Florida State Road 23
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| Branan Field-Chaffee Expressway First Coast Outer Beltway |
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| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 15.1 mi[1] (24.30 km) | |||
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| South end: |  SR 21 in Middleburg |
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 SR 134 in Jacksonville SR 228 in Jacksonville |
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| North end: |   I-10 / SR 8 in Jacksonville |
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| Counties: | Clay, Duval | |||
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→State Road 23, also known as the Branan Field-Chaffee Expressway, is a partially built western bypass of Jacksonville. Its south end is at SR 21 in Middleburg, and it is planned to continue south and east as a planned bridge over the St. Johns River (which will connect to SR 9B). The north end will be U.S. Route 90/SR 10 but currently terminates at Interstate 10 (unsigned SR 8). There is speculation about an extension as a northwest bypass to I-95 (unsigned SR 9). Currently it is a surface road, built on new right-of-way and the rebuilding of Branan Field Road, but there are plans, in the future, for a full freeway.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Planned extension
The Branan Field-Chaffee Expressway is to be constructed in ten segments, four of which is already complete.[2] Plans call for the expressway to eventually become a part of the proposed First Coast Outer Beltway around Jacksonville.[3]
[edit] History
The plans for connecting Interstate 10 to SR 21 (Blanding Blvd) date back to 1979. SR 23 was originally planned as a toll road by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise to meet those plans, but those plans fell through.[when?]
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Clay County worked together to connect Branan Field Road in Clay County and Chaffee Road in Duval County. By 2003, the Duval County section was open, and connected south to Branan Field Road in Clay County. By late 2004, the Clay County section was added. Currently the entire route stretches from I-10 in Jacksonville to SR 21 (Blanding Blvd.) in Middleburg.
[edit] Original SR 23
The original SR 23 was defined in the 1945 renumbering as:
- From a point on SR 25 and 20 approximately one mile northwest of Paradise in a northwesterly direction to the intersection with SR 235 in LaCrosse and along SR 235 for approximately .07 of a mile, then continuing northwesterly via Santa Fe to a junction with SR 18 at Worthington Springs and along SR 18 to a point approximately one mile north of Worthington Springs, then northeasterly to a junction with SR 100 in Lake Butler and East on SR 100 to a point near the eastern city limits of Lake Butler then northeasterly via Raiford to a junction with SR 10 in MacClenny and along SR 10 to 5th Street then in a northerly direction along 5th Street to the St. Mary's River at the Georgia State Line.
Prior to the renumbering, this had been:
- SR 99 from northwest of Paradise to Worthington Springs
- SR 113 from northwest of Paradise to LaCrosse
- SR 49 from Worthington Springs to Georgia
At some point, SR 23 was renumbered as part of SR 121, probably to match Georgia State Route 121. Before that, however, SR 23 had been extended around the west side of Gainesville to end at US 441/SR 25 at Rocky Point, and the southernmost part did not become part of SR 121. It was later given to the county, and may be Alachua County Road 23.
[edit] Major intersections
Note that only parts of SR 23 are built, so this listing is subject to change.
| County | Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| Clay | Middleburg | SR 21 (Blanding Boulevard) |
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| Duval | Jacksonville | SR 134 (103rd Street) |
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| Chaffee Road | ||||
| SR 228 (Normandy Boulevard) |
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| I-10 / SR 8 – Jacksonville, Tallahassee |
