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Interstate 10 East (Jacksonville / Duval County)

362.82 miles of Interstate serving the Panhandle and northeastern Florida. Interstate 10 serves the cities of Pensacola, Tallahassee, Lake City, and Jacksonville, before terminating at Interstate 95.

The guides for Interstate 10 in Florida are partitioned into five pages:

Interstate 10 East
Interstate 10 enters western Duval County and the Jacksonville city limits amid wetlands near the community of Baldwin. The first citywide interchange joins U.S. 301 with Interstate 10 at Exit 342. U.S. 301 skims the western reaches of Duval County between Bryceville and Maxville. Photo taken 07/22/04.
A folded-diamond interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 10 and U.S. 301 at Exit 343. A railroad line parallels the federal route nearby. U.S. 301 comprises a four-lane divided highway from Interstate 10 southwest 25 miles to Starke. Northward the federal route travels northeast to junction U.S. 1 & 23 at Callahan. From there U.S. 301 joins U.S. 1 & 23 northwest to Folkston, Georgia. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Yellow Water Road passes over Interstate 10 at the eastbound mileage sign posted between U.S. 301 and Exit 351 (Chaffee Road). Downtown Jacksonville still lies 18 miles to the east. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Chaffee Road (Duval County 115C) interchanges with Interstate 10 near the community of Whitehouse in west Jacksonville. The north-south road travels between Old Plank Road and Florida 134 (103rd Street). Photo taken 07/22/04.
Exit 351 auxiliary sign touting the destinations of Whitehouse for Chaffee Road north and Cecil Field for Chaffee Road south. Cecil Field Naval Air Station closed as an active military installation in 1999. Potions if the facility are maintained by the Jacksonville Airport Authority. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 eastbound at the Chaffee Road (Duval County 115A) half-cloverleaf interchange. Chaffee Road meets U.S. 90 (Beaver Street) one third of a mile north at Whitehouse. Use Chaffee Road south to Florida 228 (Normandy Road) for the communities of Caleb and Normandy Village. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 continues east toward the Marietta community of Jacksonville and junction Interstate 295 (Jacksonville Beltway). Photo taken 07/22/04.
A two-mile guide sign resides ahead of Exit 355 for the junction with Interstate 295 (Jacksonville Beltway). The Jacksonville Beltway presently entails all of Interstate 295 west of Interstate 95 and existing portions of Florida 9A east of Interstate 95. By 2006 the Florida 9A section of the loop will be complete and Interstate 295 will extend to entail the completed circle. Photo taken 07/22/04.
A narrow sign bridge lies one mile west of the Exit 355 interchange at Marietta. The forthcoming off-ramp entails a short connector between Interstate 10 eastbound and the adjacent Lakeland Street. Lakeland Street allows travelers to make the connection between the freeway and north-south Cahoon Road. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Auxiliary guide sign directing motorists destined for either Jacksonville International Airport or Orange Park to utilize Interstate 295. Interstate 295 allows drivers to bypass Downtown Jacksonville for Nassau, Clay, and St. Johns Counties of the metropolitan area. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Exit 355 leaves Interstate 10 eastbound for Lakeland Street and the Marietta neighborhood of Jacksonville. Cahoon Road nearby connects Interstate 10 with U.S. 90 (Beaver Street) to the north and Florida 228 (Normandy Boulevard) to the south. Photo taken 07/22/04.
All traffic to Interstate 295 leaves Interstate 10 eastbound at Exit 356. A symmetrical directional-cloverleaf interchange handles the movements between the two freeways. Ramps to Interstate 295 north from I-10 east and I-295 south from Interstate 10 west however enter the beltway from the left-hand lanes. Interstate 295 is signed with the Interstate 95 control cities of Savannah and Saint Augustine. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Exit 356 partitions into ramps for Interstate 295. Interstate 295 southbound turns east across the St. Johns River (Buckman Bridge) at Orange Park to end at Interstate 95 (Exit 337). Interstate 295 north encircles the city between Marietta and Oceanway (Interstate 95 - Exit 362). Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 travels underneath Interstate 295 en route to Exit 337 with Florida 103 (Lane Avenue). In the background is a crossover roadway associated with the contra flow configuration of Interstate 10 for hurricane evacuation situations. Interstate 10, like other Southeastern Interstates, switches to a one-way configuration to provide additional access out of hurricane threatened areas. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 expands to six lanes for the first time in 355 miles east of Interstate 295. The on-ramps from Interstate 295 add one through lane and one auxiliary lane ahead of the Exit 357 diamond interchange with Florida 103 (Lane Avenue). Lane Avenue travels north-south between Picketville and Cedar Hills. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Florida 103 traffic leaves Interstate 10 for Lane Avenue at Exit 357. Use Florida 103 north for the West Jacksonville neighborhood of the city. Lane Avenue southbound meanwhile intersects Florida 228 (Normandy Boulevard) midway between the Normandy and Murray Hill communities. Continue south on Florida 103 for Lackawanna. Photo taken 07/22/04.
A parting shot of the Exit 357 ramp intersection with Florida 103 (Lane Avenue). Overheads on the sign bridge tout the connections to Ramona Boulevard. Ramona Boulevard parallels Interstate 10 between Interstate 295 and Lenox Avenue at Murray Hill. Photo taken 07/22/04.
