Florida State Road 865
highway in Florida
State Road 865 (SR 865) and County Road 865 (CR 865) are a series of roads serving Lee County, Florida, extending from Bonita Springs to Tice by way of Fort Myers Beach and Fort Myers. SR 865 currently consists of two segments connected by a part of CR 865, which also extends to the north and south of the state segments. Both the state and county controlled segments of the route combined stretch a distance of over 40 miles (64.37 km), making it the longest designation in Lee County.
State Road 865 previously existed along a much longer highway. The middle section of CR 865 and the southern segment of CR 865 west of Interstate 75 were previously part of SR 865. The northern segment of CR 865 in Fort Myers and Tice was previously part of State Road 80B (SR 80B). In the late 1970s, FDOT started a process in which these sections would be converted to county control. This was part of a series of transformations that particularly affected Southwest Florida.
Route description
Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach
The historic southern terminus of SR 865 is an interchange between Interstate 75 (I-75 or SR 93) and Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs, though the current county designation actually begins 2.2 miles (3.54 km) east of the interchange near Logan Boulevard. From here, CR 865 follows Bonita Beach Road westward through Bonita Springs to Hickory Boulevard on Bonita Beach (Little Hickory Island).
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