Florida State Road 713


State Road 713 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida locally known as Kings Highway and Turnpike Feeder Road. The -long, two-lane north-south road is a popular truck route connecting SR 70 in Fort Pierce to the south and U.S. Route 1 between Viking and Florida Ridge to the north. While urbanization is encroaching upon SR 713 north of SR 68, most of SR 713 passes through woodland interspersed with orange groves. Near the southern terminus is Fort Pierce Jai-Alai.

Route description

SR 713 begins as Kings Highway at the intersection between SR 70 and an interchange with Florida's Turnpike and heads north. North of the SR 614 intersection, it veers to the northeast and changes names to Turnpike Feeder Road. The road terminates at US 1 just south of the St. Lucie-Indian River county line.

History

According to a 1960 map prepared by the State Road Department, Kings Highway had a State Road 607 designation—at the same time as Emerson Road and Indrio Road, with Angle Road being SR 607A at the time.
Prior to the completion of Interstate 95 in Florida in the early 1980s, it was commonly used to "bridge the gap" between Florida's Turnpike and the Interstate highway.
As sections of I-95 were completed between SR 60 near Vero Beach and SR 70 in Fort Pierce between 1978 and 1980, the common methodology of using SR 713 to travel between I-95 and the Turnpike evolved: