Beach Boulevard (Jacksonville)

Infobox road
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state=FL
type=
route=212
alternate_name=Beach Boulevard
length_mi=
length_km=
established=legislated 1937 (SR 376 before 1945)
opened 1949
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=
ending_terminus=
previous_route=211
next_route=214

Beach Boulevard, designated US 90, as well as the unsigned State Road 212, is a highway that runs from south Jacksonville, Florida, United States east to Jacksonville Beach via a bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway.

History

Prior to the 1945 renumbering, it was State Road 376, added to the state road system by the Florida Legislature in 1937. The road was built on the right-of-way of the Florida East Coast Railway Mayport Branch (Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad), and dedicated December 17, 1949, along with the B.B. McCormick Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway. Construction began before World War II but was suspended between fall 1941 and 1945. It was built to relieve traffic on the parallel Atlantic Boulevard (pre-1945 State Road 140, now State Road 10).

References

* [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=fhp&idno=NF00000091&format=pdf Official Dedication Program for Beach Boulevard and the B.B. McCormick Bridge Saturday, December 17, 1949]