U.S. Route 98
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| Country | United States |
| States | Mississippi, Alabama, Florida |
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U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has since been extended westward into Mississippi and eastward across the Florida Peninsula.[citation needed] It runs along much of the Gulf Coast between Mobile, Alabama, and Crystal River, Florida, including extensive sections closely following the coast between Mobile and St. Marks, Florida. The highway's western terminus is with US 84 in Bude, Mississippi. Its eastern terminus is Palm Beach, Florida, at State Road A1A (SR A1A) near the Mar-a-Lago resort.
Route description
U.S. 98's western terminus is in Mississippi, and its eastern terminus is in Florida. Much of its route through Alabama and Florida falls within coastal counties.
Mississippi
Script error: No such module "Attached KML". US 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 the Mississippi Gulf Coast, increasing road capacity for hurricane evacuations.[citation needed] At Hattiesburg, an interchange with U.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 US 49 to Interstate 59 at exit 59, with which it is concurrent through exit 65 (Hardy Street). The highway runs westward through Columbia before meeting US 51 in McComb. It then joins Interstate 55 from exit 15 (South McComb) to exit 20 (Summit). The last remaining two-laned section of US 98 in Mississippi then runs northwestward to its terminus near Bude in Meadville at US 84.[2]
US 98 serves as a primary hurricane evacuation route in southern Mississippi, connecting cities along the Mississippi Sound to inland destinations further north.[3]
The Mississippi section of US 98 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.
Alabama
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Script error: No such module "Attached KML". In Alabama, US 98 is paired with unsigned State Route 42 (SR 42). The route enters Alabama from the east near Lillian in rural Baldwin County. At Daphne, US 98 begins a concurrency with US 90. US 90 and 98 junction I-10 at Daphne on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, then again on the western side of the bay as they enter downtown Mobile. As the two routes approach the Mobile River, US 98 is split into two routes, with a US 98 Truck route crossing the Mobile River via the Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge, co-signed with US 90. Passenger car traffic passes directly into town under the Mobile River via the Bankhead Tunnel. Once the truck route rejoins the main route in downtown Mobile, US 98 assumes a northwestward trajectory, and enters Mississippi near the community of Wilmer in western Mobile County. US 98 is the southern terminus of two major U.S. highways: US 31, at Spanish Fort, and US 45 in Mobile.
The safety of the route, or the lack thereof, has earned the road the nickname "Bloody 98". The existing route between Semmes and the Mississippi state line is a two-lane undivided highway, and widening the route has been delayed due to a lack of budget and concern over pollution of Big Creek Lake, which supplies drinking water to the city of Mobile and other area towns. A project to construct a bypass route, State Route 158, was completed in October 2023, at a cost of $200 million;[4] however, a portion of the route remains two lanes, with no timeline as to completion to the planned four-lane configuration.
Florida
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Within Florida, US 98 is signed as an east–west highway from the Alabama-Florida state line to Perry. Throughout most of the Florida Peninsula, the road is marked as a north–south road, but directions return to east–west on the northeast shore of Lake Okeechobee.
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. There is a 60 mph speed limit east of Tyndall Air Force Base outside of Panama City all the way to Perry.
History
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US 98 was first commissioned in 1934. At that time, its entire route was within Florida, traveling from Pensacola to Apalachicola. In 1952, the eastern end was extended to its present terminus in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1955, the western terminus was extended westward to Natchez, Mississippi. In 1999, the western end of US 98 was truncated to its intersection with US 84 at Meadville, Mississippi, although it continued to be signed concurrently with US 84 to Washington, Mississippi until 2008.[5]
Major intersections
- Mississippi
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- Template:Jct in Summit. The highways travel concurrently to McComb.
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- Template:Jct in Hattiesburg. The highways travel concurrently to south of Hattiesburg.
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- Alabama
- Template:Jct in Mobile
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- Template:Jct in Mobile. The highways travel concurrently through Mobile.
- Template:Jct in Mobile. The highways travel concurrently to Spanish Fort.
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- Template:Jct in Daphne. US 90/US 98 travels concurrently through Daphne.
- Florida
- Template:Jct in Pensacola. The highways travel concurrently through Pensacola.
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- Template:Jct southeast of Santa Rosa Beach
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- Template:Jct east of Apalachicola. The highways travel concurrently to west-southwest of St. Teresa.
- Template:Jct in Medart. The highways travel concurrently to north-northeast of Medart.
- Template:Jct in Perry. US 19/US 98 travels concurrently to northeast of Chassahowitzka.
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- Template:Jct in Brooksville. The highways travel concurrently through Brooksville.
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- Template:Jct in Lacoochee. The highways travel concurrently to south of Dade City.
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- Template:Jct in Bartow. The highways travel concurrently to Fort Meade.
- Template:Jct east of West Frostproof. The highways travel concurrently to west-southwest of Spring Lake.
- Template:Jct in Okeechobee. The highways travel concurrently to Royal Palm Beach.
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In popular culture
Blue Mountain recorded a song titled "Bloody 98," specifically referring to a two-laned section of the highway between Mobile, Alabama and Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Special and suffixed routes
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- U.S. Route 98 Business in Pensacola, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Toll from Pensacola, Florida to Navarre, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Bypass in Panama City Beach, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Alternate in Panama City Beach, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Business in Panama City, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Truck in Brooksville, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Truck in Dade City, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Business in Dade City, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Business in Lakeland, Florida
- U.S. Route 98 Business in Bartow, Florida
- U.S Route 98 Alternate in Fairhope, Alabama
References
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- ^ a b End of US Highway 98 – usends.com
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NOT FOUND" (PDF). mdot.ms.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mississippi Hurricane Evacuation Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harmon, Karris (October 17, 2023). "After two decades, Highway 158 opens to traffic in Mobile County". NBC15 News. WPMI-TV. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ Dale Sanderson. End of US highway 98 at USEnds.com
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rand McNally (2014). The Road Atlas (Walmart ed.). Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 5, 26–27, 56. ISBN 978-0-528-00771-2.
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