State Road 16 West - St. Augustine to Green Cove Springs

The first shield for SR 16 west stands along Picolata Road between San Marco Avenue (SR 5A) and Grant Street.
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SR 16 continues one block from Grant Street to U.S. 1 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) in St. Augustine.
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U.S. 1 (Ponce De Leon Boulevard) parallels the San Sebastian River through St. Augustine.
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SR 16 proceeds west from U.S. 1 across the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway.
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The eastern branch of St. Johns County Road 16A loops 2.41 miles north along Lewis Speedway between SR 16 and U.S. 1 in north St. Augustine.
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SR 16 crosses the San Sebastian River 24 miles from the Clay County seat of Green Cove Springs. Starke is 51.5 miles to the west along SR 16 at U.S. 301.
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Masters Drive (unsigned CR 1337) stems 1.44 miles south from SR 16 to Evergreen Avenue in St. Augustine.
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Varella Avenue (CR 1335) heads north from Cervantes Avenue across SR 16 to CR 16A (Lewis Speedway).
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SR 16 enters a commercialized diamond interchange (Exit 318) with Interstate 95 west of Outlet Center Boulevard.
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County Road 208 branches west from SR 16 to Bakersville and Picolata just beyond the exchange with Interstate 95
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SR 16 branches west from SR 13 at a three-wye intersection north of Little Florence Cover along the St. Johns River.
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The Green Cove Springs city center is 5.6 miles to the west along SR 16.
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The Clay County line follows the St. Johns River across SR 16.
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SR 16 crosses the St. Johns River west between Smith Point and Red Bay Point.
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SR 16 spans the St. Johns River over the Shands Bridge.
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Built in 1961, the Shands Bridge supports two lanes on a 34 foot wide deck. The concrete trestle beam bridge is 6,662 feet in length.¹
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Future construction of the First Coast Expressway (SR 23) will replace the Shands Bridge with a high level span.
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The First Coast Expressway will branch southward from SR 16 to bypass Green Cove Springs. Construction runs through 2025.
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SR 16 (Leonard C. Taylor Parkway) expands to a four lane highway south of Red Bay and beyond construction for the First Coast Expressway.
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SR 16 proceeds west into the city of Green Cove Springs north of Reynolds Airpark (FL60).
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Construction underway in 2018 expanded SR 16 west to the intersection with U.S. 17 at Cooks Lane.
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Following the St. Johns River, U.S. 17 heads north to Orange Park and Jacksonville and south from Green Cove Springs to Palatka and Satsuma.
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Turning north, SR 16 overlaps with U.S. 17 for 0.63 miles to Ferris Street in the Green Cove Springs business district.
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U.S. 17/SR 16 (Orange Avenue) enter the Green Cove Springs residential street grid at Oak Street, three blocks south of their separation.
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U.S. 17 (Orange Avenue) continues north from Green Cove Springs to Fleming Island while SR 16 (Ferris Street) resumes a westerly course to Penney Springs.
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SR 16 shifts from Ferris Street onto Idlewild Avenue west from an at-grade crossing with the CSX Railroad. The succeeding traffic light is with West Street.
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Oakridge Avenue is part of CR 15A south 3.69 miles from SR 16 in Green Cove Springs to U.S. 17.
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