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 Interstate 10 | ||||
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 I-10 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byFDOT | ||||
| Length | 362.057 mi[1] (582.674 km) | |||
| Existed | 1958–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-10 nearRobertsdale, AL | |||
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| East end |     I-95 /US 17 /SR 15 /SR 228 in Jacksonville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Escambia,Santa Rosa,Okaloosa,Walton,Holmes,Washington,Jackson,Gadsden,Leon,Jefferson,Madison,Suwannee,Columbia,Baker,Nassau,Duval | |||
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Interstate 10 (I-10) runs for 362 miles (583 km) in Florida as the easternmost section of an east–westInterstate Highway in thesouthern United States. It is also the eastern end of one of three coast-to-coast Interstates, along withI-80 andI-90. The highway runs east from theAlabama border, traveling through thePanhandle of Florida, serving the major cities ofPensacola,Tallahassee,Lake City, ending atJacksonville, and carries the hiddenFlorida Department of Transportation (FDOT)designation ofState Road 8 (SR 8).
The Interstate runs roughly parallel toUS Highway 90 (US 90) (which intersects I-10 at five different points along its route), but is a more direct route, bypassing the central cores of many cities. I-10 runs through some of the least populated areas of the state.
I-10 crosses into Florida at Alabama state line at thePerdido River, just west of Pensacola, inEscambia County.Florida State Road 297 (SR 297, southbound) at exit 7A, gives access to thePensacola Naval Air Station and theNational Museum of Naval Aviation. On the border betweenBrent andEnsley, the median approaching exits 10A and 10B becomes unexpectedly wide in order to accommodate flyover on-ramps fromUS 29 that enter the left sides of the road. At exit 12, I-10 serves as the northern terminus ofI-110, aspur route to central Pensacola. The highway leaves the county at theEscambia Bay Bridge and has two interchanges withinSanta Rosa County before crossing another bridge over theBlackwater River. After that bridge, it has two more interchanges with a pair of rest areas in between before crossing the Santa Rosa–Okaloosa county line.
The road crosses the border between theCentral andEastern time zones at the long Dewey M. Johnson Bridge, over theApalachicola River. East of the bridge over theOchlockonee River and the rest areas that follow, I-10 widens from four to six lanes and remains that way until after the interchange withSR 61 andUS 319 in Tallahassee.
Like at US 29 in Escambia County, the median for I-10 widens in the vicinity ofI-75 at exits 296A and 296B, near Lake City, in order to accommodate flyover on-ramps that enter from the left sides of the road.
A 21-mile-long (34 km) segment between exits 303 and 324 contains no interchanges because it passes through a portion ofOsceola National Forest. The sole means of leaving and reentering the highway in this section is at a pair of rest areas, the easternmost rest areas along I-10. The road widens to six lanes again at the interchange with theFirst Coast Expressway. Just as I-75 did with I-10 inColumbia County, I-10's interchange withI-295 uses single ramps leading to both directions on I-295 with east-to-north and south-to-west flyover ramps leading to the median of I-295.US 17 overlaps I-10 for two exits before the eastern terminus of the Interstate, located in theBrooklyn neighborhood of Jacksonville'surban core atI-95.
Prior to the construction of I-10,US 90 was the main east–west highway across the state.
The first section of I-10 in Florida was completed betweenSanderson andJacksonville in 1961. Construction on points westward continued in 1962. The route between Sanderson andWinfield was completed in 1963. By 1967, construction had been completed from the Alabama state line toSR 87 and was under construction fromFalmouth toI-75. New construction extending I-10 east from SR 87 toMossy Head began in 1968. The Falmouth to I-75 segment opened in 1969. Construction began in 1970 further extending I-10 eastward from Mossy Head toDeFuniak Springs. New construction began in 1973 from DeFuniak Springs toCaryville and fromDrifton toCapitola; the segment between Drifton and Falmouth opened that year. The Capitola–Drifton segment was completed the following year. Construction began between Caryville andChipley in 1974, and from Chipley toMidway in 1975. The segment between Chipley and Midway was completed in 1977 except for a small portion betweenKynesville andOakdale; in 1978, the entire length of I-10, as well as theI-110 spur inPensacola across the state opened along its original planned route.[2]
During the planning stage of construction, I-10 was placed just north of the central business district ofTallahassee, roughly along the current route of US 90 through town, while later aspur route was proposed to go to the core of the city. Both of these proposals were dropped and a route across the north side of the city was chosen. In 2008, the Interstate stretch in Tallahassee was expanded to six lanes to alleviate congestion.
