Roosevelt Boulevard (Jacksonville)

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Roosevelt Boulevard
US 17.svg Florida 15.svg
South endI-295.svgUS 17.svgFlorida 15.svg I-295 / US 17 / SR 15 in Jacksonville
North endUS 17.svgFlorida 15.svgFlorida 228.svg US 17 / SR 15 / SR 228 in Jacksonville
Construction
Commissioned 1939
Completion 1950

Roosevelt Boulevard is a six lane highway on the west side of Jacksonville, Florida. It takes US 17 and SR 15, from the Duval county line just south Interstate 295, until its northern end at Willow Branch Avenue, with the road itself becoming one of the incarnations of College Street in the Riverside area of Jacksonville.

Florida State of the United States of America

Florida is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.

Florida State Road 15 highway in Florida

State Road 15 is part of the Florida State Road System.

Interstate 295 (I-295), an auxiliary route of Interstate 95, is a beltway around central Jacksonville, Florida. The 60.9 miles (98.0 km)-long beltway consists of two segments, the West Beltway, and the East Beltway, with I-95 serving as the dividing line between the two. The entire highway carries a hidden designation as State Road 9A by the Florida Department of Transportation. The West Beltway was constructed in the 1970s, with the East Beltway being built from the 1980s-2000s.

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Route description

US 17 north at the interchange with the Roosevelt Expressway US 17 north at US 17 Alt.jpg
US 17 north at the interchange with the Roosevelt Expressway

Roosevelt Boulevard is one of two roads that connect Orange Park and urban Jacksonville, passing through Yukon and Venetia, Ortega, Lake Shore and Fairfax, Riverside-Avondale and Murray Hill neighborhoods along its path to central Jacksonville (Blanding Boulevard State Road 21 through Wesconnett, being the other).

State Road 21 (SR 21) runs mostly in a southwest-to-northeast direction in the US state of Florida from McMeekin to Jacksonville. It is also known as Blanding Boulevard for much of its length.

Traveling north from Orange Park, Florida, in Clay County, where U.S. 17/SR 15 is known as Park Avenue, this route takes the name of Roosevelt Boulevard entering Jacksonville and Duval County, intersecting with Interstate 295 (SR 9A) just north of the Clay/Duval county line. The highway intersects east-west connector Collins Road and continues along the east edge of a railroad, the CSX A line for most of its length. Immediately north of Collins Road, the highway serves as the western border of Naval Air Station Jacksonville along the St. Johns River, with three gates, though two are rarely used. The main gate at Yorktown, features a Blue Angel at the gates. To the west of NAS Jacksonville is Fowler Park, on the shores of the Ortega River and in the Yukon section of Jacksonville.

Orange Park, Florida Town in Florida, United States

Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, United States, and a suburb of Jacksonville. The population was 8,412 at the 2010 census. The name "Orange Park" is additionally applied to a wider area of northern Clay County outside the town limits, covering such communities as Fleming Island, Lakeside, and Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.

Naval Air Station Jacksonville United States Navy air base near Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Naval Air Station Jacksonville is a military airport, eight miles (13 km) south of the central business district of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. NAS Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport are the two naval bases in Duval County.

St. Johns River river in Florida

The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and its most significant one for commercial and recreational use. At 310 miles (500 km) long, it flows north and winds through or borders twelve counties. The drop in elevation from headwaters to mouth is less than 30 feet (9 m); like most Florida waterways, the St. Johns has a very low flow rate 0.3 mph (0.13 m/s) and is often described as "lazy". Numerous lakes are formed by the river or flow into it, but as a river its widest point is nearly 3 miles (5 km) across. The narrowest point is in the headwaters, an unnavigable marsh in Indian River County. The St. Johns drainage basin of 8,840 square miles (22,900 km2) includes some of Florida's major wetlands. It is separated into three major basins and two associated watersheds for Lake George and the Ocklawaha River, all managed by the St. Johns River Water Management District.

