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Frequently Asked Questions
Why was a fence built on the side of the road?
Why was the section south of 103rd Street opened before the connection to I-10?
Where will the interchanges be built?
What is the purpose of frontage roads?
How much traffic is currently on Branan Field-Chaffee Road and how much is expected?
Why isn't Halsema Road being used for the I-10 to U.S. 90 connection instead of building a new one?
Will bicycle lanes be included from Beaver to Normandy in this development plan?
Is the new State Road 23 (Branan Field Chaffee Road / Cecil Commerce Center Parkway) a toll road?
How will Chaffee Road be realigned when construction is complete?
Are there plans to change or widen Interstate 10 and the I-10 Chaffee Road Overpass?
Why was a fence built on the side of the road?
The Branan-Field Chaffee Expressway is a limited access highway, which only allows public and motorist access to the roadway at interchanges with entrance and exit ramps. The fence preserves the limited access status of the roadway and as a reminder to adjacent property owners of the intent of a limited access highway.
Why was the section south of 103rd Street opened before the connection to I-10?
Funding and complexity of the projects. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) did a design-build on the segment from 103rd Street to Argyle Forest Boulevard with Better Jacksonville Plan funds. The segment up to Interstate 10 is more complicated and more expensive. Construction started January 16, 2007 and on October 1, 2009, the new section from Interstate 10 to 103rd Avenue officially opened to traffic.
Where will the interchanges be built?
Eight interchanges are proposed within the limits of the project: US 90 (Beaver Street), I-10, New World Avenue, Normandy Boulevard, 103rd Street, Argyle Forest Boulevard, College Drive Extension and at Blanding Boulevard (State Road 21). The proposed interchange footprint designs were based on estimated traffic counts and safety issues. Most of the intersecting roadways are existing facilities. New World Avenue was completed by the City of Jacksonville and the segment from Interstate 10 to 103rd Avenue was opened to traffic October 1, 2009.
What is the purpose of frontage roads?
The construction of the frontage roads will take place with the construction of the First Coast Outer Beltway project. The frontage roads begin between SR 21 and Old Jennings road and end at OakLeaf Plantation Parkway.
The frontage roads are one-way pairs located on the west side (southbound frontage road) and east side (northbound frontage road) of the First Coast Outer Beltway mainline. The mainline of the First Coast Outer Beltway will be a limited access facility. Limited access means that the only access to and from the mainlines are by ramps at interchanges. Therefore, the frontage roads (which will not be limited access) provide access to those existing properties whose access would be affected by the construction of the First Coast Outer Beltway (and the limited access).
A map showing the frontage roads (marked by purple lines), and the rest of the maps for the First Coast Outer Beltway project, can be found at the project website, www.fdotfirstcoastouterbeltway.com, under the Project Maps tab.
How much traffic is currently on Branan Field-Chaffee Road and how much is expected?
Click on AADT Table (PDF) for actual and estimated traffic counts.
Why isn't Halsema Road being used for the I-10 to U.S. 90 connection instead of building a new one?
Halsema Road is located too close to the Cecil Commerce Center Parkway (State Road 23) interchange with Interstate 10 which officially opened to traffic on October 1, 2009, to be used as another interchange.
Will bicycle lanes be included from Beaver to Normandy in this development plan?
This is a limited access facility, there will be no bicycle lanes.
Is the new State Road 23 (Branan Field Chaffee Road / Cecil Commerce Center Parkway) a toll road?
Signs stating Future Toll Road SR 23 have been placed on SR 23 (Branan Field Chaffee Road / Cecil Commerce Center Parkway) to inform the public of the Florida Department of Transportations (FDOT) plans to toll this section of roadway in the future. This roadway is part of a planned larger expressway project known as the First Coast Outer Beltway (FCOB). The FCOB will be a toll facility from I-95 in St. Johns County to I-10 in Duval County. The mainline of the FCOB will be tolled; however, the existing road from SR 21 to Oakleaf Plantation Parkway will become a non-tolled frontage road.
Tolling this new facility will allow the project to be built much sooner. The planned tolling will not begin until the corridor is being four-laned with new interchanges under construction from at least SR-21 to I-10. This conversion is not anticipated to be completed for several years.
For additional project information and updates on the project schedule, please visit the FCOB project website at www.FDOTFirstCoastOuterBeltway.com or send an e-mail to FCOB@dot.state.fl.us.
How will Chaffee Road be realigned when construction is complete?
Recently completed SR 23 construction provides a new roadway from 103rd St to I-10. The existing Chaffee Road is connected to the new SR 23 roadway. The new roadways local name is Cecil Commerce Center Parkway. In the future SR-23 will be converted from an at grade road with traffic signals to a limited access expressway with interchanges. When this change occurs, existing Chaffee Road will be realigned to connect to existing Samaritan Way which currently ends at 103rd Street. This future planned realignment of existing Chaffee Road is shown in the schematic on the web site. The realignment will occur concurrent with constructing an interchange at the intersection of SR-23 and 103rd Street. However, the interchange construction is not currently funded in the Florida Department of Transportations construction program.
Are there plans to change or widen Interstate 10 and the I-10 Chaffee Road Overpass?
A new interchange on I-10 immediately west of Halsema Road is now complete and open to traffic. It connects I-10 to the new Cecil Commerce Center Parkway which continues south, crossing Normandy Boulevard, and connecting to the intersection of 103rd Street and Chaffee Road. The existing Chaffee Road connects with the new SR 23 roadway just north of 103rd street. In short, if traveling northbound on Brannan Field-Chaffee road from the south, traffic now has the option to stay on the existing Chaffee Road or to take the new SR 23 roadway (Cecil Commerce Center Parkway) to the new interchange on Interstate 10. Traffic on I-10 traveling westbound can exit at the existing Chaffee Road or continue west to the new interchange and take the SR 23 Cecil Commerce Center Parkway exit to go south. This eliminates any need for any traffic signals at this location. Additionally, the Department has a separate project to widen Interstate 10 from the new interchange (currently under construction) to Interstate 295. This will provide for three travel lanes in each direction beginning at the new interchange and extending all the way to I-95. As part of the widening, the existing Chaffee Road interchange will be rebuilt. The new bridge (replacing the existing overpass in the same location) will be longer, wider, higher, etc. in order to meet new standards. The I-10 widening project began construction in January 2009.
