Interstate 10 in Florida

Interstate 10 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by Florida DOT
Length:	362.262 mi[1] (583.00 km)
Formed:	1958
West end:	I-10 at Alabama state line
Major junctions:	I-110 in Pensacola I-75 near Lake City I-295 in Jacksonville
East end:	I-95 in Jacksonville
Counties:	Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee, Columbia, Baker, Nassau, Duval
Florida State and County Roads < SR 9B SR 10 >

Interstate 10, the major east-west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs east from Pensacola, Florida, on the Alabama border, through Pensacola and Tallahassee to Jacksonville. I-10 carries the hidden Florida Department of Transportation designation of State Road 8.

Route description

Interstate 10 enters Florida from Alabama just outside of Pensacola. The highway travels eastbound through the Panhandle of Florida serving Pensacola, Tallahassee, Lake City, and Jacksonville. The eastern terminus is located at Interstate 95 in Downtown Jacksonville.

History

Construction

The first section of I-10 in Florida was completed between Sanderson and Jacksonville in 1961. Construction on points westward continued in 1962. The route between Sanderson and Winfield was completed in 1963. By 1967, construction had been completed from the Alabama State Line to SR 87, and under construction from Falmouth to I-75. New construction extending I-10 east from SR 87 to Mossy Head began in 1968. The Falmouth to I-75 segment opened in 1969. Construction began in 1970 further extending I-10 westward from Mossy Head to DeFuniak Springs. New construction began in 1973 from DeFuniak Springs to Caryville and from Drifton to Capitola; the segment between Drifton and Falmouth opened that year. The Capitola to Drifton segment was completed the following year. Construction began between Caryville and Chipley in 1974, and from Chipley to Midway in 1975. The segment between Chipley and Midway was completed in 1977 except for a small portion between Kynesville and Oakdale. In 1978, the entire length of I-10 across the state opened along its original planned route.^[2]

Rest stop security concerns

In 1993, a British tourist was killed on the I-10 rest stop between what is now exits 56-70, in a botched burglary by teens. As a result, all Florida rest stops were either patrolled or closed for several years.^[3] This service was subsequently cut back for some time, but a number of rest areas are currently regularly patrolled at night by armed security, often private, due to a resurgence in rest area-related violent crime. ^[4]

Hurricane Ivan

On September 16, 2004, Hurricane Ivan made landfall near Pensacola, causing heavy damage to the Interstate 10 bridge across Escambia Bay. As much as a quarter mile (400 m) of the bridge collapsed into the bay. The causeway that carries U.S. Highway 90 across the northern part of the same bay was also heavily damaged. A $26.5 million project was awarded the following day to Gilbert Southern/Massman and to the Parsons Corporation to make emergency repairs to the bridge. Work was completed on October 4 on the westbound bridge, restoring two-way traffic seven days ahead of schedule. The more heavily damaged eastbound bridge was completely repaired on November 20, just 66 days after Hurricane Ivan made landfall. Overall, the project was completed 27 days ahead of schedule.

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Service Areas

• FLORIDA WELCOME CENTER
• Rest Areas between Exits 28 & 31.
• Rest Areas between Exits 56 & 70.
• Rest Areas between Exits 130 & 136.
• Rest Area between Exits 158 & 166 (The single rest area is located on the eastbound side; however, a ramp allows for access by westbound travelers.^[5])
• Rest Areas between Exits 192 & 196.
• Rest Areas between Exits 233 & 241.
• Rest Areas between Exits 262 & 275.
• Rest Areas between Exits 292 & 296 A-B.
• Rest Areas between Exits 303 & 324.

Exit list

This section contains a table that is missing mileposts for one or more junctions. Please help by adding the missing mileposts.

