Florida State Road 16

"FL 16" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Florida's 16th congressional district.

State Road 16
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	63.6 mi[1][2] (102.35 km)
Major junctions
West end:	SR 121 near Raiford
	US 301 / SR 200 in Starke US 17 / SR 15 in Green Cove Springs I-95 near St. Augustine
East end:	US 1 Bus. / SR 5A in St. Augustine
Location
Counties:	Union, Bradford, Clay, St. Johns
Highway system
Florida State and County Roads Interstate • US • SR (Pre-1945) • Toll • County ← SR 15 US 17 →

State Road 16 runs from northwest to southeast between Raiford and St. Augustine. It passes through the towns of Starke and Green Cove Springs in addition to providing access to Camp Blanding.

Eastern terminus at US Business 1 in St. Augustine

SR 16 crosses the St. Johns River using the Shands Bridge. This bridge connects Clay and St. Johns Counties. The Shands is often considered an emergency alternative to the Buckman Bridge that is farther north. The difference between both bridges is that the Buckman, which carries Interstate 295, has eight lanes in each direction while the Shands has only two lanes.

Major roads and/or highways that SR 16 crosses include: US 1, Interstate 95, SR 13, US 17, SR 21 and US 301.

Junction list

County	Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Union	Raiford	0.00	SR 121	Western terminus
Bradford	Starke		US 301 / SR 200
Clay	Camp Blanding		SR 230
			SR 21
	Green Cove Springs		US 17 / SR 15	Brief concurrency
St. Johns River			Shands Bridge
St. Johns	Orangedale		SR 13
			I-95 / SR 9
	St. Augustine	63.5	US 1 / SR 5
		63.6	US 1 Bus. / SR 5A	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related route

County Road 16A
Location:	St. Johns
Length:	7.1 mi[3] (11.43 km)

CR 16A is a county road in St. Johns County, Florida. It is a spur of SR 16 in northwestern St. Johns. It goes through mainly rural land. It begins at SR 13 just north of the Shands Bridge and continues about 1.5 miles before making a junction with County Road 210 after wards it continues till its end at SR 16 near World Golf Village.

References

1. ^ FDOT GIS data
2. ^ ^{a b} Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of State Road 16 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=FL-121+N&daddr=29.9832343,-81.752675+to:Picolata+Rd&geocode=FczVygEdq1oZ-w%3BFQKCyQEdnY0g-ykJGjJoZtnliDE02b87T3GdeA%3BFfx_yAEdFh0n-w&hl=en&mra=ls&via=1&sll=29.916694,-81.323746&sspn=0.002306,0.003449&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=9. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – CR 16A (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&vps=2&jsv=242c&sll=29.996719,-81.549969&sspn=0.069874,0.154324&ie=UTF8&geocode=Fd3IyQEdtqIj-w&split=0.