In 2002, I-10, along with most of Florida's Interstates, switched over from a sequential exit numbering system to amileage-based exit numbering system.[3]
In 1993, a British tourist was killed at the Jefferson County rest area in a botched burglary by teens.[4][5] As a result, Florida rest stops were either patrolled or closed for at least two years when lawmakers approved cutbacks.[6] A number of rest areas are currently regularly patrolled at night by armed security, often private, due to a resurgence in rest area-related violent crime.[7]
On September 16, 2004,Hurricane Ivan made landfall near Pensacola, with the resultingstorm surge causing heavy damage to the I-10 bridge acrossEscambia Bay. As much as a quarter mile (400 m) of the bridge, consisting of 58 bridge segments, collapsed into the bay, and an additional 66 segments were knocked out of alignment; most of the damage was to the eastbound lanes.[8] A $26.5 million project was awarded the following day to Gilbert Southern/Massman and to theParsons Corporation to make emergency repairs to the bridge. Work was completed on October 4 on the westbound bridge, restoring two-way traffic seven days ahead of schedule. The more heavily damaged eastbound bridge was completely repaired on November 20, just 66 days after Hurricane Ivan made landfall, and 27 days ahead of schedule. The contractor received $1.5 million in bonuses for the early completion. The commercial truck detour sent truck traffic intoAlabama andI-65 to avoid the bridges.
The causeway that carriesUS 90 across the northern part of the same bay was also heavily damaged.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Old exit[3] | New exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Escambia | | 0.000 | 0.000 |  I-10 west –Mobile | Alabama state line (Perdido River) | |||
| 1.1[9] | 1.8 | Inspection station (eastbound only) | ||||||
| 2.5 | 4.0 | – | 2 |  SR 99 (Beulah Road) | New interchange to begin construction in mid-2025 | |||
| 3.4[9] | 5.5 | Weigh station | ||||||
| 4.4[9] | 7.1 | Florida Welcome Center (eastbound only) | ||||||
| 5.523 | 8.888 | 1 | 5 |   US 90 Alt. | ||||
| Ensley | 7.092 | 11.413 | 2 | 7 |  SR 297 (Pine Forest Road) –Pensacola NAS,Perdido Key | Signed as exits 7A (south) and 7B (north) eastbound | ||
| Ensley–Brent line | 10.270 | 16.528 | 3 | 10 |  US 29 –Pensacola,Cantonment | Signed as exits 10A (south) and 10B (north) eastbound | ||
| 12.422 | 19.991 | 4 | 12 |    I-110 south –Pensacola,Pensacola Beach,Airport | Exit 6 (I-110); Northern terminus of I-110 | |||
| Ferry Pass | 12.928 | 20.806 | 5 | 13 |   SR 291 (Davis Highway) | Access toWest Florida Hospital | ||
| 16.495 | 26.546 | 6 | 17 | US 90 –Pensacola,Pace | ||||
| Escambia Bay | 16.549[9]– 19.166 | 26.633– 30.845 | Escambia Bay Bridge | |||||
| Santa Rosa | Avalon Beach | 21.700 | 34.923 | 7 | 22 |     SR 281 north /SR 281 south –Milton,Gulf Breeze | ||
| | 25.946 | 41.756 | 8 | 26 |  CR 191 –Milton,Bagdad | |||
| 27.158[9]– 27.747 | 43.707– 44.654 | Bridge overBlackwater River | ||||||
| 28.415 | 45.730 | 9 | 28 |  CR 89 –Milton | ||||
| 30.2[9] | 48.6 | Rest area | ||||||
| 31.265 | 50.316 | 10 | 31 |  SR 87 –Fort Walton Beach,Milton,Navarre | ||||