The surface of Interstate 10 transitions from asphalt to concrete at the Lane Avenue undercrossing. Posted above Florida 103 is the 1.25-mile guide sign for Exit 358 (Florida 111). Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 reassurance shields posted within central Jacksonville feature series "C" highway gothic font. Ellis Road passes underneath the freeway here. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Upcoming exits sign posted near Ellis Road for Exits 358 (Florida 111), 360 (Florida 129), and 362. The is the first sign of this format posted along Interstate 10 eastbound in all of Florida. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Florida 111 (Cassat Avenue) meets Interstate 10 at the Exit 358 diamond interchange. The state highway encircles the city between Florida 21 (Blanding Boulevard) at Lake Shore and Interstate 95 (Exit 357) at Lake Forest Manor. Cassat Avenue becomes Edgewood Avenue at its intersection with U.S. 90 (Beaver Street). Photo taken 07/22/04.
The next eastbound interchange joins McDuff Avenue (Florida 129) with Interstate 10 at Exit 360. The first guide sign for the diamond interchange resides next to the Florida 111 under crossing at Exit 358. McDuff Avenue serves the nearby Lackawana neighborhood. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Eastbound reassurance shield posted between Exits 358 and 360. Traffic from Florida 111 (Cassat Avenue) adds a fourth eastbound lane briefly to Interstate 10. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Exit 360 serves at the connection between Interstate 10 east and U.S. 17 (Roosevelt Boulevard). A freeway connector (U.S. 17 Alternate) exists between Roosevelt Boulevard and Interstate 10 at Exit 361. However the interchange between U.S. 17 Alternate and Interstate 10 is a partial "Y" interchange with no ramp onto southbound from eastbound. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Upcoming exits overhead highlighting the final 2.25 miles of Interstate 10 eastbound. The freeway passes over Luna Street at a half-diamond interchange (Exit 359). The couplet of Rayford & Waller Streets comprise frontage streets between Luna Street and Exit 361. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Traffic merges onto Interstate 10 eastbound from Luna and Rayford Streets one half mile ahead of the diamond interchange with Florida 129 (McDuff Avenue). A second centerline exit sign is posted for the benefit of Exit 359 drivers. Photo taken 07/22/04.
The final mainline eastbound reassurance shield lies between the Exit 359 on-ramp and Exit 360 off-ramp. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Exit 360 leaves Interstate 10 eastbound for Rayford Street east and Florida 129 (McDuff Avenue). Florida 129 travels a short distance south to junction U.S. 17 (Roosevelt Boulevard) & Florida 228 (Post Street) near the U.S. 17 Alternate freeway. McDuff Avenue turns westerly at Woodstock Park as 5th Street to the north. Photo taken 07/22/04.
One-mile guide sign for Exit 362 (Stockton Street) posted on Interstate 10 eastbound at Florida 129. The Stockton Street partial-cloverleaf interchange represents the last mainline exit of Interstate 10 eastbound. Photo taken 07/22/04.
An end sign signals the conclusion of the transcontinental Interstate 10 one mile ahead of its junction with Interstate 95. Passing below the freeway is the westbound off-ramp onto U.S. 17 Alternate southbound (Exit 361). Incidentally a sign posted at the eastbound beginning of Interstate 10 in Santa Monica, California touts the Interstate as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway. Photo taken 07/22/04.
U.S. 17 Alternate northbound merges onto Interstate 10 eastbound one half mile west of the Exit 362 ramp departure for Stockton Street. Stockton Street links the freeway with the Riverside section of Jacksonville. Riverside refers to the area along Florida 211 (Riverside Avenue) to the south. Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 ascends to pass over the AMTRAK corridor below just ahead of the Stockton Street off-ramp at Exit 362. Use Stockton Street south for Riverside Hospital. Photo taken 07/22/04.
A sharp loop ramp departs Interstate 10 eastbound for Stockton Street via Rosselle Street west. Stockton Street intersects U.S. 17 (College Street & Post Street) five blocks to the south. Northward the surface road ends at U.S. 90 (Beaver Street). Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 eastbound expands to four lanes in anticipation of the eastern terminal at Interstate 95 (Exit 363). Two lanes are allocated for each direction of Interstate 95 ahead. Initial control points tout International Airport and Jacksonville Beaches. Savannah and St. Augustine appear on Interstate 95 pull-through panels nearby. Photo taken 07/22/04.
The present interchange between Interstate 10 and 95 is compact in nature with left-hand ramps. The 1950s interchange will undergo reconstruction starting in February of 2005. Touted as the "Big Interchange" or the "Big I" for short by the Florida Department of Transportation, the $206 million project will take six years to complete and involve 17 separate bridges.1 Photo taken 07/22/04.
Interstate 10 draws to a close after a 2,460.34 journey through eight states and five major cities. The original end sign posted at the roadway partition was removed for whatever reason. Use Interstate 95 northbound for Downtown Jacksonville (Exits 352B through 353C), Brunswick, Savannah, Florence, Fayetteville, Rocky Mount, and Petersburg, Virginia. Photo taken 07/22/04.
The southbound off-ramp to Interstate 95 merges onto a viaduct ahead of the Fuller Warren Bridge over the St. Johns River. A reassurance shield for Interstate 95 resides at the Exit 363 ramp merge onto the southbound freeway. Interstate 95 straddles the east coast of Florida between Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. Photo taken 07/22/04.

Sources:

  1. "Work on Big Interchange could be a big headache." The Florida Times-Union, January 23, 2005.

Page Updated February 3, 2005.