Project Highlights
- Part of the 1968 Concept Development Plan and then later incorporated into the Manatee County 1989 Comprehensive Plan and adopted Capital Improvements Plan
- Provides additional roadway capacity to meet anticipated County growth
- Construction on the first segment of the 44th Avenue East Extension project began in 2013
Community Benefits
- Additional new road capacity for approximately 36,000 more vehicles per day
- Reduces traffic demand on parallel thoroughfares (SR 64 and SR 70) by a combined 21,000 vehicles per day
- Provides an alternate route over I-75 that will allow local traffic to avoid adjacent interstate and state road interchanges
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44th Avenue bridge over Braden River 75% complete
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Manatee County provides an update on massive project that will connect Lakewood Ranch with Cortez Road.
Progress continues on 44th Avenue East Extension including bridge over Braden River
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Crews are making progress on construction along 44th Avenue East in Manatee County, a project meant to improve traffic conditions on roadways that feed into Interstate-75.