| Okaloosa | | 45.072 | 72.536 | 11 | 45 |  CR 189 –Holt | ||
| Crestview | 53 | P. J. Adams Parkway –Crestview | Interchange under construction[10] | |||||
| 56.300 | 90.606 | 12 | 56 |  SR 85 –Crestview,Niceville | ||||
| | 60.0[9] | 96.6 | Rest area | |||||
| Walton | | 69.482 | 111.820 | 13 | 70 |  SR 285 –Niceville,Eglin AFB,Hurlburt Field | ||
| DeFuniak Springs | 84.587 | 136.130 | 14 | 85 |  US 331 –DeFuniak Springs,Freeport | Access to Healthmark Regional Medical Center | ||
| Holmes | Ponce de Leon | 96.018 | 154.526 | 15 | 96 |  SR 81 –Ponce de Leon | Rest area in the southeast corner | |
| Washington | | 104.038 | 167.433 | 16 | 104 |  CR 279 –Caryville | ||
| Holmes | Bonifay | 111.685 | 179.740 | 17 | 112 |  SR 79 –Bonifay,Panama City Beach | ||
| Washington | Chipley | 119.680 | 192.606 | 18 | 120 |  SR 77 –Chipley,Panama City | Access to Northwest Florida Community Hospital | |
| Jackson | | 129.833 | 208.946 | 19 | 130 |  US 231 –Cottondale,Panama City,Dothan, AL,Montgomery, AL | ||
| 133.2[9] | 214.4 | Rest area | ||||||
| Marianna | 136.441 | 219.581 | 20 | 136 |  SR 276 –Marianna | |||
| | 142.126 | 228.730 | 21 | 142 |  SR 71 –Marianna,Blountstown | Access to Jackson Hospital | ||
| 152.041 | 244.686 | 22 | 152 |  SR 69 –Grand Ridge,Blountstown | ||||
| 155.6[9] | 250.4 | Weigh station | ||||||
| 158.011 | 254.294 | 23 | 158 |  CR 286 –Sneads | ||||
| Apalachicola River | 160.061[9]– 161.220 | 257.593– 259.458 | Dewey M. Johnson Bridge,Central/Eastern Time Zone boundary | |||||
| Gadsden | | 161.30[9] | 259.59 | Rest area | ||||
| 165.729 | 266.715 | 24 | 166 |  CR 270A –Chattahoochee | ||||
| 174.093 | 280.176 | 25 | 174 |  SR 12 –Quincy,Gretna,Greensboro | ||||
| 180.963 | 291.232 | 26 | 181 |  SR 267 –Quincy | Access toCapital Regional Medical Center-Gadsden Memorial Campus | |||
| Midway | 191.949 | 308.912 | 27 | 192 | US 90 –Midway,Quincy,Tallahassee | Access toFlorida State University andFlorida A&M University | ||
| Ochlockonee River | 193.569[9]– 193.798 | 311.519– 311.888 | Bridge | |||||
| Leon | | 194.3[9] | 312.7 | Rest area | ||||
| Tallahassee | 195.731 | 314.999 | 28 | 196 |  SR 263 (Capital Circle Northwest) –Int’l Airport | |||
| 199.010 | 320.276 | 29 | 199 |  US 27 (Monroe Street) –State Capitol | ||||
| 202.678 | 326.179 | 30 | 203 |   US 319 /SR 61 (Thomasville Road,Capital Circle Northeast) | Access toCapital Regional Medical Center | |||
| 206.00 | 331.52 | 206 |  CR 151 (Centerville Road) | Proposed interchange[11] | ||||
| 208.570 | 335.661 | 31 | 209 | US 90 –Tallahassee,Monticello | Signed as exits 209A (west) and 209B (east) | |||
| Jefferson | | 216.737 | 348.804 | 32 | 217 |  SR 59 | ||
| 225.055 | 362.191 | 33 | 225 |  US 19 (FL-GA Parkway) –Monticello,Perry,Thomasville | ||||
| 232.849 | 374.734 | 34 | 233 |  CR 257 | ||||
| 234.8[9] | 377.9 | Rest area | ||||||
| Madison | | 241.217 | 388.201 | 35 | 241 |  US 221 –Greenville,Perry | ||
| 251.520 | 404.782 | 36 | 251 |  SR 14 –Madison,Perry | ||||
| 258.106 | 415.381 | 37 | 258 |  SR 53 –Madison | ||||
| 261.771 | 421.280 | 38 | 262 |  CR 255 –Lee | ||||
| 263.3[9] | 423.7 | Weigh station | ||||||
