State Road 129 (SR 129), also known as McDuff Avenue, is a north–south road in western
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...
.
Route description
SR 129 begins at
US 17/SR 15, intersecting with
SR 228 (Post Street) one block north of the southern terminus. Ten blocks north of Post Street, it ends at an interchange with
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System of the United States. It is the fourth-longest Interstate in the country at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. It was part of the origina ...
(exit 360).
South of the southern terminus of SR 129, McDuff Avenue continues southward, intersecting with Remington Street, and orientates itself in a southeastern direction as a four-lane road, bordering
Avondale and
Riverside as it goes northwest through mostly residential streets. Three blocks north of Park Street, it meets with Robert E. Lee High School on the western side of the road. After Park Street, it continues southeast, with intersections with Herschel Street, Oak Street, Riverside Avenue, before terminating at St Johns Avenue, near the shore of the
St. Johns River
The St. Johns River () is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and is the most significant one for commercial and recreational use. At long, it flows north and winds through or borders 12 counties. The drop in elevation from River s ...
.
North of SR 129's northern terminus, McDuff Avenue continues north past
US 90
U.S. Route 90 or U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) is an east–west major United States highway in the Southern United States. Despite the "0" in its route number, US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route. It generally travels near Int ...
and terminates on 5th Street and the Jacksonville Kennel Club.
History
State Road 129 once had its southern terminus at Park Street but it has been truncated back to the present southern terminus of
U.S. Route 17
U.S. Route 17 or U.S. Highway 17 (US 17), also known as the Coastal Highway, is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that spans in the Southeastern United States. It runs close to the East Coast of the United States, At ...
/
State Road 15. Before
Jacksonville's consolidation in 1967, McDuff Avenue was County Road 21B along with Commonwealth Avenue, which the route began at Jones Road in western Duval County, going east to McDuff road before turning south on McDuff Road, terminating at St Johns Avenue. At some point between the mid-1960s and 1980s, the McDuff section was upgraded to State Road 129.
[Circa 1963 Tenaco Map of Jacksonville and (AASHTO) map of 1966 of Duval County found at the Jacksonville Main Library 4th Floor.]
Major intersections
References
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State highways in the United States shorter than one mile