Interstate 10 West - Leon County

Advancing toward Tallahassee, U.S. 90 crosses paths with Interstate 10 for the first time since Exit 275 near Ellaville, in seven miles.

11/20/14

Interstate 10 rises 80 feet in elevation from Black Creek on this straight away north of Capitola.

07/13/07

A six-ramp parclo interchange connects with U.S. 90 (Mahan Drive) from Interstate 10 west. Exit 209A for U.S. 90 west directs motorists to both Florida State University and Florida A & M University.

11/20/14

U.S. 90 leads east from the suburbs of Tallahassee to the Jefferson County seat at Monticello and U.S. 19.

11/18/15

The next four exits all serve the city of Tallahassee. Interstate 10 enters the city limits briefly at Exit 209 and again at Miccosukee Road.

11/18/15

Exit 209A loops onto U.S. 90 (Mahan Drive) west into east Tallahassee. Mahan Drive expands into a busy arterial from I-10 to U.S. 319 (Capital Circle NE).

11/18/15

Interstate 10 angles northwest across Miccosukee Road (CR 0347) before turning westward on the four mile drive to U.S. 319 (Exit 203).

05/02/20

Sign changes made between 2006 and 2008 revised the distance to Pensacola from 190 to 203.

05/02/20

Exit 203 joins I-10 west with both U.S. 319 (Capital Circle NE) and SR 61 (Thomasville Road). This interchange was upgraded to add a direct ramp to U.S. 319 as part of the Moving I-10 Forward project. Work began in October 2006 and was completed in 2009.

05/02/20

U.S. 319 (Capital Circle NE) encircles the east and south side of Tallahassee while SR 61 (Thomasville Road) angles southwest into Downtown. U.S. 319 travels 27.5 miles northeast to Thomasville, Georgia.

05/02/20

SR 61 represents the original U.S. 319 alignment through Tallahassee and the hidden designation for U.S. 319 northward to Georgia.

05/02/20

Exit 203 leaves I-10 west for U.S. 319 (Capital Circle NE) and SR 61 (Thomasville Road). Points of interest for Exit 203 include Alfred B. MacClay State Gardens via U.S. 319 north and the Civic Center via SR 61 south.

05/02/20

Exit 203 partitions into separate ramps for U.S. 319 (Capital Circle NE) and SR 61 (Thomasville Road). Originally a single exit ramp required motorists to use SR 61 to make the connection with Capital Circle NE.

11/20/14

U.S. 319 represents a 318 mile route between Apalachicola and Wadley, Georgia.

11/20/14

Interstate 10 turns southward to circumvent Lake Jackson.

05/02/20

SR 155 (Meridian Road) passes over the six lane freeway, two miles east of the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 199) with U.S. 27 (Monroe Street).

05/02/20

Exit 199 (U.S. 27) departs one mile beyond the Sharer Road overpass. U.S. 27 (Monroe Street) runs south to Downtown Tallahassee and the State Capitol complex, east of Florida State University. Sign changes to Exit 199 in 2008 switched Havana with Monroe Street.

05/02/20

As part of the Moving I-10 Forward road work, Exit 199 was expanded outward to improve ramp geometry to and from U.S. 27. U.S. 27 (Monroe Street) leads northwest from Tallahassee to Lake Jackson, Havana and Bainbridge, Georgia.

05/02/20

Exit 199 parts ways from I-10 with two lanes to U.S. 27 (Monroe Street). A 1,373 mile route, U.S. 27 stretches from Miami north to Fort Wayne, Indiana, but originally continued all the way to St. Ignace, Michigan.

05/02/20

Old Bainbrdige Road (CR 0361) spans Interstate 10 just east of this shield assembly.

05/02/20

SR 263 (Capital Circle NW) encircles the west side of Tallahassee between U.S. 319 and U.S. 27 at Lake Jackson. The state road converges with Interstate 10 at Exit 196 in two miles.

05/02/20

SR 263 leads south to Tallahassee International Airport (TLH), U.S. 319 (Capital Circle SW) at Lakeside and SR 363 (Woodville Highway). SR 263 at Exit 196 was expanded to eight lanes during the Moving I-10 Forward project.

05/02/20

Construction from 2021 onward widens the final two lane sections of SR 263 (Capital Circle NW) to the south. Previously only the arterial section between I-10 and U.S. 90 was six lanes wide.

05/02/20

Exit 196 parts ways for SR 263 (Capital Circle NW) south to Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) by Lake Bradford and U.S. 319 to the Forgotten Coast and SR 263 north to U.S. 27 at Lake Jackson.

05/02/20

SR 263 travels 15.04 miles overall between SR 363 (Woodville Highway) and U.S. 27 (Monroe Street).

05/02/20

The town of Havana lies 11 miles to the northwest via SR 263 (Capital Circle NW) and U.S. 27.

05/02/20

Advancing west toward a set of rest areas, I-10 passes by the South Ochlockonee Tract of Lake Talquin State Forest.

05/02/20

A PD&E Study through August 2021 evaluates widening Interstate 10 another 4.2 miles west to a point just beyond U.S. 90 at Midway.

05/02/20

Rest areas along both sides of I-10 in Leon County were closed for renovations in 2015.

05/02/20

Interstate 10 and U.S. 90 come together again in four miles at Exit 192.

05/02/20

Westbound Interstate 10 spans the Ochlocknee River into Gadsden County. The freeway across the river opened to traffic in 1972.

05/02/20