Florida Backroads: Jensen Beach to Port Charlotte

Roosevelt Bridge

Martin Grade Hwy“Martin Grade Scenic Highway was designated on January 28, 2015. It is 12 miles long.This historic 12-mile road is shaded by a canopy of oaks a century old and is surrounded by pastures, groves, swamps, and woods just as it was when it was carved out of the wilderness by the region’s earliest settlers.-Florida Scenic Highways

Martin Grade Hwy

Martin Grade Hwy

right on 710

left on 15a
follow 441 around to 78 Lake Okeechobee is the second-largest freshwater lake entirely within U.S. boundaries. It is contained by the Herbert Hoover Dike, built in 1928.

stay on 78 for 34 miles

27 north 14 miles to 29 south left on 29 south

right on 74 for 42 miles
Left on 17 and then a right on 41 (Tamiami Trail)
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