The following is a list of county roads in Hernando County, Florida. All county roads are maintained by the county in which they reside. Unsigned routes may no longer exist.
County Road 439
County Road 439 is named Lingle Road. It runs south to north from CR 476 in Istachatta to Pineola across the Hernando-Citrus County Line where it becomes County Road 39. The route was itself part of CR 39, as well as State Road 39.General Highway Map, Hernando County, December 1974, reprinted January 1979.
County Road 445
County Road 445 is named Main Street and Howell Avenue. It runs south to north from SR 50/US 98 Truck in Brooksville through the heart of downtown Brooksville, and terminates at US 41 north of Brooksville. It was formerly SR 45A,Hernando County, Florida; 1964 (Historic Map Works) and later CR 45A, before being designated CR 445. At one time the route included Mitchell Road.
The route is named Main Street from SR 50/US 98 Truck to West and East Fort Dade Avenue (unmarked CR 484), and Howell Avenue from there to US 41.
County Road 476
County Road 476 is a long bi-county road in northern Hernando County. It runs west to east and includes Centralia Boulevard, Citrus Way, and Lake Lindsey Road. The route spans from US 19 in the Royal Highlands area to Nobleton, where it crosses the Hernando-Sumter County Line at a bridge over the Withlacoochee River. The route overlaps CR 491 at Citrus Way and CR 481 at Snow Memorial Highway, and was former SR 476
Route description County Road 476 begins at US 19 along Centralia Boulevard, which runs almost entirely straight east. At first it runs along the southern edge of the Annutteliga Hammock preserve, but beyond that it mostly passes sparse farmland and residencies. After the northern terminus of CR 483, it runs beneath the Suncoast Parkway. Local farmland continues further east, but become hidden by more dense forests, especially as the road runs north of the Fickett Hammock Preserve.
Centralia Road terminates at CR 491 (Citrus Way), but CR 476 turns northeast onto that route, then curves directly to the east between the mining lands of northern Hernando County. After CR 476/491 makes a sharp turn to the north, CR 476 breaks away at Lake Lindsey Road, which heads straight east once again. In this segment it still runs north of a local sand mine, until it makes a sharp turn to the north at Alligator Trail, and another entrance to one of the mines. After a grade crossing with the CSX Brooksville Subdivision Lake Lindsey Road makes a sharp turn to the east while Annutalaga Avenue continues to the north. Shortly after the previously mentioned intersection CR 476 encounters a blinker light at US 98. After this intersection, it crosses a former railroad spur to a mine, and winds around some swampy lakes near some private houses before heading straight east through a mostly wooded area. Somewhere along this segment, it also crosses the former right-of-way of a Seaboard Air Line Railroad line between Brooksville and Inverness, north of Simmons Prairie Lake. The road begins to curve more often, and even climbs and descends along some hills as it passes by many local dead end street. One of the few intersections not to be a dead end street (at least south of the route) is Old Crystal River Road, which leads to US 41 north of Brooksville. A noteworthy sharp left curve is a sign the road is about to enter Lake Lindsey, because that curve is to go around the lake for which the community is named. After passing between a church and a cemetery, the road seems to terminate at an intersection of County Road 481, but in reality, it makes a sharp turn to the south, and shortly makes another one to the east along the northern border of Chinsegut Nature Center.Chinsegut Conservation Center (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)(Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) The road makes another reverse curve and then descends as it approaches the southern edge of the Withlacoochee State Forest before encountering another blinker light at US 41. East of that light, the route passes a Hernando County fire station, and curves mostly towards the northeast through forestland and farmland. Among the sites along this segment of road is the unfinished dinosaur previously planned for an amusement park.Brooksville, Florida: Headless Dinosaur Sculpture (RoadsideAmerica)
After the intersection with Daly Road, the route runs along the southern edge of Lake Townsen Regional Park, then curves to the northeast until it approaches a wye intersection with County Road 439, on the southwest corner of Withlacoochee Riverside Community Park. From there it curves southeast until it approaches the intersection with Lucy Shade Lane, and immediately after this, the crossing of the Withlacoochee State Trail. No sooner than this, the road enters Nobleton, where it passes by the Nobleton Wayside Park, across from Edgewater Avenue, which is the site of the local post office, and was once part of State Road 39. The road then curves briefly to the southeast as it passes by a local gift shop as well a restaurant, and the Nobleton Outpost recreational area before finally terminating at a bridge over the Withlacoochee River, where the road becomes Sumter County Road 476 as it heads towards Bushnell and an area north of Bevilles Corner.
County Road 476A
Former County Road 476A is Snow Hill Road. It ran west to east from Jones Road to CR 481 in Lake Lindsey, and was formerly designated as SR 476A. No connection to its parent route is known. At one time it went as far west as CR 491A in Stafford.
