Florida Rt 301
Heading to Fort Myers on Sunday. Does anyone know what the road close is on Rt 301 near Stark, Florida. Looking at Google maps and it shows road closure there. Pulling a 40' 5er & wondering if there...
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Retired JSO wrote:
301 is a wonderful drive except for a few problems in small towns. Callahan, no problems until Baldwin where your chances of getting held up by a train is better than 50-50. Lawtey watch your speed and don’t blink. Starke, slow going threw about 2 miles of stop lights but not a nightmare, depending on truck traffic. Hampton dried up. Waldo used to be “THE” AAA speed trap. Still, watch your speed. No problems Orange Heights, Hawthorne, Locklossa, Island Grove, Citra. Approaching Ocala you could jump over on I-75 via 326 or continue on south. Take your time and enjoy the scenery.
Ditto on that, Starke is no big problem for traffic. Some red lights and that's about it. Lawtey is the speed trap but it's only a couple miles thru the town with one light. The governor of Florida even paid for a couple of billboards warning that it was a speed trap. Waldo got a bum rap about being a speed trap but AAA (IIRC) looked at the tickets issued and the speeding ones were all for at least 15mph OVER the speed limit. Still I do watch my speedometer going thru. That's where we turn off for Gainesville anyway.
Hampton engaged in very shady dealings trying to get in on the speed trap business. The town has been dis-incorporated and taken over by the county. Florida knows that we get a lot of money from tourism and will act to protect tourists whenever it can.
