at Interstate 10 in Bonifay
CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
BayPanama City Beach0.0000.000  SR 30 (Front Beach Road)Roundabout
0.5310.855  US 98 (Panama City Beach Parkway / SR 30A) – Destin, Panama City
West Bay5.378.64B.V. Buchanan Bridge over West Bay
5.7689.283 
 
CR 388 east – Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
Former Florida State Road 388
7.04011.330 
 
  SR 388 east – Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
12.34319.864 
 
CR 2296 west (Pine Log Road)
WashingtonEbro16.02325.787  SR 20 (Captain Fritz Road) – Freeport, Blountstown
New Hope26.81743.158 
 
CR 284 west (Millers Ferry Road)
31.12250.086Fanning Branch Roadformer SR 277 south
Vernon33.93554.613 
 
CR 279 south (Moss Hill Road) – Dogwood Acres, Moss Hill Church
34.18955.022 
 
SR 277 north (Court Avenue) – Chipley
34.60855.696 
 
CR 278 west (Creek Road)
34.78655.983 
 
CR 279 north (Pate Pond Road)
42.26268.014  CR 280 (Douglas Ferry Road)
HolmesBonifay44.2571.21  I-10 (SR 8) – Pensacola, TallahasseeI-10 exit 112
46.07474.149  US 90 (SR 10) – Caryville, Chipley
47.06975.750 
 
 
 
  CR 173 north (North Avenue) / CR 177A north – Airport
48.47978.019 
 
CR 177 north
55.49289.306  CR 160
Holland CrossroadsEsto line58.56794.254  SR 2 – Miller Crossroads, Graceville
Esto60.67397.644 
 
SR 167 north – Hartford
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ "SR 79 and Front Beach Road roundabout now open". WJHG. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
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