I-10, Highway 29 Interchange Improvements Are Complete

October 4, 2018

Construction is complete on a $8.5 million project to improve the I-10, Highway 29 interchange in Escambia County.

The improvements include removing the I-10 westbound exit ramp to U.S. 29 south (Exit 10B), constructing a new exit ramp (Exit 10), installing a traffic signal on U.S. 29 for I-10 westbound traffic connecting to U.S. 29 southbound, and widening the bridge on I-10 eastbound to eliminate the left-side merge from U.S. 29 southbound.

The speed limit on I-10, near Exit 10 (U.S. 29) will remain 60 mph.

Comments

13 Responses to “I-10, Highway 29 Interchange Improvements Are Complete”

  1. Michael Harkness on October 6th, 2018 9:47 am

    Looks Great, but will the Avalon Blvd ever be completed. it was under construction before all the local I-10 Improvements and its still not done.

  2. CK on October 5th, 2018 5:10 pm

    There is a final phase that will go through straight and use parts of the current road ad ramps. Look it up.

  3. Alan Crouthers on October 5th, 2018 12:37 pm

    Big improvement! Merging into eastbound I-10 from Hwy 29 used to be the stuff of nightmares. Now its very smooth.

  4. MR REALITY on October 5th, 2018 12:52 am

    DOT…there’s no more ROOM under the bridge to add lanes…LOOK next time you drive thru holding up traffic.

  5. bandit on October 4th, 2018 5:28 pm

    The only thing better is the widened bridge on I-10 eastbound. The rest is worse. Removed a perfectly good 3/4 circle off-ramp and added a light to stop more traffic.

  6. DOT... on October 4th, 2018 4:19 pm

    Sure would have been nice if they would have created a separate lane for the folks who exited I10 to head south. That way, the remaining 29 southbound traffic would not have to stop. Similar to what they did at Davis Hwy at I10…

  7. AK47 on October 4th, 2018 9:57 am

    Makes such a big difference when merging onto I10E, esp in the morning rush traffic

  8. tooma on October 4th, 2018 9:40 am

    Plenty of time to pat yourselves on the back – move on with the rest of the snails pace road work…

  9. Dennis Bowling on October 4th, 2018 9:30 am

    Wonderful!!!! That was the first left hand entrance to an interstate I had ever encountered when I moved here in 93. SCARIEST one I ever used anywhere!! Glad it is gone!!

  10. retired on October 4th, 2018 9:13 am

    they could have also made the west bound lane longer from 29 to I10

  11. Rodney on October 4th, 2018 8:41 am

    This is a great improvement. Why not improve the interchange for traffic merging onto I-10 west from the northbound side of highway 29? This has the same problem as the one that was improved for the merge of eastbound traffic.

  12. JW on October 4th, 2018 7:40 am

    In my opinion…several times while waiting on the light after exiting I 10 wanting to head south on 29…vehicles ….traveling North on 29 have run the red light. DOT needs a flashing light BEFORE the overpass alerting travelers driving NORTH. The traffic signal is located in a bad location. Accident’s waiting to happen.

  13. David Huie Green on October 4th, 2018 1:31 am

    Big improvement.

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