The End of State Road 9A

[Overstreet]

......"Jacksonville 17 miles?,"........"Jacksonville 12 Miles,"  Huh? Has Florida ever measured the distance from Jacksonville to anywhere? Are they aware the City Limits changed in the 1960's?
.........Ocklawaha

Highway standards are to measure to downtown not the edge of town. How they might have different distances is determined by method of measurement.  (ie map scaling vs Google Earth vs gps vs driving)

[Jason]

Logistically, Jax is a fabulous location.  I'm just glad to see at least SOME marketing in that general direction.

Anyone notice anything similar?

[Jason]

Overstreet, I think someone mentioned a simple fix before.  Simply change Jacksonville 10 miles, to "Downtown Jax 10 miles"

[blizz01]

I liked what they did to the overpass on 95 North @ St. Augustine Road: J A C K S O N V I L L E - the landscaping & fountains look great.  Is there not an overpass that could be spruced up for travellers heading south into the state considering that's the first thing they'd see?

[tufsu1]

I noticed that the city limit sign on the south end of town on I95 has a new addition on top that says "America's Logistics Center".  Would be a good marketing angle.

This "angle"as first apporoved two years ago....right now, the signs are on I-10, I-95 North, and I-95 South when you enter Duval County....they ae expected to be added to roads like 9A (at heckscher) in the future.

[copperfiend]

They probably plan on capitalizing on that with the port continuing to grow, intersection of two major interstates, and covergence of several rail lines.

I wonder if Cecil Field could ever capitalize on cargo?

What do you call a tire distribution center with 8 dollar an hour jobs? KA-CHING!!!!

[Ocklawaha]

They probably plan on capitalizing on that with the port continuing to grow, intersection of two major interstates, and covergence of several rail lines.

I wonder if Cecil Field could ever capitalize on cargo?

What do you call a tire distribution center with 8 dollar an hour jobs? KA-CHING!!!!

HOD... "Highway Oriented Development," hee hee.

OCKLAWAHA

[Charles Hunter]

I liked what the did to the overpass on 95 North @ St. Augustine Road: J A C K S O N V I L L E - the landscaping & fountains look great.  Is there not an overpass that could be spruced up for travellers heading south into the state considering that's the first thing they'd see?

The developer of the office center where Baptist South is paid for all that fancy stuff at that interchange, in fact, I think they paid for much of the interchange itself.  Now, if we can get another big bucks developer out on I-95 North or I-10 West to come through.

[CS Foltz]

Mr Charles your correct......developer (whose name escapes me....getting old) did pay for all of that! There was a TU story on that enhancement and there does need to be more like it since a little sign at the county line is not the most appealing of signage!

[stjr]

Mr Charles your correct......developer (whose name escapes me....getting old) did pay for all of that!

I believe it was Flagler Development, a division of Florida East Coast/Rail America.

[CS Foltz]

OK....private Enterprise hard at work......and a very nice touch. Too bad that is not used in other spots or something similar. A dinky little sign just does not have the impact of that area's touch! Of course we have other problems that are higher on the priority list but still a nice touch!

[coredumped]

Anyone have any info on this? sr9a.info appears to no longer be the official FDOT site. I thought it was going to be done by the end of last year.

[reednavy]

I thought it was supposed to be done by January? I guess they may be waiting for 9A/295 @95 junction near the airport to get done. I just wish they'd hurry up and do it already though.

[Charles Hunter]

I thought it was supposed to be done by January? I guess they may be waiting for 9A/295 @95 junction near the airport to get done. I just wish they'd hurry up and do it already though.

Thought "what" was supposed to be done?  Please refresh this aging memory?  The road seems to be done - except for that ramp at I-95 by the airport.

[coredumped]

I was talking about the signage. The "east" loop of 295 is still labeled as 9a