North of NAS JAX, Roosevelt Boulevard intersects Timuquana Road, followed by Ortega Boulevard one block north. US 17 then veers northwest to bisect Ortega and border the Ortega historic district to the east. Upon crossing the Ortega River and entering the Jacksonville Marina Mile district in Lake Shore at the Roosevelt Mall, the road resumes a cardinal north direction for the next two miles, starting at the Birkenhead Road/Wabash Avenue intersection at the south end of Roosevelt Mall. After intersecting San Juan Avenue at the north end of the mall square, Roosevelt Boulevard crosses St. Johns Avenue, followed by two intersections with Park Street, with the second meeting with the Florida State College Jacksonville Kent campus. Just north of the second Park Street intersection, Roosevelt Boulevard has a diamond flyover interchange with Blanding Boulevard State Road 21 - Park Street connecting flyover at the southwestern corner of the campus. Following the interchange, Roosevelt Boulevard lines the western end of the campus for the next 1/4 mile, and the road next intersects with Plymouth Street, which also provides direct access to the campus.

State Road 134 (SR 134) is an 11-mile-long (18 km), east–west signed state highway located entirely in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, in the U.S. state of Florida. It extends from SR 228 to U.S. Route 17 (US 17). It is known as 103rd Street west of Wesconnett Boulevard and Timuquana Road east of the intersection. The road is between four and six lanes wide.

State Road 211 is a state highway entirely within Jacksonville, Florida, running from San Juan Avenue, north to Peninsular Place.

Roosevelt Mall

Roosevelt Mall is a medium-sized outdoor shopping mall, located along Pennsylvania Route 73 between Bustleton Avenue west end and U.S. Route 1 in the east end, or Rhawnhurst neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

North of Plymouth Street, the US 17 highway curves in a northeastern direction after rounding the FSCJ Kent campus, and just north of Wolfe Street, the Roosevelt Expressway splits off from Roosevelt Boulevard between the Murray Hill and Avondale neighborhoods, where the highway features an interchange at South Edgewood Avenue. Roosevelt Boulevard becomes Old Roosevelt Boulevard, following the rail line and intersects McDuff Avenue, sharing a concurrency for two blocks before veering back on the railroad tracks. One block east is Post Street, and finally Willowbranch Avenue at College Street in Riverside. At Post Street, US 17/Old Roosevelt splits off toward downtown Jacksonville, while US 17 southbound stretches one block north of Post Street to College Street as a southwestbound road, reflecting the previous usage of Post and College each as one-way thoroughfares through historic Riverside and 5 Points. [1]

State Road 129, also known as McDuff Avenue, is a north–south road in western Jacksonville, Florida.

State Road 228 (SR 228) is a 32.532-mile-long (52.355 km) state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. It exists in two distinct sections, separated by both Baker County Road 228 and Duval CR 228, which are former segments of SR 228.

History

Before this route was legislated in 1939, Clay County traffic into the City of Jacksonville made use of a combination of several smaller, narrower roads along the west bank of the St. Johns River.

U.S. 17 was expanded to six lanes following construction of the Roosevelt Expressway/Spur. The short four lane portion and scale of Roosevelt Boulevard remains north of the Roosevelt Expressway interchange, located near Day Avenue and north of Edgewood Avenue.

U.S. 17 is part of the Blue Star Memorial Highway, and named for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Jacksonville, Duval County.

Mile [1] DestinationsNotes
0.0I-295.svg I-295
Yorktown AvenueEntrance to NAS Jacksonville
Florida 134.svg SR 134 (Timquana Road)
Ortega Boulevard
Florida 128.svg SR 128 (San Juan Avenue) Roosevelt Square
Florida 21.svg SR 21 (Blanding Boulevard)
Edgewood Avenue South Diamond interchange
Alt plate.svgNo image wide.svg
US 17.svgFlorida 15A.svg US 17 Alt. / SR 15A (Roosevelt Expressway)
Florida 129.svg SR 129 (McDuff Avenue)
Florida 228.svg SR 228 (Post Street)
9.8College Street/Willow Branch AvenueNorthern terminus

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References

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