Also known as the U.S. 41 Business Route for the northernmost six miles (10 km) of its route, State Road 739 is a 14-mile-long commercial highway for Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure....

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The southern terminus of SR 739 is an intersection with Six Mile Cypress Parkway (SR 865

State Road 865 (Florida)

Originally a continuous Florida State Road extending from Bonita Springs to Tice, Florida and serving Fort Myers and Fort Myers Beach, State Road 865 now consists of two segments connected by a part of Lee County Road 865 that was originally part of SR 865, one signed north–south, the other...

) near Villas

Villas, Florida

Villas is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,346 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cape Coral–Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. State Road 739 follows Metro Parkway and travels northward, and then goes westward on Hanson Street, where Metro Parkway ends. SR 739 then turns northward on Fowler Street, and at the intersection with SR 82, it splits into two one-way roads, with southbound traffic using Fowler Street, and northbound traffic turning east on SR 82 for one block and then continuing north on Evans Avenue, which then becomes Park Avenue.

At the intersection with SR 80

Florida State Road 80

Florida State Road 80 is a route linking US 41 in Fort Myers and Florida State Road A1A in Palm Beach. The road is the northernmost of three linking Southwest Florida to South Florida via the Everglades...

, it becomes concurrent with U.S. 41 Business Route, and S.R. 739 becomes a hidden designation from this point north. It then crosses the Caloosahatchee River

Caloosahatchee River

The Caloosahatchee River is a river on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States, approximately long. It drains rural areas on the northern edge of the Everglades northwest of Miami...

 on the Edison Bridge, where the two one-way roads rejoin each other.

North of the Edison Bridge, SR 739 and the U.S. 41 Business Route continue as a part of the Tamiami Trail

Tamiami Trail

The Tamiami Trail is the southernmost of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 in Miami. The road also has the hidden designation of State Road 90....

, which rejoins mainline US 41-SR 45

State Road 45 (Florida)

A major north–south highway extending almost the entire length of the Florida peninsula, State Road 45 is the unsigned Florida Department of Transportation designation of most of the current U.S. Route 41 in Florida. The southern terminus of SR 45 is an intersection with SR 951 just east of...

 just outside Cape Coral

Cape Coral, Florida

Cape Coral is a municipality located in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1957 and developed as a master-planned, pre-platted community, the city grew to a population of 154,305 by the year 2010. With an area of , Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and...

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Extension

An extension of SR 739 is currently under construction. This extension will take it from its current southern terminus at SR 865, and extend it nearly three miles to US 41 in San Carlos Park

San Carlos Park, Florida

San Carlos Park is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 16,317 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cape Coral–Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. The new portion of SR 739 will also have an interchange with Alico Road just north US 41. The extension is set for completion in early 2012.