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History
The current route of SR 789 was designated as part of SR 18 when it was added to the state highway system, with parts of the route on the north side of Anna Maria Island designated SR 18A. The route connected Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island via a bridge that was built in 1926, though this bridge was destroyed by a hurricane in 1932. After the 1945 Florida state road renumbering, the route was redesignated as part of SR 780 on Longboat Key and points south, while parts of the route in Anna Maria Island were part of SR 684. At the same time, the SR 789 designation was first applied to present-day Midnight Pass Road and Siesta Drive on Siesta Key, connecting the island with US 41 in southern Sarasota. SR 789 was also applied to roads connecting to Casey Key.

The connection between Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island was restored in 1957 upon the completion of the current Longboat Pass Bridge. By the time the bridge was completed, the route from St. Armands Circle to the north end of Anna Maria Island was redesignated as a discontinuous segment of SR 789. The John Ringling Causeway would remain as part of SR 780 until the 1980s when it also became part of SR 789.

The Siesta Key segment of SR 789 was later redesignated as SR 758 in the 1980s, which also included Bee Ridge Road east to Interstate 75. The segments to Casey Key were given to county control.

The segment north of SR 64 on Anna Maria Island is now under the control of the city of Holmes Beach.

County Road 789
County Road 789 (CR 789) is the unsigned designation applied discontinuously to two roads connecting to Casey Key. Both segments were previously discontinuous segments of SR 789.

The southern segment is known as Albee Road, which runs from US 41 (Tamiami Trail]) in Laurel east to Casey Key. It crosses the Albee Road Bridge, a two-lane bascule bridge that was built in 1963, replacing a swing bridge built in 1922. Albee Road is named for Dr. Fred Albee, who was known for large-scale development of nearby Nokomis and Venice in the 1920s.

The northern segment runs along Blackburn Point Road, which also runs from US 41 (Tamiami Trail) west to Casey Key. It crosses the historic Blackburn Point Bridge, a historic swing bridge that was built in 1926 to connect the mainland and Casey Key.

County Road 789A
County Road 789A (CR 789A) runs on the western side of Siesta Key. The unsigned route begins at Midnight Pass Road (CR 758) and runs west along Beach Road for about 1.25 miles. It then turns north along Ocean Boulevard. It then turns north along Higel Avenue for about 600 feet before returning to Midnight Pass Road and terminating.

CR 789A was previously SR 789A. It served as a secondary route to Midnight Pass Road, which was SR 789 before it became SR 758 in the 1980s.



Sarasota County General Highway map 2003

University Parkway widening

Anna Maria Island bridge history

Laurel Road Exit

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BNA old Concourse D