U.S. 90 Alternate East - Escambia County

U.S. 90 Alternate (Nine Mile Road) separates from U.S. 90 (Mobile Highway) at a rural wye intersection in Beulah.

02/01/06

Eastbound distance sign referencing both Milton and Tallahassee beyond the U.S. 90 Alternate east end at the Escambia River.

05/17/14

Advancing east through Beulah, U.S. 90 ALT intersects SR 99 (Beulah Road) at the first of several traffic lights along Nine Mile Road.

05/17/14

A maintenance transfer announced on September 5, 2019 upgraded Beulah Road to a state road between U.S. 90 and Isaacs Lane near I-10.

09/06/20

Beulah Road joins U.S. 90 ALT with U.S. 90 (Mobile Highway) to the south and CR 184 (Muscogee Road) to the north.

05/17/14

Heritage Oaks Boulevard from the Navy Federal Credit Union corporate headquarters and Salt Grass Drive from the Nature Trail development intersect U.S. 90 Alternate midway between CR 99 and I-10.

05/17/14

U.S. 90 ALT previously widened to four lanes only through the diamond interchange with I-10. $46 million in construction through Summer 2020 expands all of Nine Mile Road from CR 99 (Beulah Road) east to U.S. 29.

05/17/14

The ensuing entrance ramp from U.S. 90 ALT leads to I-10 east to Pensacola, Milton and Tallahassee.

05/17/14

Interstate 10 travels 18 miles west from Nine Mile Road to CR 64 (Wilcox Road) in Baldwin County, Alabama and 45 miles to the city of Mobile.

05/17/14

A traffic light was added along U.S. 90 ALT at the intersection with the westbound I-10 ramps by December 2012.

05/17/14

Proceeding east from the exchange with I-10, U.S. 90 Alternate (Nine Mile Road) formerly reduced to two lanes, but widening underway in 2017 expands Nine Mile Road to four overall lanes.

05/17/14

U.S. 90 Alternate (Nine Mile Road) next meets SR 297 south and CR 297 at Pine Forest. The state road runs 4.38 miles south along Pine Forest Road to SR 173 (Blue Angel Parkway) and U.S. 90 (Mobile Highway).

05/17/14

Escambia County Road 297 (Pine Forest Road) extends north two tenths of a mile to CR 297A and 3.5 miles northeast to U.S. 29 at Gonzalez.

04/25/10

Continuing east from SR 297 through the community of Pine Forest on Nine Mile Road.

04/25/10

Nine Mile Road previously widened to four lanes east of Fowler Avenue. The US route crosses a Burlington Northern Railroad line ahead of a diamond interchange with U.S. 29 (Pensacola Boulevard).

02/02/06

U.S. 29 varies between four and eight lanes from Nine Mile Road south to the split with SR 292 (Pace Boulevard) near Brent. Six laning from U.S. 90 ALT to I-10 is underway through Spring 2021.

02/02/06

U.S. 29 travels north from the exchange with U.S. 90 ALT to Gonzalez, Cantonment and Century. Expansion of U.S. 29 (Pensacola Boulevard) includes replacement of the 1956-built overpasses above Nine Mile Road with a single bridge.

02/02/06

A red U.S. 29 shield at the previously unsignalized intersection with the northbound entrance ramp to Pensacola Boulevard. Traffic signals were installed here by 2010.

04/25/95

U.S. 29 travels northward to Century and Flomaton, Alabama. U.S. 29, in conjunction with U.S. 31 and Alabama Route 113, constitutes a four lane highway from the Pensacola area to Interstate 65.

04/25/10

Representing the original alignment of U.S. 29, County Road 95A (North Palafox Street) parallels Pensacola Boulevard to the east. Palafox Street serves as the secondary through route between Gonzalez, Ensley and Brent.

04/25/10

Holsberry Road leads north from a movie theater complex across U.S. 90 Alternate to Ten Mile Road.

04/25/10

Chemstrand Road travels south to Johnson Avenue in Ensley and north to County Road 749 (Old Chemstrand Road) at Gonzalez. Formerly a part of CR 749, Chemstrand Road was likely decommissioned to discourage trucks to the industrial plant at the road end.

04/25/10

Hummingbird Boulevard ties into U.S. 90 ALT opposite John R. Jones, Jr. Athletic Park. The street serves the Candlestick Woods subdivision to the north.

04/25/10

Entering the busy intersection with University Parkway along U.S. 90 Alternate (Nine Mile Road) east by University Town Center shopping center. University Parkway constitutes a four lane arterial south to Davis Highway (SR 291) at Olive Road and north to the University of West Florida (UWF) campus. The road was expanded from two lanes in the mid-1990s.

05/27/13

Copter Road, former County Road 498, angles southeast from U.S. 90 Alternate (Nine Mile Road) to Ellyson Industrial Park. Traffic lights replaced a set of flashers at Copter Road and U.S. 90 ALT by 2010.

01/30/06

Located east of SR 291 along Copter Road, Ellyson Industrial Park was home to Ellyson Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station until 1973. A training center remained on site until 1979.

05/27/13

A reassurance marker for U.S. 90 Alternate posted beyond Copter Road alludes to old CR 498.

05/27/13

U.S. 90 Alternate converges with SR 291 (Davis Highway) north at a wye interchange. Brewster Street connects Nine Mile Road east with Davis Highway south to Ferry Pass.

05/27/13

Davis Highway overtakes Nine Mile Road along the remainder of U.S. 90 Alternate east. Pace, an unincorporated suburban community in Santa Rosa County, replaces Milton as the next eastbound control point.

01/30/06

Campus Drive winds east from the UWF to intersect U.S. 90 ALT (Davis Highway) at Rockwood Road to the River Gardens subdivision.

12/15/12

U.S. 90 Alternate (Davis Highway) converges with U.S. 90 (Scenic Highway) at Riverview. SR 10A ends as SR 10 rejoins the U.S. 90 mainline northeast across the Escambia River. This shield assembly was removed by 2011.

01/30/06

U.S. 90 Alternate (Davis Highway) eastbound defaults onto U.S. 90 east ahead of the Escambia River bridge and causeway to Pace.

12/15/12

U.S. 90 follows Scenic Highway south along Macky and Escambia Bays to I-10. Designated the Pensacola Scenic Bluffs Highway, the winding course of U.S. 90 runs just above sand bluffs to Cervantes Street in central Pensacola.

12/15/12