{"id":233951,"date":"2026-04-16T08:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233951\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:19:16","slug":"entire-stretch-of-floridas-state-road-80-to-be-renamed-donald-j-trump-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233951\/","title":{"rendered":"Entire stretch of Florida\u2019s State Road 80 to be renamed \u2018Donald J. Trump Highway\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The entirety of a Florida highway will now have a new name.<\/p>\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday designating the entire 124 miles of State Road 80 as \u201cPresident Donald J. Trump Highway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. DeSantis unveils statue of Calvin Coolidge at Bok Tower Gardens <\/a><\/p>\n

The legislation, Senate Bill 628, replaces an earlier, narrower designation adopted in 2025 that renamed a stretch of Southern Boulevard from Kirk Road to South Ocean Boulevard after the president.<\/p>\n

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A road sign marks the dedicated portion of Southern Boulevard, which the Town of Palm Beach Council recently voted to rename, \u201cPresident Donald J. Trump Boulevard,\u201d Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, outside President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/p>\n

With the bill now a part of state law, the Department of Transportation will be directed to put up markers with the highway\u2019s new name as soon as July 1. The highway runs from Lee County to Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n

This comes less than a month after DeSantis signed another piece of legislation<\/a> rebranding the Palm Beach airport near Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate as President Donald J. Trump International Airport.<\/p>\n

However, Senate Bill 628 isn\u2019t just focused on State Road 80. Several other state highways will have sections renamed under the new legislation.<\/p>\n

Some of these include part of U.S. 41 in\u00a0Sarasota County, which will be rebranded as \u201cDickey Betts Memorial Highway,\u201d and a section of State Road 46 in\u00a0Seminole County, now known as \u201cMayor Larry A. Dale Memorial Highway.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the bill and see the full list, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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