Editing Hernando County, Florida (section)

==Transportation==

===Airports===
* [[Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport|Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport (ICAO: KBKV, FAA LID: BKV)]] serves southeastern Spring Hill, northern Masaryktown, and Garden Grove.

===Mass transit===
[[THE Bus (Hernando County, Florida)|Hernando THE Bus]] provides bus service in Brooksville and Spring Hill.

===Railroads===
[[CSX Transportation|CSX]] operates two rail lines within the county. [[Amtrak]] formerly provided passenger rail service along the old [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] line east of [[U.S. Route 301 in Florida|US 301]] in Ridge Manor, but had no stops in the county, the nearest stops being [[Dade City]] on the segment that was originally part of the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]], and its last train on the line, the ''[[Palmetto (train)|Palmetto]]'' had its Florida service discontinued in late 2004.<ref name="Amshack">{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/10/29/Pasco/Loss_of_Amtrak_servic.shtml|title=St. Petersburg Times|work=Loss of Amtrak service shouldn't derail Dade City|access-date=October 29, 2004}}</ref> The other line is the [[Tampa Northern Railroad|Brooksville Subdivision]], which runs close to [[U.S. Route 41 in Florida|US 41]], and was previously also owned by the Seaboard Air Line. The last train directly serving the county, in [[Croom, Florida|Croom]], was local Jacksonville - St. Petersburg service in 1955 or 1956 operated by the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Table 15|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=88 |issue=4 |date=September 1955}}</ref>

Notable abandoned railroad lines include a former branch of the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] spanning from southeast of [[Ridge Manor, Florida|Ridge Manor]] through [[Istachatta, Florida|Istachatta]] that became part of the [[Withlacoochee State Trail]], and a spur of this line from Croom west into Brooksville, which was replaced by a new rail trail called the [[Good Neighbor Trail]]. Though originally the Good Neighbor Trail only existed within Brooksville itself, the extension to the Withlacoohee State Trail has existed since 2018.

===Major highways===
{{See also|List of county roads in Hernando County, Florida}}
*{{Jct|state=FL|US|19|name1=[[SR 55 (FL)|SR 55]] / ''Commercial Way''}} is a major commercial highway running parallel to the Gulf of Mexico on the western edge of the county, and used as a primary connecting route to cities on the west coast of Florida, including [[Hudson, Florida|Hudson]], [[New Port Richey, Florida|New Port Richey]], [[Tarpon Springs, Florida|Tarpon Springs]], [[Clearwater, Florida|Clearwater]], and [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], as well as [[Homosassa, Florida|Homosassa]] and [[Crystal River, Florida|Crystal River]] to the north.
*{{Jct|state=FL|US|41|name1=[[SR 45 (FL)|SR 45]] / ''Broad Street''}} runs parallel to US 19 through points in the center of the county, including downtown [[Brooksville, Florida|Brooksville]], where it intersects with SR 50 and US 98. It is still a primary connecting route with Tampa. Between Brooksville and [[Garden Grove, Florida|Garden Grove]], US 41 is a six-lane highway, and between Garden Grove and [[Masaryktown, Florida|Masaryktown]] it is a four-lane highway. To the northeast, US 41 runs through part of the [[Withlacoochee State Forest]]. Plans are currently under way to widen US 41 throughout Hernando County.
*{{Jct|state=FL|US|98|name1=[[SR 700 (FL)|SR 700]] / ''Ponce de Leon Boulevard''}} runs diagonally across the county from the northwest to the southeast, where it exits into Pasco County, and runs concurrent with SR 50 in the eastern part of the county, intersects I-75 in Ridge Manor West and meets the Suncoast Parkway at the parkway's current end near World Woods Golf Course north of Brooksville.
*{{Jct|state=FL|US|301|name1=[[SR 35 (FL)|SR 35]] / ''Treiman Boulevard''}} is a north–south highway that crosses into the county briefly at its tapered eastern end, running parallel to I-75, and intersecting with SR 50 at [[Ridge Manor, Florida|Ridge Manor]].
*{{Jct|state=FL|I|75|name1=[[SR 93 (FL)|SR 93]] / ''Interstate 75''}} runs north and south across the eastern part of the county, with one exit (Exit 301) at its intersection with US 98/SR 50. Once a major connecting point with Tampa, I-75 has been made obsolete for western residents of the county by the Suncoast Parkway.
*{{Jct|state=FL|Toll|589|name1=''[[Suncoast Parkway]]''}} enters the county in the south slightly to the west of US 41, and ends in the far northern part of the county at US 98. The Suncoast Parkway is a toll road that connects Hernando County with [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough County]], where it becomes the [[Veterans Expressway]] and heads directly into [[Tampa International Airport]] before reaching [[Interstate 275 (Florida)|Interstate 275]]. SR 589 has four Hernando County exits: [[State Road 578 (Florida)|County Line Road]] (Exit 37), [[Hernando County, Florida Road 574|Spring Hill Drive]] (Exit 41), [[State Road 50 (Florida)|SR 50]] (Exit 46), and [[U.S. Route 98 in Florida|US 98]] (Exit 55).
* {{jct|state=FL|FL|50}} (''Cortez Boulevard'') begins at US 19 in [[Weeki Wachee, Florida|Weeki Wachee]], runs through [[Brooksville, Florida|Brooksville]], and exits into [[Sumter County, Florida|Sumter County]] at the eastern tip of the county. Along the way, it interchanges with the Suncoast Parkway, intersects with US 41 in Brooksville, runs concurrently with US 98, and intersects with I-75 in Ridge Manor West(Hernando County's only interchange with I-75) and US 301 in [[Ridge Manor, Florida|Ridge Manor]]. A significant, well-developed highway in the county, SR 50 originally extended from US 19 to the Gulf Coast at [[Bayport, Florida|Bayport]]. This section was given back to the county and is currently [[Hernando County, Florida Road 550|CR 550]]. Currently, S.R. 50 is used as a beeline route from the county to [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] in the east.
*{{jct|state=FL|FL|50A}} (''Jefferson Street'') is a spur of SR 50 that runs through downtown Brooksville, running concurrently with both US 41 and US 98 at points.
*{{jct|state=FL|CR|574|county1=Hernando}} (''[[Hernando County, Florida Road 574|Spring Hill Drive]] / CR 574'') is a major county road running roughly parallel to both SR 50 and the border with Pasco County beginning by US 19, intersects the Suncoast Parkway, and ends at US 41.
*{{jct|state=FL|CR|578|county1=Hernando}} (''[[Florida State Road 578|County Line Road]] / CR 578'') is a major county road running entirely along the border with Pasco County beginning at US 19, intersects the Suncoast Parkway, and ends at US 41. Due to increased congestion, it is planned to be upgraded from two to four lanes, and possibly upgraded from a county road to a state road.