State Road 742 (SR 742) is a 6.886-mile-long (11.082 km) east–west state highway serving Pensacola, Florida. It is both a commuter road and a bypass route that also provides access (via Ninth Avenue/SR 289 and Airport Boulevard/SR 750) for motorists to Pensacola International Airport. Locally known as Burgess Road and Creighton Boulevard, SR 742 stays within a mile south of Interstate 10 (I-10 or SR 8) from the state road's western terminus at U.S. Route 29 (US 29 or SR 95) near Ensley to SR 742's eastern terminus at US 90 in Pensacola.
 State Road 742 | ||||
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| Burgess Road Creighton Boulevard | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 6.886 mi[1] (11.082 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 29 in Brent | |||
 SR 291 in Ferry Pass
 SR 289 in Pensacola | ||||
| East end |  US 90 in Pensacola | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Escambia | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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SR 742 east of SR 289 was itself part of SR 289 until the mid-1970s.[2][3]
Since the state of Florida renumbered its Florida State Roads in 1945, a grid system of designation was imposed. While Pensacola is in a region of Florida in which all three-digit State Roads should begin with a "1" or "2", its collection of State Roads has a few that begin with a "7" (usually used near Sarasota or Stuart, both over 400 miles (640 km) away).
Major intersections
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The entire route is in Escambia County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Brent | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 29 (Pensacola Boulevard / SR 95) | ||
| 0.576 | 0.927 |  CR 95A (North Palafox Street) | |||
| Ferry Pass | 2.661 | 4.282 | SR 291 (North Davis Highway) | ||
| Pensacola | 4.599 | 7.401 | SR 289 (North 9th Avenue) | ||
| 6.886 | 11.082 | US 90 (Scenic Highway / SR 10A) | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ General Highway Map, Escambia County, January 1970, reprinted March 1975
- ^ General Highway Map, Escambia County, January 1970, reprinted January 1977
External links
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Media related to Florida State Road 742 at Wikimedia Commons- AARoads Highway Guide page for Florida State Road 742.
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