Florida State Road 30
State Road 30 (SR 30) is the mostly hidden Florida Department of Transportation designation for most of US 98 from the Florida-Alabama state line to east of Perry, Florida.
State Road 30 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 283.214 mi[1] (455.789 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 98 towards Mobile, AL | |||
 SR 392A in Panama City Beach | ||||
| East end |     US 19 / US 27 Alt. / US 98 / US 221 in Perry | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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In a 14-mile-long stretch west of Panama City, US 98 and SR 30 are separated by less than one mile (1.6 km), with SR 30 on Front Beach Road along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico in Hollywood Beach, Laguna Beach, and Panama City Beach, and US 98 inland (as unsigned State Road 30A) along Panama City Beach Parkway bypassing the beach communities. In 2009, the Florida DOT began signing Front Beach Road as SR 30, and removed US 98 Alt signs.
In Panama City, and Callaway, US 98 and SR 30 take different courses as they pass through the two cities, in which SR 30 becomes Business US 98 and US 98 becomes unsigned SR 30A (for more details on the routing through Panama City and Callaway, click here). Both at the western and eastern end of the split, US 98 and SR 30 merge upon approach of a bridge (on Panama City Parkway crossing Saint Andrew Bay to the west; and, to the east, New Dupont Bridge crossing East Bay for access to – and through – Tyndall Air Force Base).
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The eastern terminus of SR 30 is an intersection with US 19-US 27-SR 20 in Perry. There, a motorist driving eastbound on US 98 (West Hampton Springs Avenue) can turn southward onto its continuation on Byron Butler Parkway (Alternate US 27-US 19-US 98). Motorists continuing eastward on East Hampton Springs Avenue travel along southbound US 27-SR 20 toward Mayo, Alachua, and Gainesville.
History
FDOT announced in January 2010, near the end of the Pensacola Bay Bridge's 50-year design life, that the bridge was structurally deficient and would have to be replaced within six years.[2] As of 2011, a study is underway to determine the "feasibility, location, and conceptual design" of a replacement bridge.[3] As of February 2013, plans have begun to replace the bridge with construction beginning within two years, at a cost of $595.6 million, on a course slightly to the west of the existing bridge. The new bridge, like the current one, will not charge a toll.[4] As of February 2020, construction of the new bridge is complete with only the pedestrian portion to be completed with the old bridge being dismantled to make way for the parallel bridge to begin construction. However, just months later during Hurricane Sally on September 15-16, 2020, a barge got stuck under the bridge before a crane fell onto one span of the bridge; this knocked almost the entire span into Pensacola Bay, rendering the bridge completely unusable;[5] repairs were quickly arranged, with the bridge planned to be reopened in March 2021.[6]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Escambia | | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 98 west (SR-42) – Mobile | Alabama state line (Lillian Bridge over Perdido Bay) | ||
| see US 98 (mile 0.000-12.049) | |||||||
| Pensacola | 12.049 | 19.391 |   US 98 east / SR 292 (South Pace Boulevard) | east end of US 98 overlap; west end of US 98 Bus. overlap | |||
| see US 98 Bus. (mile 0.000-2.290) | |||||||
| 14.339 | 23.076 | US 98 west (North 9th Avenue / SR 289 north) | east end of US 98 Bus. overlap; west end of US 98 overlap | ||||
| see US 98 (mile 15.215-95.983) | |||||||
| Bay | | 95.107 | 153.060 | US 98 east (Panama City Beach Parkway / SR 30A east) – East End of Beaches | east end of US 98 overlap; east end of state maintenance | ||
| | 96.427 | 155.184 | Kelly Street (exit N) | ||||
| Laguna Beach | 97.598 | 157.069 | Exit M: Twin Lakes Drive | ||||
| 97.868 | 157.503 | Exit L:   CR 3037 north (Wisteria Lane) | |||||
