The End of State Road 9A

[Bostech]

Well,you see how Germans are smart.They are selling their potholes for $50.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20100304-256584/Potholes-for-sale-in-German-village

[copperfiend]

That would be too tacky for Jacksonville.

Signed,

City bus with full wrap ad from Hooters

[coredumped]

I always wish we had some sort of identity on the roadways, like tampa's signs on their interstates:



Something to distinguish us.

[Bostech]

Yeah,we should hang confederate flags on poles down entire highway.

[reednavy]

stfu

[Bostech]

I was joking man.

[tufsu1]

I always wish we had some sort of identity on the roadways, like tampa's signs on their interstates:

this was an urban design concept that went with the improvements tro I-4 and I-275...sadly, white was a really bad idea...those poles are getting really dirty

[thelakelander]

This was an expensive, but nice feature under I-4 in Ybor.

[tufsu1]

I also like the brick facades on the overpasses through Ybor...makes the big hulking wide structure fit into the neighborhood a little bit better

[coredumped]

I just mailed FDOT and it looks like it's going to be a bit longer:

We received last month the needed approval from the Federal Highway Administration to make the changes. The current schedule is construction bids will be received next February. There is a 150-day procurement time to order materials such as trusses and new signs so I would expect that you should see the start of actual work by late summer or early fall of 2011. This is obviously subject to change, but the major hurdle was getting the approval from the Federal Highway Administration. The regulatory issues have been satisfied so now we can go through the process of advertising the project for construction bids.

[spuwho]

Someone asked if JTB met FHA standards.

From the Beach ramps to just west of Southside it does.

From a point west of Southside near Belfort to I-95, it does not meet FHA standards and will not until the I-95 intersection is completely revamped. Until then, there is no possibility of it ever getting a spur designation.

[reednavy]

I'm wondering if that is some of the reasoning behind the complete reconstruction of that whole mess.

[tufsu1]

I highly doubt we could justify spending $100 million just to get an interstate designation....that said, the reasons for reconstructing are to make the roadway safer and meet current expressway standards.

If the road were to get an interstate designation, it would most likely be I-995....as 195, 395, and 595 are already taken in south Florida and some believe that SR 9B has already been granted the 795 designation.

[spuwho]

I highly doubt we could justify spending $100 million just to get an interstate designation....that said, the reasons for reconstructing are to make the roadway safer and meet current expressway standards.

If the road were to get an interstate designation, it would most likely be I-995....as 195, 395, and 595 are already taken in south Florida and some believe that SR 9B has already been granted the 795 designation.

Thinking out of the box a little bit, to facilitate I-10 being the coast to coast highway, they could extend the I-10 name further east to reach the beach. Not impossible, but not likely.

[CS Foltz]

Why don't we make it a "Toll Road"..............we could get something for our tax dollars that way?