Interstate 110 (Florida)

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Interstate 110 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	6.34[1] mi (10.20 km)
South end:	US 98 Bus. in Pensacola
Major junctions:	US 90/US 98 in Pensacola
North end:	I-10 near Pensacola
< SR 8 8A SR 9 >

Interstate 110 (abbreviated I-110) is an auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in Pensacola, Florida, running south from Interstate 10 to U.S. Highway 98. Carrying the hidden Florida Department of Transportation designation of State Road 8A, I-110 is also known as the Reubin O'Donovan Askew Parkway, in honor of the former governor of Florida who is also a Pensacola native.

The portion of I-110 north of Maxwell Street is a four-lane, ground level freeway that was completed in 1969. In 1978, the portion from Maxwell Street south to its current terminus at Garden and Chase Streets was opened to traffic. This portion is a four-lane, elevated freeway for its entire length.

Construction of the elevated portion of Interstate 110 caused controversy in that it threatened several historic landmarks. The freeway completely eliminated a decades-old ice cream shop, as well as a centuries-old live oak. Construction also came within a few yards of St. Michael's Cemetery, which houses graves as old as the 1700s.

When Interstate 110 was completed, it consisted of six interchanges. At the south end is Exit 1, a fully directional interchange that connects the freeway with Garden, Chase and Gregory Streets. Exit 2 links I-110 to US 90/98, also known as Cervantes Street. There are only two ramps at this interchange: a southbound offramp and a northbound onramp. The same two-ramp configuration can be found just to the north at Exit 3: Maxwell and Jordan Streets.

Past Exit 3, where the elevated freeway returns to ground level, there are two diamond interchanges. The first is Exit 4: Fairfield Drive (State Road 295). Just north of there is Exit 5: Brent Lane (State Road 296).

Interstate 110's northern terminus is at Interstate 10. There is a trumpet interchange at this location that is in proximity to the I-10 interchange with Davis Highway (State Road 291) to the east. As of 2005, Interstate 110 is undergoing expansion to six lanes from Interstate 10 south to Maxwell Street. Reconstruction of the freeway will also add access to and from Airport Boulevard. Additionally, the overpass at Burgess Road has been removed and replaced with a wider overpass at Creighton Road, and the northbound on-and-off ramps at Fairfield Drive are being reconfigured to prevent traffic snarls caused by odd turning movements. Finally, several large flyover ramps are being added to the Interstate 10 interchange to correct problems associated with its proximity to Davis Highway.

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 10
I-110	California - Florida - Louisiana - Mississippi - Texas
I-210	California - Louisiana
I-310	Louisiana
I-410	Texas
I-510	Louisiana
I-610	Louisiana - Texas
I-710	California
I-910	Louisiana
past/ future	I-110: California - I-210: Alabama - I-310: Louisiana - I-410: Arizona - Louisiana - Louisiana - I-510: Arizona - I-710: Arizona

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