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Description The Pink 1 Alternative begins at the proposed Branan Field-Chaffee Road / Blanding Boulevard interchange in Clay County and heads in a southeasterly direction towards Black Creek. After crossing Black Creek, the Pink 1 Alternative turns south towards SR 16, paralleling the proposed College Drive extension on the east. The total length of the Pink 1 Alternative is 31.4 miles. The alternative intercepts a power line easement just south of the proposed CR 218 Bypass and then parallels it on its western side to its intersection with SR 16. The alternative continues to follow the power line on the west side south of SR 16, crossing CR 315. East of CR 315, the Pink 1 Alternative proceeds in a northeasterly direction, interchanging with US 17 south of Green Cove Springs. After crossing US 17, the alternative continues east toward the existing Shands Bridge, just east of the Reynolds Industrial Park. The Pink 1 Alternative then crosses the St. Johns River into St. Johns County, paralleling and replacing the existing Shands Bridge and SR 16 on the south. After crossing SR 13 in St. Johns County, the Pink 1 Alternative continues east, paralleling CR 16A to the south, and intersecting the proposed CR 2209 roadway just west of I-95, approximately 3 miles north of the I-95/International Golf Parkway interchange. Interchanges along the Pink 1 Alternative are provided for in Clay County at SR 21, CR 739, the proposed CR 218 Bypass, SR 16, and US 17. Interchanges in St. Johns County are provided for at CR 16A, CR 2209, and I-95. The Pink 2 Alternative follows the same route as the Pink 1 Alternative with an exception in route location east of the Reynolds Industrial Park in Clay County. The total length of the Pink 2 Alternative is 31.4 miles. The Pink 2 Alternative parallels SR 16 on the north side continuing east towards the St. Johns River. The alternative crosses the St. Johns River parallel and to the south of the existing Shands Bridge (which it would replace), following the same route location as the Pink 1 Alternative. The Pink 1 and 2 Alternatives use a 4-lane roadway section from a point just north of SR 21 to the interchange with SR 16 in Clay County. From SR 16, the alternatives transition to a 6-lane roadway section (crossing the river with a 6-lane bridge) to their terminus at I-95 in St. Johns County.
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*The alternative map is available for download in .pdf format on the documents page.
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