| 264.9[9] | 426.3 | Rest area | ||||||
| Suwannee River | 268.142[9]– 268.246 | 431.533– 431.700 | Bridge | |||||
| Suwannee | | 270.6[9] | 435.5 | Inspection station | ||||
| 274.642 | 441.993 | 39 | 275 | US 90 –Live Oak,Lee | ||||
| 282.770 | 455.074 | 40 | 283 |  US 129 –Live Oak,Jasper | Access to Shands Live Oak Regional Medical Center | |||
| 292.127 | 470.133 | 41 | 292 |  CR 137 –Wellborn | ||||
| 293.4[9] | 472.2 | Rest area (eastbound) | ||||||
| Columbia | | 294.4[9] | 473.8 | Rest area (westbound) | ||||
| 296.199 | 476.686 | 42 | 296 |  I-75 –Tampa,Valdosta | Signed as exits 296A (south) and 296B (north); Exit 435 (I-75) | |||
| 301.293 | 484.884 | 43 | 301 |  US 41 –Lake City,White Springs | Access to Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center | |||
| Lake City | 303.458 | 488.368 | 44 | 303 |  US 441 –Lake City,Fargo | Access to Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center | ||
| Baker | | 317.8[9] | 511.4 | Rest area | ||||
| 323.827 | 521.149 | 45 | 324 | US 90 –Sanderson,Olustee,Lake City | ||||
| 326.750 | 525.853 | 46 | 327 |  CR 229 –Sanderson,Raiford | ||||
| 332.782 | 535.561 | 47 | 333 |  CR 125 –Glen St. Mary | ||||
| Macclenny | 335.145 | 539.364 | 48 | 335 |  SR 121 –Macclenny,Lake Butler,Gainesville | Signed as exits 335A (south) and 335B (north) westbound | ||
| | 336.312 | 541.242 | 49 | 336 | SR 228 –Macclenny,Maxville | Access to Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital | ||
| Nassau | No major junctions | |||||||
| Duval | Jacksonville | 343.879 | 553.420 | 50 | 343 |  US 301 –Baldwin,Starke | ||
| 350.370 | 563.866 | 350 |    SR 23 south (Cecil Commerce Center Parkway) /SR 23 north toUS 90 (Beaver Street) | opened in 2010, replaced rest area, signed as exits 350A (south) and 350B (north) eastbound | ||||
| Jacksonville–Whitehouse line | 352.096 | 566.644 | 51 | 351 |  CR 115C (Chaffee Road) –Whitehouse | |||
| Jacksonville–Marietta line | 355 | Hammond Boulevard | Opened June 8, 2016[12] | |||||
| 356.269 | 573.359 | 52 | 355 | Marietta | Formerright-in/right-out; replaced 2016 by Hammond Boulevard exit | |||
| Jacksonville | 356.838 | 574.275 | 53 | 356 |  I-295 –Daytona Beach,Savannah | Exit 21 (I-295) | ||
| 357.910 | 576.000 | 54 | 357 |  SR 103 (Lane Avenue) | ||||
| 359.185 | 578.052 | 55 | 358 |  SR 111 (Cassat Avenue/Edgewood Avenue) | ||||
| 359.895 | 579.195 | 56 | 359 |   Luna Street toCR 213 (Lenox Avenue) / Highway AvenueModule:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 360.773 | 580.608 | 57 | 360 |  SR 129 (McDuff Avenue) | ||||
| 361.046 | 581.047 | 58 | 361 | US 17 south (Roosevelt Boulevard) –NAS Jax | West end of the overlap with US 17 / SR 15 / SR 228; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 361.642 | 582.006 | 59 | 362 | Stockton Street -Riverside | Access toSt. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside | |||
| 362.057 | 582.674 | I-95 –Jax Beaches,Daytona Beach,Downtown,Savannah | Eastern terminus of I-10; east end of the overlap with US 17 / SR 15 / SR 228; exit 351B (I-95) | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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