Interstate 110 (Florida)

Infobox road
state=FL
route=110
type=I


maint=FDOT
length_mi=6.34
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm |title=FDOT GIS data |accessmonthday=June 27 |accessyear=2007 |author=Florida Department of Transportation]
year_established=1969
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=FL|US|98|SR|30 in Pensacola
junction=Jct|state=FL|US|90|US|98 in Pensacola
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Jct|state=FL|I|10|SR|8 near Pensacola
previous_type=SR
previous_route=109
next_type=SR
next_route=111

Interstate 110 (abbreviated I-110) is a 6.34-mile auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in Pensacola, Florida, running north from U.S. Highway 98 to Interstate 10. I-110 carries the hidden Florida Department of Transportation designation of State Road 8A. It is also known as the Reubin O'Donovan Askew Parkway, in honor of the former governor of Florida who is also a Pensacola native.

Route description

Since its completion, Interstate 110 has consisted of six interchanges. At the south end is Exit 1, a directional T interchange that connects the freeway with Garden, Chase and Gregory Streets. Exit 2 links I-110 to U.S. Highway 90/98, also known as Cervantes Street. There are only two ramps at this interchange: a southbound offramp and a northbound onramp. The same two-ramp configuration can be found just to the north at Exit 3: Maxwell and Jordan Streets.

Past Exit 3, where the elevated freeway returns to ground level, there are two diamond interchanges. The first is Exit 4: Fairfield Drive (State Road 295). Just north of that point is Exit 5: Brent Lane (State Road 296).

Interstate 110's northern terminus is at Interstate 10. There is a trumpet interchange at this location that is in close proximity to the I-10 interchange with Davis Highway (State Road 291) to the east.

History

The portion of I-110 north of Maxwell Street is a four-lane, at-grade freeway that was completed in 1969. In 1978, the portion from Maxwell Street south to its current terminus at Garden and Chase Streets was opened to traffic. This portion is a four-lane, elevated freeway for its entire length.

Construction of the elevated portion of Interstate 110 caused controversy in that it threatened several historic landmarks. The freeway eliminated over 30 blocks of dense existing development including the popular Dairy Bar ice cream shop and a centuries-old live oak. A portion of the freeway also directly abuts St. Michael's Cemetery, which houses graves as old as the 1700s.

Future

Currently, Interstate 110 is undergoing expansion to six lanes from Interstate 10 south to Maxwell Street with completion scheduled for 2008. Reconstruction of the freeway will also add access to and from Airport Boulevard (State Road 750) via a split diamond interchange. Additionally, the overpass at Burgess Road has been removed and replaced with a wider overpass at Creighton Road (State Road 742), and the northbound on-and-off ramps at Fairfield Drive are being reconfigured to prevent traffic snarls caused by odd turning movements. Several flyover ramps are also being added to the Interstate 10 interchange to correct problems associated with its proximity to Davis Highway. [cite web |url=http://www.i10-i110.com/description.htm |title=FDOT Escambia County Transportation Improvement Projects-Project Descriptions|accessmonthday=July 7 |accessyear=2007 |author=Florida Department of Transportation]

Plans to extend Interstate 110 north from Interstate 10 to U.S. Highway 90 Alternate (Nine Mile Road), and possibly even as far as Interstate 65 in southwestern Alabama, were discussed in the 1990s. [Florida Department of Transportation. "I-10 to I-65 Corridor Study". Tallahassee, Florida, 1993.] Political and financial hurdles, however, have stalled serious consideration of the project. [Barnes, Brad, and Charles Ashby. "I-65 link is 'dead in the water'". "Pensacola News Journal", Pensacola, Florida, May 26, 1995.]

Exit list

References

External links

* [http://www.i10-i110.com/traffic/home.aspx Official site]