U.S. Route 29 in Florida

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 29 in Florida. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 29.

U.S. Highway 29 marker

U.S. Highway 29

Map
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length43.636 mi[1] (70.225 km)
Existed1936–present
Major junctions
South end US 90 / US 98 in Pensacola
Major intersections
North end US 29 in Flomaton, AL
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesEscambia
Highway system
←
SR 27
→ SR 29
← I-95SR 95→ SR 97

U.S. Highway 29 (US 29) in the state of

Florida Panhandle, becoming six lanes through and near several towns. The highway's hidden state road
designation is entirely State Road 95 (SR 95).

Street names include North Palafox Street, Pensacola Boulevard, and Century Boulevard. From Brent to Cantonment, US 29 runs between two different railroad lines. On the west side is a line formerly owned by the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco; now owned by the Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway), and, on the east side is a line previously owned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N; now CSX Transportation).[2]

Route description

US 29 begins its northward journey at an intersection with

CR 749
.

Before entering

CR 182. Just north of here, the road inherits the name "Century Boulevard" and runs parallel to the same powerline right-of-way it crossed under at Neal Road in Cantonment. It passes a power substation across the street from local businesses, but more forestland can be found on the east side while more farmland can be found on the west side, with the brief exception of church across from the intersection with Bet Raines Road. From there, the forest on the east side evolves into farmland until it approaches SR 97 which spans southeast to CR 95A and northwest to Atmore, Alabama
. The powerlines move to the northeast, and, less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from there, US 29 encounters the northern terminus of CR 95A right after a second crossing of the Jack's Branch River.

From here, the road begins to curve more toward the northeast. Just north of the Morgan Cemetery, US 29 enters

CR 164
, 0.1 miles (0.16 km) north of a dirt road named Driver Road, which only intersects the southbound lanes. After passing by a volunteer firehouse on the east side and a gas station on the west side, the road runs over a pair of bridges over Mitchell Creek then climbs another hill, where the road runs through more forestland with sparse houses and farms.

Northbound US 29 as seen from the median of Brown Road south of Bluff Springs

After the intersection with Brown Road, US 29 begins to run down a hill and later curves to the right where it crosses over a pair of bridges over Canoe Creek, then enters Bluff Springs, which appears to be more residential than communities further to the south, but is not lacking in woodlands or farmlands either. Century Boulevard makes a sharper right curve after the intersection with North Canoe Road and remains as such despite briefly curving between Thompson Road and Bluff Springs Road. Afterward, it crosses a pair of bridges over the Pritchell Mill Branch. At the intersection of Dawson Road, some reduce speed warning sings can be spotted for the northbound lanes, showing a sign of the end of rural high-speed travel. This occurrence is because the divider that has run along the middle of the road since Brent is replaced by a continuous left-turn lane at the intersection of Tedder Road near a branch of the Century Fire Department just before the road crosses a bridge over Wiggins Branch, where it enters Century.

US 29 just before crossing the Florida–Alabama state line

Despite entering the town limits, the surroundings remain rural and residential. At the intersection of

CR 4A, with a southeast continuation onto Front Street, and then approaches the intersection of West and East Hecker Road. Signs approaching East Hecker Road point to the Alger–Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District. SR 4 breaks away from US 29 to head east toward Jay, Baker, and Milligan, while US 29 begins to curve into a more northwesterly direction. The road curves further to the northwest at the intersection with East McCurdy Street and further to the northwest just before the intersection with Jackson Street. The last intersections with US 29 in Florida are Renfro Street to the east and Glenn Street to the west (both dead end streets) before the road finally intersects the Florida–Alabama state line at State Line Road, then climbs a bridge over a large railroad yard to enter downtown Flomaton, Alabama
.

History

A US 29 shield used in Florida prior to 1993

Part of the route of US 29 follows a trail that

First Seminole War, when he was on his way from Pensacola to Fort Montgomery.[7]

US 29 originally ran concurrently with the former alignment of

US 331 between 1926 and 1936.[8]

Beginning in 1956, signs for U.S. Highways in Florida had different colors for each highway. The shield for US 29 was red with white lettering and outline, until the state was forced by the federal government to conform to standards that required consistent black-and-white signs in 1993.[citation needed]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Escambia County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
SR 10A
)		Southern terminus of US 29; southern terminus of SR 95
1.7742.855
SR 752
(Texar Drive)
1.9583.151
 SR 295 (West Fairfield Drive) to I-110		I-110 exit 4
Brent2.9764.789
 SR 292 south (Pace Boulevard)
3.5435.702 SR 296 (Beverly Parkway / Brent Lane) – Airport
3.6815.924
CR 95A
north		northbound access only
4.1726.714
 SR 750 east (Airport Boulevard)
5.2088.381
CR 453
south (W Street)
5.9359.551
 SR 742 east (West Burgess Road)
Mobile
I-10 exit 10
NAS Pensacola
interchange
CR 95A
10.75317.305
CR 297
south (West Roberts Road)
11.30718.197
CR 186
(East Kingsfield Road)
12.00719.323Old Chemstrand Road (
CR 749
east)
14.14622.766
CR 95A
south		South end of CR 95A overlap
CR 184
west (Muscogee Road / Beck's Lake Road)		South end of CR 184 overlap
15.02924.187
CR 95A
north		North end of CR 95A overlap
18.04029.033
CR 184
east (West Quintette Road)		North end of CR 184 overlap
CR 196
22.57136.325
CR 182 (Molino Road) – Barrineau Park, Molino
23.56137.918
Atmore, Molino
24.12838.830
CR 95A
south
CR 164
west
CR 4 west – Lake Stone Campground
South end of CR 4 overlap
41.65667.039
CR 4A
west
42.44268.304
 SR 4 east – Jay		North end of SR 4 overlap
43.63670.225
SR 113) – Flomaton
Continuation into Alabama; northern terminus of SR 95
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014
  2. usf.edu
    .
  3. ^ Cantonment, Florida 1978 Topographical Map (NETR: Historic Aerials Online)
  4. ^ "Lakeside At Barth, Florida". hikercentral.com.
  5. ^ "Lakeside at Barth". Thats Not, LLC.
  6. ^ "Camp o' the Pines". campopines.com.
  7. ^ Weingroff, Richard (June 27, 2017). "US 29 Maryland to Florida". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  8. ^ Sanderson, Dale (August 19, 2009). "End of US Highway 331[I]". US Ends.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2013.[self-published source]

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