JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Overnight detours taking place this weekend will affect drivers traveling through Jacksonville’s Westside, the Florida Department of Transportation announced Friday.
The detours are needed to allow for paving, pavement marking and temporary barrier wall relocation work to be done on the First Coast Expressway Extension project -- the segment that connects State Road 23 to Interstate 10 and U.S. 90/Beaver Street.
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From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday through Sunday, the work will prevent drivers from exiting I-10 eastbound onto State Road 23 southbound due to the closure of the exit ramp.
Instead, drivers traveling eastbound on I-10 will be detoured to the Chaffee Road exit, where they can turn around and use I-10 westbound to access the State Road 23 southbound exit.
Construction began in July 2015 on this $45 million extension of the First Coast Expressway, which is aimed at reducing congestion in the existing interchanges of I-10 at Chaffee Road and at U.S. 301.
The project is part of the overall First Coast Expressway, a toll road being built to connect I-10 with I-95 in St. Johns County. The First Coast Expressway from U.S. 90/I-10 to New World Avenue in Duval County will not be a toll road.
For more information about construction projects, visit www.nflroads.com or call FDOT at 904-831-FDOT.