State Road 89 South


The first southbound shield of SR 89 stands by the Alabama state line. Extending from Escambia County Road 55 south, SR 89 transitions from forest land to open farm fields on the four mile drive to Jay.
02/07/06
A welcome sign follows for southbound drivers entering Florida from Escambia County, Alabama along State Road 89.
02/07/06
Santa Rosa County Road 399 stems south from SR 89 at Mt. Carmel to SR 4 east of Jay. This is the northernmost segment of CR-399. Another section of CR 399 is assigned in northern Santa Rosa County, while the others serve Navarre and the Gulf Beaches.
02/07/06
SR 89 splits with Alabama Street (County Road 197) and heads south to merge with SR 4 west in Jay.
05/03/09


SR 89 parts ways with SR 4 west at Alabama Street (County Road 197). Another seven miles of SR 4 lie west from Jay to Century (U.S. 29) in northern Escambia County.
02/07/06

Resuming a southward trajectory, SR 89 follows Alabama Street by Jay Hospital to exit the city at Escambia Avenue.
02/07/06
County Road 197 splits from SR 89 for Chumuckla Highway west. The county highway represents the main route between Jay and Pace.
05/03/09
Chumuckla Highway travels between SR 89, Brownsdale, Chumuckla, Wallace and U.S. 90 in Pace.
05/03/09
County Road 164 follows Greenwood Road east to Cobbtown, CR 399 (Country Mill Road) and SR 4 west of Berrydale.
02/07/06
SR 89 angles southeast from the eastern segment of Santa Rosa County Road 164 toward the western one.
02/07/06
Harvest Road carries Santa Rosa County Road 164 west from SR 89 to Chumuckla Highway (County Road 197) at Brownsdale.
02/07/06
The western branch of Santa Rosa County Road 164 travels 3.81 miles to CR 197. Another section of CR 164 is located in Escambia County between McDavid (U.S. 29) and SR 97.
02/07/06
Heading southeast from Harvest Road along SR 89. Between September 2004 and November 2006, the state road was part of a network of detour routes for overweight and wide loads prohibited from crossing the damaged spans of Interstate 10 across Escambia Bay. Trailblazers for I-10/Permit Loads were posted along SR 89, SR 4, U.S. 29 and other roads in northern Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties.
02/07/06
Santa Rosa County Road 178 (Spanish Trail) crosses paths with SR 89 at the next intersection.
02/07/06
12/09/12
West from SR 89, CR 178 leads to CR 197 at the settlement of New York. Eastward, the county highway ends at SR 87, south of Whitfield.
02/07/06
Penton Road provides a cutoff to County Road 178 east from SR 89 north. A southbound reassurance shield follows the intersection.
02/07/06
Central School Road carries County Road 182 southeast to Central High School and Allentown Road. Chumuckla lies west of SR 89 along Santa Rosa County Road 182.
02/07/06
The rural drive of SR 89 continues from County Road 182 to Allentown Road east and the northern outskirts of Milton at Point Baker.
02/07/06
A final eastward turn occurs along SR 89 after Pine Blossom Road, bringing the state road to SR 87 at Point Baker.
02/07/06
State Road 87 stretches nearly the height of Santa Rosa County, beginning in Navarre from U.S. 98 and leading north through Milton to become SR 41 en route to Brewton, Alabama.
02/07/06
Guide signs were posted for the truck detour of Interstate 10 along with the trailblazers for the long loop to the SR 4 crossing of the Escambia River. Damage caused by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 rendered the Escambia Bay bridges impassable for a period of time and ultimately led to their replacement.
02/07/06


SR 87/89 overlap for 1.64 miles south from Point Baker to Stewart Street. A number of residential streets and mobile home parks line the arterial on this stretch.
05/18/14

Dogwood Drive comprises a four lane divided highway south from Stewart Street to U.S. 90 (Caroline Street) through Milton. Just inside the city limits is the junction with County Road 191 (Magnolia Street east / Willard Norris Road west) along SR 89 south.
12/09/12
Santa Rosa County Road 191 exists in three segments radiating outward from Milton. Millard Norris Road represents the northwestern branch connecting the county seat with County Road 197 (Chumuckla Highway) near Wallace and NAS Whiting OLF Pace. CR-191 east ends at SR 87 nearby via Magnolia Street.
12/09/12
Berryhill Road doubles as Santa Rosa County Road 184A west from SR 89 (Dogwood Drive) to County Road 197 (Chumuckla Highway) at Pace.
This shield was missing by December 9, 2012.
02/07/06
County Road 184A stretches 7.88 miles west from Dogwood Drive to CR-197. The county road used to continue east along Berryhill Drive to SR 87 (Stewart Street) and Broad Street (unsigned CR-191) at downtown Milton.
12/09/12
A shield for SR 89 was posted along the curve of Dogwood Drive south between Berryhill and Hamilton Bridge Roads. It was removed by December 2012.
02/07/06
Hamilton Bridge Road heads northeast from Glover Lane to meet SR 89 just ahead of its end at Berryhill Road. The road links Milton with Spencer Field to the west as a former county highway.
12/09/12
The final shield of SR 89 follows Hamilton Bridge Road as Dogwood Drive turns southeast toward U.S. 90 (Caroline Street).
12/09/12
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 02/07/06
- Brent Ivy: 05/03/09
- ABRoads: 12/09/12, 05/18/14
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Page Updated Monday December 10, 2012.