State Road 101 (SR 101) (also known as Mayport Road) is a

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in Duval County, in the

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part of the U.S. state of

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. It connects SR A1A to the south side of

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on Maine Street. Along its route, SR 101 meets the east end of SR 116 (Wonderwood Drive). At the south end of SR 101, Mayport Road continues on SR A1A to Atlantic Boulevard ( SR 10). After going under the SR A1A/SR 10 bridge, Mayport Road becomes Florida Boulevard. There is an erroneous exit sign on SR 10 east for the southern end of Mayport Road. It says the exit is for SR 101, however the road is actually SR A1A north at this point; SR 101 does not start until about farther to the north.

Route description

SR 101 begins at an intersection with SR A1A at the northern end of

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, heading north on four-lane

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Mayport Road through a portion of

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. The road passes through areas of homes and businesses before becoming a five-lane road with a

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and coming to an intersection with the eastern terminus of SR 116. Following this, the state road heads between wetlands to the west and wooded neighborhoods to the east as a four-lane undivided road. SR 101 reaches its northern terminus at the entrance to

History

Mayport Road was added to the state highway system in the 1940s as State Road 560. In the

1945 renumbering On June 11, 1945, Florida's state roads were renumbered. The old system numbered routes in the order they were legislated, while the new system used a grid. Notes See also *Florida State Roads *Pre-1945 Florida State Roads History T ...

it was assigned the State Road 101 designation. Later, when SR A1A was realigned from its original northern terminus of

to cross the

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, SR 101 was truncated.

Major intersections

References

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