Florida State Road 115

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Florida 115.svg
State Road 115
Florida State Road 115
Florida State Road 115 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length37.199 mi [1]  (59.866 km)
Existed1945–present
Major junctions
South endUS 1.svg US 1 in Jacksonville
Major intersectionsI-95.svg I-95 in Jacksonville
I-295.svg I-295 in Jacksonville
North endUS 1.svgUS 23.svg US 1  / US 23 in Callahan
Location
Country United States
State Florida
Highway system
Florida 114.svg SR 114 Florida 115.svg Florida 115A.svg Florida 116.svg SR 116

State Road 115 (SR 115) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida.

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History

SR 115 was built in separately named segments by the Jacksonville Expressway Authority. The land for the southern section, south of Beach Boulevard, was donated by Jacksonville's Skinner family. Three siblings – Bryant, Dottie and Richard Jr. – inherited thousands of acres in southeast Duval County and needed roads through the area to access their property and facilitate development. The construction of Southside Boulevard was key to the growth of the south side of Jacksonville. [2] [3]

Route description

Southern segment

SR 115 runs north as Southside Boulevard from its terminus at US 1, providing access to The Avenues. Right afterwards, the road goes through the largely residential and commercial south side of Jacksonville with crossings at Baymeadows Road (SR 152), Butler Boulevard (SR 202), Beach Boulevard (US 90), and Atlantic Boulevard (SR 10). At the Southside Connector (SR 113), SR 115 turns sharply to become the Arlington Expressway, heading west into downtown via the Mathews Bridge, where it turns north, becoming the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (former Haines Street Expressway), and again turning to the west along with the MLK Parkway (now the former 20th Street Expressway), before reaching I-95. The portion of the MLK Parkway is signed only as US 1 Alt. and US 1, not SR 115.

The southern segment serves primarily as a conduit between the residential neighborhoods of Southside and the commercialized areas farther north and downtown. Heavy traffic is commonplace along most of the road. To improve traffic flow, especially during rush-hours, in 2023 the FDOT installed Florida's first double median U-turn intersection at the interchange with Beach Blvd. (US 90). [4] In 2024 it also completed a major redesign of the intersection just north of the cloverleaf interchange with SR 202 (Butler Boulevard expressway) and in the same year began reconstructing the intersection just south of the interchange. [5] [6] The new intersections' designs replace some of the left turn movements with Michigan left turns in order to reduce the number of traffic light phases.

Northern segment

Approximately two miles of SR 115 run unsigned along I-95. The second section of signed road runs from the junction of I-95 and Norwood Avenue (SR 117) through northwest Jacksonville, passing through the Lake Forest section of the city before crossing a bridge over the Ribault River, where it enters Riverview and then crosses another bridge over the Trout River into the eastern edge of the College Park neighborhood, before entering the Garden City neighborhood at the intersection with Florida State Road 104. FL 115 continues through Garden City, until the interchange with I-295 and runs between the Forest Trails and the territory near the Jacksonville International Airport before crossing a bridge over the Thomas Creek where it crosses the Duval-Nassau County Line, and ending at New Kings Rd (US 1/US 23) in Callahan.

The northern segment has the same function as the southern, except that it is built to lower standards and carries traffic south from the densely populated areas northwest of downtown into the heart of the city. Northbound, it is also an alternative to US 1/US 23 as a route to Callahan.

Exit list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Duval Jacksonville 0.0000.000US 1.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
US 1 (Philips Highway / SR 5) to I-95
Southern terminus
1.632.62South plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
I-95 south (SR 9) Daytona Beach
no northbound exit; I-95 exit 340
2.7594.440Florida 152.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-295.svg
SR 152 (Baymeadows Road) to I-95  / I-295 Module:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument
4.927.92Florida 202.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-295.svg
SR 202 (Butler Boulevard) to I-95  / I-295  University of North Florida, Jax Beaches Module:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument
Cloverleaf interchange
7.5112.09US 90.svg US 90 (Beach Boulevard / SR 212) Florida State College South Campus, Jax Beaches Interchange; south end of US 90 Alt. concurrency
9.57215.405West plate.svg
Alt plate.svg
US 90.svg
Florida 10.svg US 90 Alt. west / SR 10 (Atlantic Boulevard)
North end of US 90 Alt. concurrency
9.7815.74Frontage RoadNorthbound exit only; to CB Square shopping center
9.97116.047To plate.svg
Florida 10.svg
To SR 10 (Atlantic Boulevard) Beaches (SR 10A east)
South end of SR 10A concurrency; south end of freeway
10.0116.11North plate.svg
Florida 113.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-295.svg
SR 113 north (Southside Connector) to I-295
Interchange; southern terminus of SR 113
see Arlington Expressway (mile 5.94-1.24)
14.72 [7] 23.69To plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
To I-95  Downtown Jacksonville, Sports Complex (SR 10A west / SR 115A south / SR 139 north)
North end of SR 10A concurrency
see MLK Parkway (mile 0.11-3.96)
18.51 [7] 29.79South plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
North plate.svg
US 1.svg
I-95 south (SR 9 / SR 15) / US 1 north (M.L. King Jr. Parkway / SR 15) Daytona Beach, Amtrak
North end of US 1 concurrency; south end of I-95/SR 9 concurrency; I-95 exit 354
19.0230.61Golfair Boulevard (SR 122)I-95 exit 355
20.31 [7] 32.69North plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
South plate.svg
Florida 117.svg
I-95 north (SR 9) / SR 117 south (Norwood Avenue) International Airport, Savannah
North end of I-95/SR 9 concurrency; north end of freeway; I-95 exit 356
21.23334.171Florida 111.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
SR 111 (Edgewood Avenue) to I-95
24.94940.152Florida 104.svg SR 104 (Dunn Avenue)
26.1742.12I-295.svg I-295 (SR 9A) Daytona Beach, Savannah I-295 exit 32
Nassau Callahan 37.19959.866US 1.svgUS 23.svg US 1  / US 23 (SR 15)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

SR 115A

Florida 115A.svg
State Road 115A
Location Jacksonville

Two unsigned sections of State Road 115A (SR 115A) exist in close proximity to each other east of Downtown Jacksonville. One is the approximately 500 feet (150 m) stub of MLK Parkway south of SR 115; the other carries US 1 Alt. for 1.254 miles (2.018 km) [1] between the Hart Bridge (SR 228) and MLK Parkway (SR 115). Some sources (including FDOT's straight line diagrams [1] ) indicate a third SR 115A on the ramps connecting SR 115 to I-95 at exit 340.

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