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Names: Century Blvd, Pensacola Blvd, Palafox St US 29 enters Escambia County from Alabama at the small town of Century, Florida. US 29 ends at the junction of US 90/US 98 in downtown Pensacola (although some maps depict it ending at Pensacola Bay instead) US 29 is Escambia County's and Penacola's only major North-South escape route in the event of a hurricane. US 29 was backed up from the intersection of FL 296 all the way to the Alabama state line as Hurricane Opal made it's approach in 1995. That's a distance of more than 40 miles! Plans are currently being made to construct a new north-south expressway linking I-110 with AL I-65. However, construction is at least 10 years away. US 29 has recently (1996) been widened to six lanes between I-10 and FL 296. US 29 was originally numbered US 331 prior to 1936. |
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Local names; Mobile Hwy,
Cervantes St, Scenic Hwy US 90 enters Escambia County from Alabama as it crosses the Perdido River near Elberta, AL. US 90 splits with US 90-A before entering the city and US 90 veers south-southeast into the city while US90-A "bypasses" Pensacola to the north. FL 10 follows US 90 from the Alabama state line to the junction with US 90A on the northwest side of town. SR 10 then follows US 90A rather than US 90. US 90 then rejoins FL 10 at the eastern junction with US 90A. FL 10A begins at the western junction of US90 and US90A, and follows the US90 route through Pensacola to the junction with US90 on the northeastern side of town. FL 10A ends there and FL 10 then rejoins US90. US 90 traverses the western side of Pensacola, home to the Navy base, liquor stores, pawn shops, and car title loan offices. It enters the city proper in "Brownsville", notorious for it's chronic prostitution problems. Miraculously, as the highway intersects with I-110 downtown, the landscape changes to historic homes, attorney's offices, and as US 90 winds it's way back north to meet with US 90A, million dollar homes line it's shores. The portion of US 90 known as Scenic Hwy (I-110 to the eastern junction with US 90A) has been designated Florida's first offial State Scenic Route. |
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Local names: Nine Mile Rd US 90A begins in western Escambia County at a junction with it's parent, US 90, not far from the Alabama state line. US 90A runs east-west across the top of Pensacola's suburban areas. Nine Mile Road (as it is known locally) has become the focal point of suburban sprawl in Escambia County. This road is seriously clogged with fast food restaurants, strip malls, and traffic lights between FL 297 and University Parkway. US 90A serves as an important artery for traffic leading into Pensacola from suburban Santa Rosa County, across the Escambia River. US 90A ends where it again meets US 90 just west of the river. FL 10 is the secret state degination for US 90, but this road splits from US 90 and follows US 90A until rejoining US 90 in northeast Pensacola. FL 10A follows US 90 as it dips into the heart of the city. |
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