End of US highway 92 |
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Mileage: in 1989 AASHTO listed a figure of 182 miles for US 92... however, that included the mileage of US 92's associated business route. According to the state subtotals on AASHTO's 1989 spreadsheet, mainline US 92's actual end-to-end total at the time was 177 miles. That closely matches our own 2020 measurement, which yielded 181.4 miles (reroutings and realignments likely explain the difference).
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The east end of US 92 has always been in Daytona Beach FL, although the exact location of its terminus has changed. US 92 used to come into town via Bellevue Avenue, as shown on this map:
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c. 1941, FDoT
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At the time, US 92 ended at its junction with US 1, shown here:
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Droz, Dec. 2006
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That was looking east on Bellevue at Ridgewood, the historic end of US 92. Today US 92 traffic is routed along Volusia Avenue/International Speedway Boulevard (this was likely done because of an airport expansion -- Bellevue's current path around the runways is a newer alignment). Here is a photo showing the last eastbound US 92 trailblazer (which is just a few blocks west of its terminus):
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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In 1963 US 92 was extended east of US 1, crossing the Halifax River and ending just a block from the ocean, at its junction with state highway A1A:
Moraseski, 2000
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Nitzman, June 2008
Karners, Dec. 2016
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Nitzman, Sep. 2022
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Those photos were looking east on Int'l Speedway (formerly Broadway) at Atlantic Avenue. The archway visible in the background says "World's Most Famous Beach". Right in the center of that intersection is an interesting design done with pavestones: a stylized sun on a background of blue waves or clouds. It is a little more visible in this photo, which was taken looking the opposite direction (west on Int'l Speedway):
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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These next photos were taken looking northbound on Atlantic:
Curtis, 1999
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Nitzman, June 2008
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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Those signs are pointing west up Int'l Speedway, and the east beginning of US 92. Signage from southbound A1A is similar:
Nitzman, June 2008
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Karners, Dec. 2016
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Turning that direction (west on Int'l Speedway), the first westbound confirming marker is posted:
Karners, Dec. 2016
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Originally the west end of US 92 was in Tampa. I have seen a few maps which suggest that the US 92 designation was extended west from Tampa, ending at its junction with US 19 in Dunedin and/or Clearwater. This would have been sometime between the late 1930s and late 1940s, but the majority of maps I have seen do not corroborate this extension, so until more evidence is uncovered I am uncertain whether it really happened. However, it is a certainty that it was 1952 when the US 92 designation was extended southwest over the bay to its current terminus in St. Petersburg.
Research and/or photo credits: Ed Curtis; Robert Droz; Karin and Martin Karner; Dan Moraseski; Alex Nitzman; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Dec. 18, 2023.
last updated Dec. 18, 2023.
