Florida State Road 97

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State Road 97

Florida State Road 97
SR 97 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length22.507 mi [1]  (36.222 km)
Major junctions
South endCR 95A jct.svg CR 95A in Molino
Major intersectionsUS 29.svg US 29 in Molino
CR 99A jct.svg CR 99A in Walnut Hill
North endAlabama 21.svg SR 21 in Atmore, AL
Location
Country United States
State Florida
Counties Escambia
Highway system
Florida 95.svg SR 95 US 98.svg US 98

State Road 97 (SR 97) is a south-north two-lane highway entirely in Escambia County, Florida. It runs from County Road 95A, just southeast of U.S. Highway 29 in Molino, to the Alabama state line near Atmore, where it becomes State Route 21. The road runs through the community of Walnut Hill and serves primarily to connect Pensacola to the northwest Escambia County and Atmore areas. In combination with SR 21, the road also provides a connection to Interstate 65.

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Route description

View south from the north end of SR 97, March 2016 2016-03-23 08 00 16 "Welcome to Florida" sign along southbound Florida State Route 97 entering Escambia County, Florida from Atmore, Alabama.jpg
View south from the north end of SR 97, March 2016

SR 97 heads northwest from its southern terminus at County Road 95A, just east of passing under U.S. Highway 29/SR 95, in Molino. The road heads northwest through rural Escambia County and slowly turns into a northerly direction as it approaches Walnut Hill, north of which it is also known as Atmore Highway. Heading directly north from Walnut Hill, the road meets its northern terminus south of Atmore at the Alabama state line, where it becomes State Route 21. SR 97 intersects with several county roads, but does not meet with other state roads or US highways. [2]

The Florida Department of Transportation annual average daily traffic (AADT) numbers for 2012 show average numbers between 5,600 vehicles on the southern portion of the road, decreasing to 4,300 vehicles around Walnut Hill, and again increasing to 5,000 north of Walnut Hill, back to 5,600 vehicles at the road's northern terminus. [3] [4]

History

A 1922 map of Florida auto trails shows an unimproved auto trail running from Quintette, south of Molino, through what appears to be the Walnut Hill area, and then to Atmore. It appears that the portion of today's SR 97 from Walnut Hill (starting around mile 15) to its northern terminus corresponds to this 1922 auto trail. The southern portion also appears on this map, but is indicated as an unimportant road. [5]

In 1935, the current routing of SR 97, from Molino northwest to Walnut Hill, then north to Atmore, was extant as a third-class graded road, and was signed as SR 87 at the time. [6]

By 1955, SR 4 is being shown as a bituminous road, with its start at the intersection with US 29/SR 95 (now CR 95A) west of Molino, and traveling its current routing to Atmore. The road intersected what were then SR 99 and SR 380 (now both CR 99) around Walnut Hill, and SR 4 (now CR 4) south of the Alabama state line. [7]

On maps from 1978, the entire road had been paved in hard surface. The state roads it had intersected in 1955 had all been re-signed as county roads, bringing SR 97 to its current form. [8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Escambia County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Molino 0.0000.000CR 95A jct.svg CR 95A
0.6100.982US 29.svg US 29 (SR 95) Cantonment, Century south end of state maintenance
Walnut Hill 13.50921.741North plate county.svg
CR 99 jct.svg
CR 99 north
14.24622.927South plate county.svg
CR 99 jct.svg
CR 99 south
15.13424.356CR 99A jct.svg CR 99A (Arthur Brown Road)
17.14327.589East plate county.svg
CR 164 jct.svg
CR 164 east
20.05032.267East plate county.svg
CR 4 jct.svg
CR 4 east Century
22.50736.222North plate.svg
Alabama 21.svg
SR 21 north Atmore
Continuation beyond Alabama state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , accessed February 2014
  2. Florida Department of Transportation. "Florida County maps - Escambia County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  3. Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT GIS Geodatabase data" . Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  4. Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT Florida Traffic Online (2012)". Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  5. Rand McNally. "Rand McNally official 1922 auto trails map, district no. 21, State of Florida". Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  6. Florida -- State Road Dept. "State of Florida by counties State Road Dept. series (Escambia) - 1935". George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  7. Florida - Traffic and Planning Division United States - Bureau of Public Roads. "Escambia County, Florida general highway map - 1955". George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  8. Florida Dept. of Transportation. "General highway map Escambia County - 1978". George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
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