Interstate 10 West - Santa Rosa County

I-10 bee lines southwest from Harold across areas of timberland and Yellow River Wildlife Management Area.

05/31/04

SR 87 provides one of two routes connecting inland Santa Rosa County with Santa Rosa Island and Gulf Islands National Seashore. The state road travels 18.5 miles south from Exit 31 to Navarre and U.S. 98 near Navarre Beach Causeway (CR 399).

03/26/13

SR 87 continues north from the diamond interchange at Exit 31, 1.2 miles to an overlap with U.S. 90 west to the county seat of Milton.

03/03/13

West of Downtown Milton, SR 87 resumes a northerly course with four lanes to Point Baker en route to Allentown and the Alabama state line. The state route runs 47.13 miles overall.

03/26/13

SR 87, in conjunction with State Route 41, provides a hurricane evacuation route to Brewton, Alabama and I-65. Construction from 2002 to 2019 widened the state road north from U.S. 98 to U.S. 90.

03/26/13

Confirming marker posted west of SR 87 and the community of Welcome.

12/06/03

The final westbound rest area along Interstate 10 in Florida follows. Facilities in both directions were rebuilt in the early 2000s.

08/03/11

Interstate 10 sinks southwestward toward Ward Basin and Blackwater Bay.

05/31/10

The succeeding exit west of the Santa Rosa County rest area on I-10 is with CR 89 (Ward Basin Road). Predating the completion of Exit 28 in 1985, this distance sign instead references CR 191 at Exit 26 and Downtown Pensacola at 21 miles.

08/03/11

A folded diamond interchange joins Interstate 10 with County Road 89 (Ward Basin Road) at Ward Basin. Ward Basin Road spurs south from Exit 28 to Pine Bluff and a fish camp along the Yellow River.

12/09/12

Exit 28 loops from Interstate 10 west to County Road 89. Ward Basin Road continues north from Exit 28 to U.S. 90/SR 87 at East Milton.

08/03/11

Interstate 10 angles southwest across the Blackwater River near Shields Point. The bridges here were rebuilt in the late 1990s and expanded with outside shoulders. The Blackwater River flows south from Lower Alabama into Blackwater Bay and East Bay.

05/16/14

CR 191 (Garcon Point Road) converges with I-10 at a diamond interchange (Exit 26) south from the unincorporated community of Bagdad.

05/16/14

North from Exit 26 and Bagdad, CR 191 (Garcon Point Road) ties into U.S. 90/SR 87 (Caroline Street) at Downtown Milton. A second branch of CR 191 (Munson Highway) ventures northeast from Milton to Naval Air Station Whiting, Munson and the Alabama state line.

05/16/14

CR 191 (Garcon Point Road) extends 7.3 miles southwest to SR 281, which crosses Pensacola Bay on the Garcon Point Bridge to U.S. 98 near Gulf Breeze.

05/16/14

CR 191 shields were posted along the off-ramp at Exit 26 after an email to FDOT from AARoads. A separate leg of CR 191 leads northwest 9.45 miles from SR 87 at Milton to CR 197 at Wallace.

05/16/14

Continuing southwest from Jakes Bayou, I-10 meets SR 281 (Avalon Boulevard) at a diamond interchange (Exit 22) in three miles. Prior to completion of the Garcon Point Bridge, Exit 22 was signed simply for Avalon Boulevard and this distance sign still reflects that.

04/30/10

The Garcon Point Bridge is a two lane toll road on SR 281 crossing East Bay from Garcon Point to U.S. 98 south of Redfish Point and east of Gulf Breeze.

05/26/13

SR 281 travels 15.95 miles overall, heading north from Interstate 10 near Avalon Beach to U.S. 90 near Galt City, midway between Milton and Pace. Road work widened five miles of SR 281 north from Exit 22 between July 2011 and February 2016.

05/26/13

Opened on May 14, 1999 with a toll rate of $2.00, the Garcon Point Bridge operated with low usage for the first three years. This resulted in a toll increase in 2002 to help cover bonds used for its construction. Subsequent toll increases followed and on July 1, 2011, the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority failed to make their $5 million bond payment, putting the authority in default.¹

07/24/11

West from Avalon Beach, I-10 advances to Escambia Bay near Liveoak Point, where a set of rest areas were formerly located. The mileage to Downtown Pensacola references Interstate 110 south. Mobile, Alabama is the next control point.

08/03/11

Crossing Escambia Bay, the David Bogan Bridge comprises a pair of three lane spans leading Interstate 10 southwest to Lora Point.

08/03/11

Interstate 10 enters Escambia County near the bridge hump over the navigation channel, midway across Escambia Bay.

03/17/12

Built to replace the 1969-spans damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, the westbound bridge across Escambia Bay opened on December 12, 2007.

08/03/11

The eastbound bridge across Escambia County opened with two way traffic on December 19, 2006.

08/03/11