Upon crossing the Courtney Campbell Causeway I made my way up US Route 19 north to Bayonet Point. I turned east towards Dade City on Florida State Road 52. FL 52 is an approximately 33.2 mile State Road entirely contained within Pasco County. FL 52 is an east/west highway starting at US 19 in Bayonet Point and ending to the east at US 98/301 in Dade City. What makes the normally mundane appearing FL 52 intriguing to me is that the section between modern US 19 in Bayonet Point east to US 41 to Gower's Corner has a storied back history dating back to the Fivay Sawmill. The Fivay Sawmill was located directly east of Hudson just north of FL 52 on Pasco County Route 1/Little Road. Fivay opened in 1904 and spurred early growth to the western extent of Pasco County. Despite Fivay shuttering in 1912 the growth spurred by the sawmill led to the development in Hudson and the first paved road in Pasco County. Said paved road ran from US 41 in Gower's Corn...
Because every road has a story.