| 98.679 | 158.808 | Exit K: Toledo Place | |||||
| Panama City Beach–Laguna Beach line | 99.149 | 159.565 | west end of state maintenance | ||||
| Panama City Beach | 100.145 | 161.168 | Cobb Road (exit J) | ||||
| 101.041 | 162.610 |    SR 79 north – West Bay, Northwest Florida / Beaches International Airport, Dog Track | |||||
| 102.346 | 164.710 | Exit H: Powell Adams Road | |||||
| 102.739 | 165.342 | Hills Road (exit G) | |||||
| 103.580 | 166.696 | Exit F: Nautlius Street | |||||
| 104.189 | 167.676 |  SR 392 east (Hutchison Boulevard) | |||||
| 104.784 | 168.634 | Exit E: Clara Avenue to express route | |||||
| 105.404 | 169.631 | Alf Coleman Road to express route (exit D) | |||||
| 105.988 | 170.571 | east end of state maintenance | |||||
| 106.070 | 170.703 | R. Jackson Boulevard to express route (exit C) | |||||
| 107.043 | 172.269 | Thomas Drive | former SR 745 | ||||
| 107.322 | 172.718 | SR 392 west (Hutchison Boulevard / CR 392 east) | west end of state maintenance | ||||
| | 107.822 | 173.523 | Exit B: Moylan Road | ||||
| | 109.642 | 176.452 | US 98 west (Panama City Beach Parkway / SR 30A) | interchange; west end of US 98 overlap | |||
| see US 98 (mile 109.931-113.859) | |||||||
| Panama City | 113.570 | 182.773 |    US 98 east (SR 30A) / SR 390 east (Beck Avenue) to US 231 – Cedar Grove | east end of US 98 overlap; west end of US 98 Bus. overlap; no left turn eastbound (onto SR 390) | |||
| see US 98 Bus. (mile 0.000-9.102) | |||||||
| Parker–Callaway line | 122.672 | 197.421 | US 98 west (Tyndall Parkway / SR 30A) – Cedar Grove | east end of US 98 Bus. overlap; west end of US 98 overlap; no left turn eastbound | |||
| see US 98 (mile 123.672-283.185) | |||||||
| Taylor | Perry | 282.185 | 454.133 |  US 19 north / US 27 / US 221 Truck north (Byron Butler Parkway / Hampton Springs Avenue / SR 20) – Tallahassee | west end of US 19 / US 27 Alt. / US 221 Truck overlap | ||
| 283.214 | 455.789 |   US 221 north (Jefferson Street / SR 55) / CR 361A south (Puckett Road) – Downtown Perry US 19 south / US 27 Alt. south / US 98 south (Byron Butler Parkway / SR 55) – Cross City, St. Petersburg | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes
Bay County Road 30
County Road 30 | |
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| Location | Bay County |
County Road 30 (CR 30) runs along a segment of Front Beach Road in Laguna Beach. The former section of SR 30 was relinquished by the Florida Department of Transportation in exchange for County Road 390.[7] CR 30 runs from the junction with U.S. 98/SR 30A/SR 30 eastbound and ends at the intersection with Deluna Place on the city line of Panama City Beach, where SR 30 resumes.
State Road 30A
State Road 30A | |
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| Location | Panama City Beach, Callaway, Panama City, Gulf County |
State Road 30A (SR 30A) is a Florida Department of Transportation designation shared by four alternate routings of SR 30 in the Florida panhandle. Two segments have SR 30A signage; the other two do not as they are segments of U.S. Route 98 (US 98). Three of the four SR 30A segments are next to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico for most (if not all) of their length.
Walton County Road 30A
County Road 30A | |
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| Location | Point Washington |
Just west of Santa Rosa Beach, near East Hewlett Road, County Road 30A branches off Reddick Road (US 98/SR 30) and heads southeastward toward the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. While US 98/SR 30 continues through the heart of Point Washington State Forest, CR 30A follows the shoreline, passing through Grayton Beach and Seaside, before rejoining SR 30 near Inlet Beach.
Gulf County Road 30A & Franklin County Road 30A
County Road 30A | |
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| Location | Gulf County, Franklin County |
County Road 30A in Gulf and Franklin counties is a former segment of SR 30A. The road follows the shoreline of Bay San Blas, Indian Lagoon, and Saint Vincent Sound from the junction with SR 30A and SR 30E to US 98.
