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	Interstate 295; Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
	Maintained by FDOT
Length:	61.096 mi (98.324 km)
Beltway around Jacksonville, Florida
Major; junctions:	US 17; I-10; US 1 / US 23
Counties:	Duval
Major cities:	Jacksonville
	Florida State and County Roads
< SR 294	SR 295 >

Interstate 295 (a.k.a. I-295) is a bypass route around the west side of Jacksonville, Florida, which measures 35.511 miles (57.15 km) in length. It is an auxiliary route of Interstate 95. The highway forms a contiguous loop around central Jacksonville in conjunction with State Road 9A.

[edit] Route description

Exit signs at the interchange with Interstate 95, on South I-295

Interstate 295 is a 61.096 -mile (98.33 km)-long full beltway Interstate Highway extending around Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Starting from the southern interchange between I-95 in southern Jacksonville, the road heads west towards the St. John's River. The road then loops around the southwest side of Jacksonville, shortly serving as the border between Clay County and Duval County and running just north of the city of Orange Park. The road then continues towards an intersection with Interstate 10. From this point, it loops around the northwest side of Jacksonville to cross I-95 north of the Trout River and south of Jacksonville International Airport. Then it continues east linking to the beaches crossing U.S. 90, State Route 202 and looping back around to U.S 1 Phillips Highway and ending at I-95.

[edit] History

In 1992, a series of sniper shootings and concrete block and brick throwing attacks occurred on Interstate 295, resulting in the death of one motorist, William Klinedinst, after a concrete block landed on the hood of his moving car, causing it to crash. Another motorist, Debra Lewis, received a bullet wound to the face, and several other injuries occurred.^[2] The incidents spurred then-governor Lawton Chiles to dispatch the Florida National Guard to patrol the roadway and the American Automobile Association (AAA) to issue a rare travel warning for the interstate and direct its customers to avoid its use.^[3] A task force was set up by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) to investigate the incidents and, though charges were filed, they were eventually dropped. The task force was disbanded at the end of 1992 and the incidents remained unsolved to this day.

[edit] Future

In 2010, I-295 will officially absorb the State Road 9A portion of the beltway, pending a review of the eastern half of the beltway has been upgraded to interstate standards.^[4]

Extending from the southeast corner of the loop will be a new approximately 11-mile (18 km) expressway: Interstate 795 (SR 9B). In May 2008, the SR 9B project was suspended by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Improvements to the I-95 interchange North close by the airport are currently under construction.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Exit list

The whole route is in Jacksonville, Duval County.

Mile^[5]	#	Destinations	Notes
3.081	3	Old St. Augustine Road
4.885	5	SR 13 (San Jose Boulevard)	Signed as exits 5A (north) and 5B (south) clockwise
9.608	10	US 17 (Roosevelt Boulevard, Park Avenue) / SR 15
11.719	12	SR 21 (Blanding Boulevard)
15.445	16	SR 134 (103rd Street)
17.467	17	SR 208 (Wilson Boulevard)
19.482	19	SR 228 (Normandy Boulevard)
20.659	21	I-10 – Jacksonville, Lake City	Signed as exits 21A (east) and 21B (west)
22.238	22	Commonwealth Avenue
24.847	25	Pritchard Road
27.704	28	US 1 / US 23 (New Kings Road) – Callahan	Signed as exits 28A (south) and 28B (north)
30.046	30	SR 104 (Dunn Avenue)
31.693	32	SR 115 (Lem Turner Road)
33.364	33	International Airport Boulevard, Duval Road
0.000	35	I-95 – Jacksonville, Jacksonville International Airport, Savannah	Signed as exits 35A (south) and 35B (north)
0.375	36	US 17 (Main Street)
1.912	37	Pulaski Road
4.187	40	Alta Drive
5.966	41	SR 105 (Zoo Parkway, Heckscher Drive)
9.899	45	SR 113 (Southside Connector)	Clockwise exit and counterclockwise entrance
10.255	46	Merrill Road	Clockwise exit to Merrill Road east is via exit 45
11.395	47	Monument Road – NS Mayport
12.846	48	SR 10 (Atlantic Boulevard)
13.394	49	St. Johns Bluff Road	Counterclockwise exit and clockwise entrance
	51	US 90 (Beach Boulevard) – Florida Community College South Campus
	52	Town Center Parkway, University of North Florida Drive
	53	SR 202 (Butler Boulevard) – Jacksonville Beaches
55.006	54	Gate Parkway
56.390	56	SR 152 (Baymeadows Road)
58.231	58	I-795 / SR 9B	Proposed clockwise exit and counterclockwise entrance; ramp stubs exist
	60	US 1 (Philips Highway) / Greenland Road
61.096	61	I-95 – Jacksonville, Daytona Beach	Signed as exits 61A (south) and 61B (north)