State Road 296 (SR 296) is a major thoroughfare in the
Pensacola, Florida metropolitan area. It is an east–west route running roughly through midtown Pensacola and West Pensacola. Locally, it is known as Michigan Avenue, Beverly Parkway, Brent Lane, Bayou Boulevard, and
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Avenue.
The western terminus of SR 296 is at
U.S. Route 90 (US 90; Mobile Highway). Westward of this intersection, County Road 296 (Saufley Field Road) connects to
State Road 173. The eastern terminus of State Road 296 is again at US 90, this time in eastern Pensacola, where it is known as Cervantes Street.
Route description
State Road 296 begins at an intersection with
U.S. Route 90 (Mobile Highway (State Road 10A)) in
Bellview, Florida
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Geography
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, as a continuation of County Road 296 (Saufley Field Road), which runs from
State Road 173 to the Mobile Highway intersection. State Road 296 heads eastward from U.S. Route 90 as West Michigan Avenue through a four-lane commercial neighborhood. This continues for a couple miles before entering a residential neighborhood just east of Esperanto Road. Passing near
Crescent Lake, State Road 296 turns to the northeast and soon to the east before Pipeline Road, where the road turns to the southeast and changes names to Beverly Parkway. After the name change, the road crosses a freight railroad crossing and enters
Brent, where it intersects with County Road 453 (NW Street). The highway expands to four lanes and becomes commercial, entering an intersection with
U.S. Route 29 (State Road 85, Old Palafox Highway).
At that intersection, State Road 296 changes names to Brent Lane and soon crosses over freight tracks on a viaduct. Just after the viaduct, the highway passes the
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and enters a modified diamond interchange with
Interstate 110 (I-110; State Road 8A). From there, State Road 296 intersects with
State Road 291 (North Davis Highway) in
Pensacola
Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ci ...
and turns to the northeast as Brent Lane. At the intersection with Springhill Drive, State Road 296 turns southeastward and changes names to Bayou Boulevard. The road passes to the south of Sacred Heart Hospital and intersects with
State Road 289. Entering the Cordova Park neighborhood, State Road 296 becomes primarily residential for several miles, until DuPort Road, where it turns southeastward along Bayou Texar. The roads turns south once more along the bayou before the intersection with Hyde Park Road, where State Road 296 turns eastward along Hyde Park Road, coming to an intersection with U.S. Route 90 (Scenic Highway) in Pensacola. This intersection is the eastern terminus of State Road 296.
History
The part of SR 296 east of North 12th Avenue was known as State Road 289B until the mid-1970s.
General Highway Map, Escambia County, January 1970, reprinted January 1977
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Major intersections
References
External links
*{{cite web, last=Bethea, first=Bryan, title=Routes 290 - 299, url=http://grfl.netfirms.com/routes_290_-_299.htm, work=Florida's Great Renumbering, accessdate=June 15, 2011, url-status=dead, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511145300/http://grfl.netfirms.com/routes_290_-_299.htm, archivedate=May 11, 2008
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