State Road 30B
State Road 30B | |
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| Location | Pensacola |
State Road 30B is an unsigned road in Pensacola known locally as Gregory Square. Running east from Gregory Street, it dead ends at a culdesac a mere 0.123 miles (0.198 km) later. The road was once part of State Road 30, until it was realigned. Gregory Street is maintained by FDOT and is inventoried as part of State Road 30, but it is not a signed road.
The entire route is in Pensacola, Escambia County.
| mi[8] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | Gregory Street | One-way street eastbound; western terminus; eastbound entrance and westbound exit | ||
| 0.030 | 0.048 | North Tarragona Street | Western end of two-way traffic | ||
| 0.123 | 0.198 | Dead end | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Gulf County Road 30B
County Road 30B | |
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| Location | Gulf County |
County Road 30B (CR 30B), formerly State Road 30B, runs along St. Joseph Peninsula and is known locally as Indian Pass Road. It was a scenic route, with the western terminus at an intersection with CR 30A and an eastern terminus at the Indian Pass campground.
State Road 30E
State Road 30E | |
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| Location | Cape San Blas |
State Road 30E (SR 30E) exists on the St. Joseph Peninsula and is known locally as Cape San Blas Road. It's a scenic route, with the western terminus in St. Joseph Peninsula State Park near Eagle Harbor. Eastbound motorists drive by the T.H. Stone Memorial and the Cape San Blas lighthouse as they approach the terminus of SR 30E, an intersection with the SR 30A loop roughly a mile south of St. Joseph Point Lighthouse.
The entire route is in Gulf County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Cape San Blas | 0.000 | 0.000 | T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park | ||
| | 8.716 | 14.027 |  SR 30A west (CR 30A east) – Port St. Joe, Indian Pass | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Bay County Roads 30A, 30B, 30C, 30H, and 30P
In Panama City Beach, a series of former state roads exist that were relinquished to Bay County control, all of which were alternatives to State Road 30. All routes are named after their former state road numbers, except for CR 30P, which is the former SR 30F.
State Road 392A
As the 16-mile-long SR 30 parallels the Gulf Coast, it passes through Hollywood Beach, Sunnyside, Laguna Beach, and Panama City Beach—popular "Spring Break" stops for U.S. college students—before curving back inland to rejoin US 98. The popularity of the Panama City Beach beachfront (with Miracle Strip Amusement Park) has often resulted in the overloading of Front Beach Road and the prompting of FDOT's "creation" of a second bypass of the downtown area: the three-mile (5 km) long SR 392A.
Unlike SR 30A, SR 392A is entirely within the city limits of Panama City Beach, no more than 0.4-mile (0.64 km) inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Locally known as Hutchison Boulevard, it is signed east–west. The western terminus is an intersection with SR 30 Alternate near Youpon Road; the eastern terminus is an intersection with SR 30 at Thomas Drive.
The entire route is in Panama City Beach, Bay County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.000 | 0.000 |  SR 30 (Front Beach Road) | |||
| 0.542 | 0.872 | Exit E: Clara Avenue / Beach School Road - Beaches | |||
| 1.288 | 2.073 | Alf Coleman Road / Miracle Strip Road - Beach (exit D) | |||
| 1.924 | 3.096 | R. Jackson Boulevard (exit C) | |||
| 3.117 | 5.016 | SR 30 (Front Beach Road) – Panama City, Sunnyside | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- "Pensacola Bay Bridge is 'structurally deficient,' must be replaced." Northwest Florida Daily News, January 21, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2011.
- Pensacola Bay Bridge PD&E Study Accessed May 24, 2011.
- Sen. Don Gaetz: No toll for Pensacola Bay Bridge Accessed February 1, 2013.
- Staff Reports (September 16, 2020). "Three Mile Bridge suffers massive damage after Hurricane Sally topples crane, section missing". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- "Here's The Latest Update On The Pensacola Bay Bridge Repairs". NorthEscambia.com. December 4, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- Jackson, Tiffany (August 18, 2016). "FDOT, Bay County swap control of two roads".
- Florida Department of Transportation. "SR 30/SR 30B, Escambia County". Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory. Florida Department of Transportation. Sheet 2. Retrieved September 16, 2016.