State Road 113 (SR 113), also known as Southside Connector, is a
state highway
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. The
freeway
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travels almost due north–south entirely within the
neighborhood
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of
Jacksonville
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known as
Arlington. This is completely within the
city limits
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of Jacksonville, in
Duval County, in the U.S. state of
Florida
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. As its name implies, it "connects"
SR 115 with
Interstate 295 (I-295).
Route description
SR 113 begins at an
interchange with
SR 115 (Southside Boulevard /
Arlington Expressway
The Arlington Expressway, which carries the unsigned State Road 10A (SR 10A) and mostly also the signed State Road 115 in Jacksonville, Florida, is a freeway that heads east from Downtown Jacksonville over the Mathews Bridge to Atlantic Bouleva ...
) just north of
SR 10 (
Atlantic Boulevard). It heads northeast and travels along the west edge of
Regency Square Mall. It then has
service roads
A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road. A frontage road is often used to provide access to private drive ...
on both sides that are
one-way with traffic traveling the same direction as the main highway (i.e., the northbound one is on the eastern side, and the southbound one is on the western side). Northbound, it has an interchange with Regency Square Boulevard North and then curves to the north to an interchange with Tredinick Parkway. On the southbound side, these two exits are combined. At Tredinick Parkway, there is a
Texas U-turn
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that allows traffic from the southbound service road to make a
U-turn
A U-turn in driving refers to performing a 180° rotation to reverse the direction of travel. It is called a "U-turn" because the maneuver looks like the letter U. In some areas, the maneuver is illegal, while in others, it is treated as a m ...
to access the northbound one without accessing Tredinick Parkway itself. After that, there is an interchange with the western terminus of
SR 116 (Merrill Road), which leads to an interchange with
Interstate 295 (I-295; Jacksonville East Beltway) south. Almost immediately afterward, the freeway curves to the northwest and feeds into I-295 north.
Exit list
See also
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References
External links
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*113 (number), a natural number
*AD 113, a year
* 113 BC, a year
*113 (band), a French hip hop group
* 113 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
* 113 (New Jersey bus), Ironbound Garage in Newark and run ...
113 113 may refer to:
*113 (number), a natural number
*AD 113, a year
* 113 BC, a year
*113 (band), a French hip hop group
* 113 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
* 113 (New Jersey bus), Ironbound Garage in Newark and run ...
113 113 may refer to:
*113 (number), a natural number
*AD 113, a year
* 113 BC, a year
*113 (band), a French hip hop group
* 113 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
* 113 (New Jersey bus), Ironbound Garage in Newark and run ...