Florida State Road 115
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| Length: | 37.199 mi (59.866 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1945 – present | |||
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 US 1 in Jacksonville
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 I-95 in Jacksonville |
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 US 1 / US 23 in Callahan
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| Location: | Jacksonville |
State Road 115 (SR 115) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida.
SR 115 was built in separately named segments by the Jacksonville Expressway Authority. The land for the southern section, south of Beach Boulevard, was donated by Jacksonville's Skinner family. Three siblings, Bryant, Dottie and Richard, Jr. inherited thousands of acres in southeast Duval county and needed roads through the area to access their property and facilitate development. The construction of Southside Boulevard was key to the growth of the south side of Jacksonville.
SR 115 runs north as Southside Blvd from its terminus at US 1 through the largely residential and commercial south side of Jacksonville with crossings at Baymeadows Road (SR 152), Butler Boulevard (SR 202), Beach Boulevard (US 90), and Atlantic Boulevard (SR 10). At the Southside Connector (SR 113), SR 115 turns sharply to become the Arlington Expressway, heading west into downtown via the Mathews Bridge, where it turns north, becoming the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (former Haines Street Expressway), and again turning to the west along with the MLK Parkway (now the former 20th Street Expressway), before reaching I-95. The portion on the MLK Parkway is signed only as US 1 Alt. and US 1, not SR 115.
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