Florida State Road 951

State Road 951
State Road 951
Collier Boulevard
	SR 951 in red, CR 951 in blue
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	7.710 mi (12.408 km)
Existed	1945–present
Major junctions
South end	Marco Island
	US 41 near Naples Manor; Naples;
North end	I-75 near Golden Gate
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Collier
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 951 (SR 951), locally known as Collier Boulevard, is a 7-mile-long (11 km) north–south divided highway that extends from the south end of the

SR 846 near Golden Gate

. Portions of the former state highway are now part of County Road 951 (CR 951).

Route description

State Road 951 begins at the south end of the S.S. Jolley Bridge in Marco Island, crossing Big Marco Pass, passing through marshland and woodland as it leaves Marco Island and heads towards the mainland, crossing an intersection with CR 952 (Capri Boulevard). The next intersection, Mainsail Drive, provides access to Marco Island Airport. Further north on the mainland, the road passes by some newer housing and country club developments as it intersects with Tamiami Trail, the northern terminus of the southern segment.

The road resumes near

Alligator Alley

, with the northern end of the interchange being the northern terminus.

A numbering anomaly within the

SR 953

(LeJeune Road) is another 12.5 miles (20.1 km) to the east of SR 997.

History

Most of the current portion of State Road 951 south of U.S. Route 41 came into existence around 1955 during development of the Isles of Capri. It was built upon the abandoned rail bed of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Fort Myers to Marco Island branch, which existed from 1927 to 1944.^[2]

Prior to 1976, State Road 951 extended along a much longer route than it does today. It began at the Isles of Capri (along the current CR 952). When the Jolley Bridge was built to Marco Island in 1969, the route across it was designated SR 951B. At State Road 84 (the original Alligator Alley and current Davis Boulevard), SR 951's designation then zig-zagged into North Naples along what is today Radio Road, Airport-Pulling Road, Golden Gate Parkway and Goodlette-Frank Road, ultimately terminating at the intersection of Goodlette-Frank Road and then-SR 896 (Pine Ridge Road). The current Collier Boulevard north of SR 84 was designated State Road 858 at the time.^[3]

Many state roads in Collier County were re-designated on January 5, 1976.

State Road 846 (now County Road 846), which provides access to the Big Cypress Swamp town of Immokalee and the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

. The state road designation of the northernmost 14 miles (23 km) of SR 951 were phased out in the 1980s as they were relinquished to county control. They were also removed from other roads in the Big Cypress Swamp.

State Road 951 formerly extended 2.6 miles (4.2 km) to the south, terminating at

County Road 92

(San Marco Road) in Marco Island. This section was turned over to the city of Marco Island on November 29, 2004.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Collier County.

Location	mi^[1]^[5]	km	Destinations	Notes
Goodland
	1.5^{CR 953 )}
	2.606	4.194	foot of Jolley Bridge	south end of state maintenance
	2.76	4.44	Judge S.S. Jolley Bridge over Big Marco Pass
	4.135	6.655	CR 952 west (Capri Boulevard) – Isles of Capri
	9.678	15.575	SR 90 )	north end of state maintenance
	13.2^{CR 864 west (Rattlesnake Hammock Road)}
	16.205	26.079	SR 84 west (Davis Boulevard) – Naples	south end of state maintenance
	16.59	26.70	Miami	I-75 exit 101
	16.843	27.106	north end of state maintenance
CR 886 west (Golden Gate Parkway)
	20.3^{CR 896 west (Pine Ridge Road) to I-75}
	22.4^{CR 862 )}
	24.351	39.189	CR 846 (Immokalee Road) to I-75 / US 41 north – Naples Park, Immokalee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
^ Woodward, Craig. "Hiking with Henry Lowe: Part Two North of the Isles of Capri". Coastal Breeze News. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^ General Highway Map, Collier County, April 1966, reprinted January 1973/July 1975: sheet 1, sheet 2
Newspapers.com.

^ FDOT GIS data Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Google Maps distance

External links

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[sld-1] FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014

[2] Woodward, Craig. "Hiking with Henry Lowe: Part Two North of the Isles of Capri". Coastal Breeze News. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

[1966-75-3] General Highway Map, Collier County, April 1966, reprinted January 1973/July 1975: sheet 1, sheet 2

[1970schanges-4] Newspapers.com.

[GIS-5] FDOT GIS data Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014

[Goog-6] Google Maps distance

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I-75