Roosevelt Blvd (Jacksonville)
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| State Road 15 |
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Roosevelt Boulevard ,   |
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| Formed: | legislated 1939 opened 1950 | ||||||||
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| South end: |   U.S. Highway 17 / SR 15 in Jacksonville at the Duval County Line . |
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| North end: |  US 17/SR 15 SR 228 in Jacksonville at College Street & Willow Branch Ave . |
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Roosevelt Blvd
It's a 6 Line Highway on the Westside of Jacksonville , Florida . It Takes U.S. 17 & State Road 15 , from Duval County Line just before Interstate 295 , until it's end at Willow Branch Ave , with the road itself beoming one of the incarnation of College St in the Riverside area of Jacksonville .
After Changing Names from Park Ave in Orange Park , Florida "Clay County. U.S. 17 /SR 15 takes the name of Roosevelt Blvd , when coming into Duval County , then intersects with Interstate 295 (SR 9A) , then moves past Collins Road and parallels N.A.S. Jax going up the left side of the base with the St Johns River on the Right side of the Base . There are 2 gates to getting into the base one of them Yorktown which features a Blue Angel at the Gates . as the Highway continues it intersects Timaquauna Rd State Road 134, then Ortega Blvd State Road 211 , Splits off the right side and heads through Ortega , as Roosevelt borders the outside of ortega . passing Ortega Farms Rd , then going over a Bridge going over Ortega River . then intersects with San Juan Ave , after that it & has S.Park St end on the Left side only for N.Park St split out of the right side about 200 yards apart . Which just after this on the Southbound side only is a exit for Blanding Blvd SR 21 , as the Highway continues it the right lane splits off to stay ground level as the rest of the Highway becomes a overpass going over S.Edgewood Ave the after the lane comes back in , but the physical Road continues turning to the right which is the ( Roosevelt Expy ) & at one time US 17 Alt / SR 15-a . but as for Roosevelt Blvd & U.S. 17 / SR 15 turn off on the Orginal 4 Line Roosevelt Blvd , interesting with McDuff Ave State Road 129 then Post St State Road 228 which is 2 way until meeting Roosevelt then becoming one way east bound . & North Bound U.S. 17 /SR 15 turn off on Post St , as Roosevelt Blvd then ends at Willow Branch Ave ,as the road becomes College St after the Willow Branch intercection . But Traffic is only Westbound .
[edit] Major roads intersected
- Interstate 295 /( State Road 9A)
- Yorktown Ave ( Enterance to N.A.S. Jax )
- Timquana Rd ( State Road 134)
- Ortega Blvd ( State Road 211 )
- San Juan Ave State Road 128
- Park St , South & North ,
- Blanding Blvd ( State Road 21)
- Edgewood Ave S.
- US 17 Alt / SR 15-a
- McDuff Ave ( State Road 129 )
- Post St / College St ( State Road 228 )
[edit] History & Facts
- Roosevelt Expressway (Jacksonville) in Jacksonville, Florida is a Spur of Interstate 10 & as a Limited access Expressway until intersecting with McDuff Ave ( SR 129 ) then going on to end when merging with Roosevelt Blvd .
- Roosevelt Expressway has been signed in the last number of years as Roosevelt Blvd , even though it's still in J.T.A. Books as Expressway .
- The Short 4 Line Part of Roosevelt Blvd is now being refered to as " Old Roosevelt Blvd "
- Roosevelt Blvd was Roosevelt Ave & it was a 4 Lane Highway , when it was expanded to 6 lanes is when it became a Blvd , take this is about the same time the Roosevelt Expy / Spur was built .
- It's Part of the Blue Star Memorial Highway , & named for President Frankin D. Roosevelt
