Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville)

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Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway
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Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 6.749 mi[1] (10.861 km)
Component
highways:
US 1 / US 1 Alt.
Major junctions
South end: SR 115 in Downtown Jacksonville
North end: US 1 / US 23 in Grand Park
Highway system

The Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is a 7.1-mile (11.4 km) long expressway running along the eastern and southern edges of Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. It carries U.S. Route 1 Alternate (US 1 Alternate) from near its southern terminus to an interchange with US 1/US 17 (Main Street). US 1 follows the expressway to its northern terminus, an intersection with US 23. Despite its name, it is not a parkway in the conventional sense, as it has no limits on truck use and is not located near parks or other beautified areas.

Route description

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The parkway begins just east of the Gator Bowl, near an interchange with SR 10A / SR 139 to the Mathews Bridge. Continuing north around downtown Jacksonville, the highway bends due west and intersects I-95. The route continues west for another mile before merging with US 23 (New Kings Road).[2]

The entire length of the parkway is included as part of the National Highway System,[3] a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.

History

Upon its completion in the early 1960s,[citation needed] the road was actually known by two names. The eastern portion, running due north from the base of the Matthews Bridge, was known as the Haines Street Expressway. The northern portion, running due west from the northern terminus of the Haines Expressway, was known as the 20th Street Expressway. Both sections took their respective names from the actual city streets that they either replaced or ran parallel to. The two roads were, in actual operation, a single road, providing a rapid, limited-access route from the Gator Bowl in the southeastern corner of downtown Jacksonville, to the northwestern residential reaches of downtown.

In 2000, the Jacksonville City Council voted to honor the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., by naming this route after him, and the change was effected on January 15, 2001, the 72nd anniversary of the slain leader's birth.[4] Jacksonville was one of the last major cities in the country to rename a road for Dr. King; by choosing this route, the city was able to pay homage and yet because the entire route is without any addresses, either residential or business, the council was able to avoid irritating constituents, as often happens with such name changes.[5] For the same reason, the frontage roads are still named Haines Street.[6]

Exit list

The entire route is in Jacksonville, Duval County.

mi[1] km Destinations Notes
0.000 0.000 Church Street East / Haines Street - Sports Complex Intersection; south end of state maintenance
0.11 0.18 SR 115 south (Mathews Bridge / SR 10A east) to I-95 (via SR 10A west / SR 139 north) – Arlington, Jax Beaches, Downtown Jacksonville North end of SR 115A; south end of SR 115 overlap
0.34 0.55
US 1 Alt. south (Hart Bridge / SR 115A) to US 90 east / I-95 – Southside, Jax Beaches		 South end of US 1 Alt. overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
0.56 0.90 Haines Street / Jessie Street
1.2 1.9 Haines Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance
1.3 2.1 8th Street - Jaxport Talleyrand Terminal
1.65 2.66 11th Street Former southbound exit and northbound entrance
2.1 3.4 21st Street Under construction
2.31 3.72 Phoenix Avenue
2.80 4.51 Liberty Street
3.08 4.96 US 1 south / US 17 (Main Street / SR 5) North end of US 1 Alt. overlap; south end of US 1 overlap
3.35 5.39 Pearl Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance
3.52 5.66 Boulevard
3.96 6.37 I-95 (SR 9 / SR 15 south / SR 115 north) – International Airport North end of freeway; north end of SR 115 overlap; south end of SR 15 overlap; I-95 exit 354
4.231 6.809 Moncrief Road Intersection (traffic signal)
4.401 7.083 Myrtle Avenue Intersection (traffic signal)
4.713 7.585 Wilson Street Intersection (right turn only onto MLK Parkway)
5.044 8.118 Fairfax Street Intersection (traffic signal)
5.686 9.151 Canal Street Intersection (traffic signal)
5.947 9.571 Division Street Intersection (traffic signal)
6.679 10.749 Service Road / 25th Street Intersection (ramp to MLK Parkway eastbound wraps around under New Kings Road)
6.749 10.861 US 1 north / US 23 north (New Kings Road / SR 15) – Amtrak Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed March 2014
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ http://www.cfpmidweek.com/weeks/IssuePDFs/v01i01_121003.pdf[dead link]
  6. ↑ Florida Times Union, Panel OKs Renaming of Haines Street Expressway Would Become Part of MLK Jr. Parkway, July 7, 2000

External links

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