A new $44.2 million high-rise bridge on Heckscher Drive over Sisters Creek on the St. Johns River opens to traffic Monday, ending a little more than two years of construction. The new bridge features two 12-foot travel lanes, 10-foot shoulders and six-foot sidewalks on both sides of the bridge. The new bridge replaces a 1950s…
State highway construction in the Jacksonville metro area reached the $1 billion mark this summer, reflecting an unprecedented level of investment in the region’s infrastructure, according to Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Secretary Greg Evans. “We are engaged in a major overhaul of the transportation system in the Jacksonville metro area and we can…
A $2.53 billion list of improvements over the next five years (2016-2021) in Northeast Florida was highlighted at a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) public hearing Tuesday (October 6) in Jacksonville. The meeting in Jacksonville addressed the work program around the Jacksonville urban area for Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns Counties. An informal public meeting to…
The $9.2 million Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Beaver Street improvement project in Jacksonville began in August and is scheduled to be complete in spring 2017. The project includes resurfacing and pavement reconstruction, replacement of sidewalks on both sides of the street and widening travel lanes from 10 to 11 feet along one mile of roadway…
Motorists traveling around the interchange at Interstate 10 at State Road 23 (First Coast Expressway) see new construction work. This is part of the First Coast Expressway extension to U.S. 90, Beaver Street to improve the interchange and accommodate the increase in traffic to and from Beaver Street. This is especially important once the two…
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