Florida State Road 44

State Road 44
SR 44 highlighted in red (eastern section signed as North Causeway)
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length	102.786 mi[1] (165.418 km)
Existed	1945 renumbering (definition)–present
Western section
Length	49.155 mi[1] (79.107 km)
West end	US 19 / US 98 in Crystal River
Major intersections	US 41 in Inverness I-75 near Wildwood US 301 in Wildwood
East end	US 441 in Leesburg
Central section
Length	52.198 mi[1] (84.005 km)
West end	US 441 in Mount Dora
Major intersections	US 17 / US 92 in DeLand I-4 near DeLand I-95 in New Smyrna Beach US 1 in New Smyrna Beach
East end	SR A1A in New Smyrna Beach
Eastern section (Signed as North Causeway)
Length	1.433 mi[1] (2.306 km)
West end	North Riverside Drive in New Smyrna Beach
East end	Peninsula Avenue in New Smyrna Beach
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Citrus, Sumter, Lake, Volusia
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US State Former Pre‑1945 Toll Scenic
← SR 43 → SR 45

State Road 44 (SR 44) is an east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Florida. It runs from Crystal River on the Gulf of Mexico east to New Smyrna Beach on the Atlantic Ocean, passing through Inverness, Wildwood, Leesburg and DeLand.

A section in Lake County, between eastern Leesburg and a point north of Mount Dora, is concurrent with U.S. Highway 441 (SR 500).^[2] This concurrency is not signed; signs on US 441 mark it as TO SR 44. The former alignment of SR 44 in that area is now mostly County Road 44, which runs north of Lake Eustis, on the other side as US 441 and current SR 44.

A former western extension of SR 44 from Crystal River to the Gulf of Mexico is now County Road 44. In some locations, it is signed as County Road 44W.