End of US highway 92
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Photo credits: Justin Cozart; Ed Curtis; Robert Droz; Dan Moraseski; J.P. Nasiatka; Alex Nitzman
| Approx. time period | East terminus | West terminus |
|---|---|---|
| 1926-1953 | Daytona Beach, FL | Tampa, FL |
| 1953-present | Daytona Beach, FL | St. Petersburg, FL |
The east end of US 92 has always been in Daytona Beach FL, although the exact location of its terminus has changed. US 92 used to come into town via Bellevue Avenue, as this historic map shows:
FDoT,
1941
At the time, US 92 ended at its junction with US 1, shown below:
Droz, Dec.
2006
That's looking east on Bellevue at Ridgewood, so it's the former end of US 92. Today US 92 traffic is routed along Volusia Avenue/International Speedway Boulevard (my guess is this was done because of an airport expansion - Bellevue's current path around the runways is a newer alignment). Also, US 92 now extends east of US 1, crossing the Halifax River and ending just a block from the ocean, at its junction with state highway A1A:
Moraseski, 2000
That was looking east on Int'l Speedway (formerly Broadway) at Atlantic Avenue. That overhead signage was replaced sometime between then and July 2006:
Nitzman,
June 2008
J.P. reports that just ahead, there is now an archway that says "World's Most Famous Beach". The photo below was northbound on Atlantic:
Curtis, 1999
Those signs are pointing west up Int'l Speedway, and the east beginning of US 92. That overhead has also been replaced:
Nitzman,
June 2008
Signage from southbound A1A is similar, but it looks like the overhead wasn't replaced like its northbound counterpart was:
Nitzman,
June 2008
Right in the center of that intersection is an interesting design done with pavestones:
Google Maps
Street View, 2008
An aerial view shows it to be a stylized sun on a background of blue waves or clouds:
Google
Maps, 2008
Originally the west end of US 92 was in Tampa. Back then, Robert reports, US 41 used to follow Florida Avenue all the way down to what's now FL hwy. 60/Kennedy Boulevard, and that's probably the intersection where US 92 ended. The photo below is looking north on Florida:
Nitzman,
Mar. 2006
Today Kennedy is one-way westbound (eastbound FL 60 uses Jackson Street, one block behind the camera). Straight ahead on Florida was once the west beginning of US 92.
Later, US 92 ended on Hillsborough Avenue at Nebraska Avenue (which carried US 41). The photo below is looking west on Hillsborough:
Cozart/Nitzman,
Aug. 2006
Today this is northbound US 41, which continues to the right on Nebraska. But there was a time when US 41 came from the left and continued to the right, and US 92 ended here. The photo below was taken from the same perspective, back before the "Kodachrome" signs had been replaced:
Nasiatka, Sep. 2001
It was 1953 when the US 92 designation was extended ahead, west over the bay to St. Petersburg (you can view photos from there on this page).