Florida State Road 189

State Road 189 marker
State Road 189
Map
Florida State Road 189 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Southern segment
Length10.523 mi[1] (16.935 km)
South end US 98 in Fort Walton Beach
North end SR 397 at Eglin AFB
Northern segment
Length14.405 mi[1] (23.183 km)
South end SR 4 in Baker
North end SR 137 towards Andalusia, AL
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesOkaloosa
Highway system
SR 188 SR 190

State Road 189 (SR 189) is a north–south highway in the panhandle of Florida. It leads from U.S. Route 98 in downtown Fort Walton Beach to just east of State Road 85 at the Eglin AFB West Gate where its southern section terminates. The northern section begins at an intersection with State Road 4 in Baker, Florida north to the Alabama / Florida state line where Alabama State Route 137 begins upon crossing the Alabama state line.

The common name for the southern portion of the highway is Beal Parkway from its origin at U.S. Route 98 to its intersection with Green Acres Road. At that junction the road becomes Lewis Turner Boulevard to its termination at the Eglin AFB gate.

Both segments were once connected through Eglin AFB.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference sld was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ State Road Department memorandum, September 22, 1947:

    Extension of State Road No. 189

    State Road No. 189 (one hundred and eighty-nine) is being extended and the full description of location is now as follows:

    Beginning at a point on SR 30 at Fort Walton and run Northerly to SR 10 at Holt; thence common with SR 10 to Galliver; thence Northerly via Baker to the Alabama State line; all in Walton [sic] County.