County Road 29 CR 29 begins on Chokoloskee Island at SR 29's historic southern terminus, where it known as
Smallwood Avenue (named for Ted Smallwood, who opened the areas historic general store which is now a museum). From Chokoloksee, CR 29 crosses a
causeway across Chokoloskee Bay to Everglades City. In Everglades City, it turns east along Broadway and north along
Collier Avenue, where it continues out of the city and terminating at
U.S. Route 41 in
Carnestown.
State Road 29 SR 29 officially begins at an intersection with
U.S. Route 41 (
Tamiami Trail) in
Carnestown. From there, it travels north along the western edge of the
Big Cypress National Preserve and the eastern edge of the
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Forest, which the road borders until it reaches
Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley) at
Miles City. North of I-75, State Road 29 borders the
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge to the west and continues to border the Big Cypress National Preserve up to a point just south of Sunniland. SR 29 turns west briefly and back north through the city of
Immokalee, a small farming town with large migrant populations. SR 29 expands to four lanes in as it passes through central Immokalee along
Main Street and
North 15th Street. Just north of Immokalee, SR 29 is reduced to two lanes before intersecting with
State Road 82, which travels west to
Fort Myers. SR 29 continues due north through more agricultural areas until it reaches the city of
LaBelle. SR 29 enters LaBelle along
Main Street. It then comes to an intersection with
SR 80, a transpeninsular route connecting Fort Myers and
West Palm Beach. SR 29 then turns east along SR 80 for one block before turning north again at
Bridge Street. SR 29 then crosses the Caloosahatchee River on a bascule drawbridge. On the north side of the river, SR 29 intersects CR 78 and
SR 78 before continuing north through rural Glades County. SR 29 comes to its northern terminus at an intersection with
US 27 (unsigned
SR 25), just south of
Palmdale. ==History==