Florida State Road 238
State Road 238 (SR 238) is a state highway in Union and Columbia counties in Florida. It is 15 miles (24 km) long from U.S. Route 41-441 at Ellisville, Columbia County to State Road 100 in Lake Butler, carrying only 0.1 miles (0.2 km) of State Road 231. The entire route of SR 238 is only 2 lanes wide. Oddly, it slightly heads north–south on its way to Lake Butler.
State Road 238 | ||||
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SR 238 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 15.459 mi[1] (24.879 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 41 / US 441 at Ellisville | |||
| East end |   SR 100 / SR 231 in Lake Butler | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
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Route description
Starting at US 41-441 near Interstate 75 as Yukon Street, it is in Columbia County for 1 and a half miles. Next, it crosses a bridge over the Olustee Creek, one of the rivers in the Suwannee River basin and enters Union County. It first intersects County Road 245, then County Road 241, then County Road 791, and finally County Road 239. The road becomes Southwest Second Street upon entering the city limits and county seat, of Lake Butler, then turns north at the intersection with State Road 231 at Southwest Sixth Avenue. SW 2nd Street continues as a city street for two more blocks to Southwest Fourth Avenue. It travels north 0.1 miles (0.2 km) serving as the western terminus of the Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail before ending at State Road 100. It becomes County Road 238 after State Road 100.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Columbia | Ellisville | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 41 / US 441 (SR 25) – High Springs, Lake City | |
| Union | | 2.254 | 3.627 |  CR 245 | |
| Providence | 2.979 | 4.794 | Southwest 44th Avenue | former SR 245 south | |
| 3.471 | 5.586 |   CR 241 north | |||
| | 4.260 | 6.856 |   CR 791 south | ||
| | 5.254 | 8.455 | CR 241 south – Alachua | ||
| | 6.404 | 10.306 |  CR 238A south | ||
| | 7.819 | 12.583 |  CR 239 | ||
| | 10.421 | 16.771 |  CR 796A south | ||
| Lake Butler | 15.323 | 24.660 |  SR 231 south (Southwest 6th Avenue) | ||
| 15.459 | 24.879 |  SR 100 (West Main Street) / CR 238 north (Northwest 6th Avenue) – Lake City, Starke | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
County Road 238
County Road 238 | |
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| Location | Lake Butler |
County Road 238 is a county road that is 9 miles (14 km) long from Lake Butler to County Road 229 near Baker County. It is accessible to Lake Butler from the north. There are no main junctions on this route.
References
- FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