County Road 480
County Road 480 runs along part of Croom Road in northern Brooksville. It runs east and west from US 41 Brooksville into Withlacoochee State Forest where it terminates in Croom at the intersection with Croom-Rital Road and Nobleton-Croom Road (both former Florida State Road 39) just west of a crossing of the Withlacoochee State Trail. Though another CR 480 exists in nearby Citrus County, Hernando CR 480 has no connection to that route.
County Road 481
County Road 481 is Snow Memorial Highway, a former segment of County Road 581. It runs south to north from US 41 near Chinsegut Hill to the Hernando-Citrus County Line, where it becomes County Road 581. The route itself was once a former segment of SR 581
Route description County Road 481 begins at a wye intersection with US 41 that includes a trailhead for the Chinsegut Nature Center, and almost instantly passes the driveway to the Chinsegut Hill Manor House. Within Lake Lindsey, the road has a brief multiplex with CR 476. The rest of the road passes primarily through farmland, and aside from the intersection of Snow Hill Road (former CR 476A), has no other intersections with any county, state, US or interstate routes even as it crosses the Hernando-Citrus County Line.
County Road 484
County Road 484 is a mainly west to east county road running along West Fort Dade Road as well as Mondon Hill Road. It begins at CR 570 in Wiscon, east of Spring Hill, and ends at SR 50/US 98 & CR 541 in Hill 'n Dale. The route is unmarked in the City of Brooksville, including along East Fort Dade Road, and was formerly SR 485 east of US 41.
Route description The route begins at CR 570 as West Fort Dade Avenue and runs northeast, where it crosses Florida State Road 50. It continues to run in the same direction through some wooded residential areas until it makes a sharp curve to the right at the Spring Hill Cemetery and runs east. Almost immediately after this turn, it climbs a hill and serves as the southern terminus of CR 491. East of there it descends as a tree-lined forest road over random dry creeks. Residencies become more abundant as it approaches a blinker-light intersection with CR 485, which also serves as part of U.S. Truck Route 98. East of CR 485, the same rural residential surroundings continue, although some local commercial properties turn up randomly. The route nearly diminishes as it continues through the Brooksville City Limits. Further eastern access is cut off by a divider at US 98, which is used to channelize left turn lanes onto eastbound SR 50A. The road continues east of US 98 with some houses, although one church can be found on the northeast corner of Stafford Avenue. Drivers who were detoured by the median on US 98 could return at the intersection of Mildred Avenue. East of there, the road climbs a slight hill to cross a grade crossing with the CSX Brooksville Subdivision, then climbs a much steeper hill flanked by deep storm channels. Here the road is residential to the north and serves as the backyard of businesses along westbound US 41/US 98/SR 50A until it encounters Brooksville City Hall on the northwest corner of CR 445 (Howell Avenue). On the opposite corner is the headquarters for the Hernando County Public Library. From there the road becomes East Fort Dade Avenue and descends along a hill that's somewhat less steep than the one that it climbed to reach CR 445, passing by sites such as a local park, the Main Post Office and the American Legion Hall. From there, the surroundings become much more residential. The bottom of this hill is at a four-way stop intersection with Bell Avenue, and the road climbs another hill reaching the top at May Avenue. As it descends once again, it serves as the backyard of the May-Stringer House until reaching Saxon Avenue then hits the bottom of that hill in a wooded area before encountering another blinker light intersection with US 41.
East of US US 41, CR 484 becomes Mondon Hill Road, and an official designated route once again. Mondon Hill Road begins mainly residential with some small horse farms, and later passes Old Jasmine Road, and later the shared intersection of Jasmine Drive and McIntyre Road before crossing under a power line right-of way on the grounds of the former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line that is today the "Good Neighbor Trail." Further east, the road enters another wooded area and curves around a former sand mine. Once it resumes its previous trajectory, the road runs mostly through farmland, including sections on a high embankment east of Weatherly Road, which includes intersections with Preston Road on the north side and W.P.A. Road on the south. The embankments end as the road climbs a slight hill west of Cooper Terrace, with more residencies along the south side but suddenly climbs another steep hill while it curves to the south. The road climbs another hill, but as it descends it passes by a local Hernando County Firehouse. Continuing to pass more farmland, the road eventually enters Hill 'n Dale, where in the vicinity of the intersection with Bertram Road it curves to the right around a former section of the road and back to the left before finally terminating at US 98/SR 50 and the northern terminus of CR 541.
County Road 485
County Road 485 is Cobb Road, which runs south to north and serves double-duty as a segment of U.S. Truck Route 98. It was originally designated as SR 485.
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