Florida State Road 548

State Road 548, also known as the Lakeland In-Town Bypass, is a short six-lane arterial in Lakeland, Florida, United States, opened in early 2004. It connects George Jenkins Boulevard to U.S. [Route 98 in Florida|U.S. Highway 98] and Florida State [Road 600|SR 600] east of downtown, allowing traffic to bypass downtown.

History

SR 548 began construction in 2002 and opened in 2004. In 2005 it was stalled by budget cuts only for construction to resume in 2006, with a scaled back design that excluded the originally proposed bridge over SR 539 east of the bridge over Lakeland Junction.

Second phase

SR 548 was extended west across SR 563 and SR 539 terminating at George Jenkins Boulevard west of downtown. This provides a full east-west bypass to supplement U.S. [Highway 92 in Florida|US 92] and SR 400.