U.S. Route 98 or U.S. Highway 98 (US 98), also known as the Gulf Coast Highway, is an east–west United States highway that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola, Florida and Apalachicola, Florida, and has since been extended westward into Mississippi and eastward across the Florida Peninsula. It runs along much of the Gulf Coast between Mobile, Alabama and Crystal River, Florida, including extensive sections closely following the coast between Mobile and St. Marks, Florida.
As of 2005, the highway's official western terminus is near Washington, Mississippi north of Natchez, at U.S. Route 61. However, its signed terminus is with U.S. Route 84 in Meadville. Its eastern terminus is Palm Beach, Florida, at State Roads A1A and 80 near the Mar-a-Lago resort.
Route description[]
U.S. 98's western terminus is in Mississippi, and its eastern terminus is in Florida. Much of its route through Alabama and the Florida Panhandle falls within coastal counties.
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History[]
US 98 was first commissioned in 1934. At that time, its entire route was within Florida, traveling from Pensacola to Apalachicola. In 1952, the eastern end was extended to its present eastern terminus in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1955, the western terminus was extended westward to Natchez, Mississippi. In 1999, the western end of US 98 was truncated to its intersection with US 84 at Bude, Mississippi, although it continued to be signed concurrently with US 84 to Washington, Mississippi until 2008.
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