County	Location	Mile[6]	#		Destinations	Notes
			Old
Escambia	Cantonment	5.523	1	5	US 90 Alt.
	Pensacola	7.092	2	7	SR 297 (Pine Forest Road) – Perdido Key, Pensacola NAS	Signed as exits 7A (south) and 7B (north) eastbound
		10.270	3	10	US 29 – Pensacola, Cantonment	Signed as exits 10A (south) and 10B (north)
		12.422	4	12	I-110 south – Pensacola
		12.928	5	13	SR 291 – Pensacola, University of West Florida
		16.495	6	17	US 90 – Pensacola
Santa Rosa	Avalon Beach	21.700	7	22	SR 281 – Milton, Gulf Breeze
	Pace	25.946	8	26	CR 191 – Milton, Bagdad
	Ward Basin	28.415	9	28	CR 89 – Milton
	Gulf Breeze-Harold	31.265	10	31	SR 87 – Fort Walton Beach, Navarre, Milton, Blackwater River State Park
Okaloosa	Holt	45.072	11	45	CR 189 – Holt, Blackwater River State Park
	Crestview	56.300	12	56	SR 85 – Crestview, Niceville, Eglin AFB
Walton	Bottle Branch	69.482	13	70	SR 285 – Niceville, Eglin AFB
	DeFuniak Springs	84.588	14	85	US 331 – DeFuniak Springs, Freeport
Holmes	Ponce de Leon	96.018	15	96	SR 81 – Ponce de Leon
Washington		104.038	16	104	CR 279 – Caryville
Holmes		111.685	17	112	SR 79 – Bonifay, Panama City Beach
Washington		119.680	18	120	SR 77 – Chipley, Panama City
Jackson		129.833	19	130	US 231 – Cottondale, Panama City
	Marianna	136.441	20	136	SR 276 – Marianna
		142.126	21	142	SR 71 – Marianna, Blountstown
		152.041	22	152	SR 69 – Grand Ridge, Blountstown
		158.011	23	158	CR 286 – Sneads
Gadsden		165.729	24	166	CR 270A – Chattahoochee, Lake Seminole
		174.093	25	174	SR 12 – Gretna, Greensboro
		180.963	26	181	SR 267 – Quincy
		191.949	27	192	US 90 – Quincy, Tallahassee
Leon	Tallahassee	195.731	28	196	SR 263 (Capital Circle)  – Regional Airport
		199.010	29	199	US 27 – Havana, Tallahassee
		202.678	30	203	US 319 / SR 61 – Tallahassee, Thomasville
		208.570	31	209	US 90 – Tallahassee, Monticello	Signed as exits 209A (west) and 209B (east); Florida State University, Florida A&M University
Jefferson	Lloyd	216.737	32	217	SR 59
	Drifton	225.055	33	225	US 19 (Florida-Georgia Parkway) – Monticello, Perry, Thomasville
		232.849	34	233	CR 257
Madison		241.217	35	241	US 221 – Greenville, Perry
		251.520	36	251	SR 14 – Madison, Perry
		258.106	37	258	SR 53 – Madison
		261.771	38	262	CR 255 – Lee
Suwannee		274.642	39	275	US 90 – Live Oak, Lee
		282.770	40	283	US 129 – Live Oak, Jasper
		292.127	41	292	CR 137 – Wellborn
Columbia		296.199	42	296	I-75 – Tampa, Valdosta	Signed as exits 296A (south) and 296B (north)
		301.293	43	301	US 41 – Lake City
	Lake City	303.458	44	303	US 441 – Lake City, Fargo
Baker		323.827	45	324	US 90 – Sanderson, Olustee
		326.750	46	327	CR 229 – Sanderson, Raiford
		332.782	47	333	CR 125 – Glen St. Mary
	Macclenny	335.145	48	335	SR 121 – Macclenny, Lake Butler
		336.312	49	336	SR 228 – Macclenny, Maxville
Nassau	No interchanges in Nassau County
Duval	Jacksonville	343.879	50	343	US 301 – Baldwin, Starke
			None	350	SR 23 – Whitehouse, Cecil Field	New interchange for the Brannen Field-Chaffee Expressway on October 1, 2009.[7]
		352.096	51	351	SR 23 – Whitehouse, Cecil Field	Closed: October 2009 Replaced with new interchange for the Brannen Field-Chaffee Expressway (See above)
		356.269	52	355	Cahoon Road South – Marietta	Planned to be closed and replaced with Hammond Boulevard interchange, further west[8]
		356.838	53	356	I-295 – St. Augustine, Savannah, International Airport
		357.910	54	357	SR 103 (Lane Avenue)
		359.185	55	358	SR 111 (Cassat Avenue) / Edgewood Avenue
		359.895	56	359	Lenox Avenue, Edgewood Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		360.773	57	360	SR 129 (McDuff Avenue)
		361.046	58	361	US 17 south (Roosevelt Boulevard)  – NAS Jacksonville	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		361.642	59	362	Stockton Street
		362.262			I-95 – Daytona Beach, Savannah	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

References

External links

• New I-10 Exits (FDOT)
• I-10 North Florida (FDOT Construction Projects between Lake City and Jacksonville)
• Interstate 10 Index -- Florida(AARoads.com)

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