Florida State Road 202
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| J. Turner Butler Boulevard | ||||
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| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 13.0 mi[1][2] (20.9 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1979 – present | |||
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| West end: |   US 1 / SR 5 in Jacksonville |
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  I-95 / SR 9 in Jacksonville SR 115 in Jacksonville SR 9A in Jacksonville |
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| East end: |  SR A1A in Jacksonville Beach |
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→State Road 202 (SR 202) is a highway that extends from U.S. Highway 1 (Philips Highway), in Jacksonville, Florida to SR A1A (Third Street), in Jacksonville Beach, near the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Ponte Vedra Beach, and includes a bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway. To locals, the road is better known as J. Turner Butler Boulevard, Butler Boulevard, or the initialism J.T.B.. Except for a half-mile (0.8 km) section from US 1 to I-95, it is completely limited-access expressway. It was constructed in sections by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (before 1971, the Jacksonville Expressway Authority). The first section opened in 1979, but was not completed until 1997.[3]
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[edit] Route description
SR 202 begins at US 1 (Phillips Highway) and starts its run east as a divided, four lane surface street, going east towards I-95 and becoming a freeway, passing through mostly marshland as it heads east towards exits including SR 115, SR 9A, before ending at SR A1A.[2]
[edit] History
The expressway is named for James Turner Butler, a well-known Jacksonville attorney and Florida legislator who was instrumental in advancing various transportation projects in the region and the establishment of the Jacksonville Expressway Authority. J.T.B. was a toll road until 1988, when the JTA removed all the toll-collection facilities in Jacksonville.
When J.T.B. initially opened, it was described by locals as "the road to nowhere". The moniker has diminished over the years as increased growth on Jacksonville's Southside area, as well as at the beaches and in St. Johns County has transformed the road into a major commuter route. Because of the heavy traffic on J.T.B. and projected continued growth in the Jacksonville area, the Florida Department of Transportation, in the early 2000s, conducted a study on making long-term improvements to J.T.B. The study results recommended widening the road and creating "inside" express lanes with limited on and off points along the route, surrounded by additional "outside" local lanes, albeit at a considerable cost.
Between the summer of 2005 and December 24, 2008, an $80 million "mixing bowl" interchange was constructed at the intersection of J.T.B. and SR 9A, with the final piece to open being a flyover ramp from J.T.B. east to SR 9A north (future I-295).
[edit] Major intersections
The entire route is located in Duval County.
| Location | Mile[2] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jacksonville | 0.0 | US 1 / SR 5 (Phillips Highway) |
at grade intersection |
| 0.2 | Bonneval Road | at grade intersection | |
| 0.5 | I-95 / SR 9 – St. Augustine, Savannah, Georgia |
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| 0.7 | Sailsbury Road | eastbound exit, westbound exit | |
| 1.1 | Belfort Road | ||
| 3.0 | SR 115 (Southside Boulevard) |
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| 4.0 | Gate Parkway | ||
| 5.2 | SR 9A – Orange Park, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville International Airport, Savannah, Georgia |
Interchange completed December 2008 | |
| 6.3 | Kernan Boulevard | ||
| 8.2 | Hodges Boulevard | ||
| 10.0 | San Pablo Road/San Pablo Parkway | ||
| Jacksonville Beach | 12.6 | South Beach Parkway | eastbound exit, westbound entrance from Sanctuary Parkway |
| 13.0 | SR A1A (3rd Street) |
eastbound exit, westbound entrance |
[edit] References
- ^ FDOT GIS data
- ^ a b c Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of State Road 202 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=J+Turner+Butler+Blvd&daddr=Unknown+road&geocode=FV59zQEddOEi-w%3BFTCrzQEd3Bsm-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=30.256584,-81.424356&sspn=0.018386,0.027595&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
- ^ Mabry, Donald J: "Chapter 6 - The Sixties" World's Finest Beach, ISBN 1596299673, May 2010
