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I-10 Exit To Nine Mile Road To Be Partially Closed For Three Months
January 3, 2020
[Updated with map - 10 a.m.] The Florida Department of Transportation plans a partial closure of an I-10 exit ramp to Nine Mile Road that will last three months.
Exit 5 eastbound from I-10 to Nine Mile Road will be partially closed beginning Monday, January 6. Construction crews will only close the section that connects to Nine Mile Road westbound. Drivers will be able to access Nine Mile Road both east and westbound using the other section of the ramp.
The partial ramp closure is needed to reconstruct the ramp and will be in place for approximately three months, according to FDOT.
All construction activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or re-scheduled in the event of inclement weather.
NorthEscambia.com graphic.
Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
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22 Responses to “I-10 Exit To Nine Mile Road To Be Partially Closed For Three Months”
The drawings showed this, the notification was given properly with correct understandable explanation. Unfortunately our BOCC did not apparently attend meetings and bring this potential issue to th he forefront. Why then would you now in an unprofessional and uninformed manner make accusations ?….the previous comment Jan 3…1259…nearby resident is the ONLY ONE that is actually correct in the assessment. Why did FDOT and the BOCC allow the incorrect ramp construction to occur previously.? If you had a better way you should have bid the project
Since they opened up the 2 lanes westbound from the Interstate-10 to Navy Federal traffic hasn’t been backed up like it was in the past. And I don’t see but a few cars coming off that exit on to 9 Mile Road anyways.
To area resident: you said “Futhermore, when it takes me 20 minutes to get from 9 1/2 Mile to the Interstate at am rush hour, I’m not generally in a mood to allow people to merge from Detroit Rd. ”
I absolutely understand your frustration.I am also frustrated and live a few blocks down from Pine Forest off of Detroit Blvd. We’re risking our lives each time we try to get on to Pine Forest heading south to get to I-10 East. I don’t know what the solution is unless they move the I-10 ramps further south and expand Pine Forest both ways. That northbound merge on Pine Forest happens right where Detroit meets Pine Forest and there are daily accidents. I TOTALLY understand that 20 minute situation. I cannot even go to Publix and back in less than 30 minutes when traffic isn’t bad. It’s ridiculous and I’ve lived out here for 38+ years. It has definitely gotten worse. I hope there will be some plans in the future to help this as we are all just sitting in traffic for hours in the northern part of the county now. due to tremendous expansion. Oh and that property on the west side of Pine Forest between 9 mile and I-10 is for sale – commercial. Go figure.
I just hope when it’s all said and done, that it works better than the “new” Pine Forest Road, which should have had 2 northbound lanes to begin with. What a mess! All of this should have been done correctly 20 years ago.
Futhermore, when it takes me 20 minutes to get from 9 1/2 Mile to the Interstate at am rush hour, I’m not generally in a mood to allow people to merge from Detroit Rd. Seems something could be done about that, as well. One thing would be for the “planners” to leave their cushy government offices and come up here to personally witness what we all have to go through to pay their salaries. Whew!
@Travis
@db “I could care less if NFCU folded and closed. They don’t pay my bills.”
What a selfish thing to say.
Any more selfish than saying “I could care less about the strain on locals who have lived here in peace for decades…at least I got mine”?
I think it would of helped immensely if the FDOT in their initial release would of said “Eastbound” I-10 Exit 5 at Nine Mile Road.
This is a FDOT job not a county job. Jeff this was all in meeting you attended.
NFCU is good Neighbor. Now it is all coming together. NFCU Welcome! No I don’t work there.
Thanks to the state and county. Jobs ,jobs and more jobs.
Here’s the real deal people Navy federal didn’t cause this problem. When they first built here the county was suppose to widen nine mile road to accommodate for there future growth plans. However the commissioners in the past and present do nothing. The county planning zone continues to allow more and more subdivision to built before infrastructure can meet the demand. Which again falls under the commissioner’s responsibilities. I get it’s a real problem. ( I deal with it everyday) so let’s remember the real problems and vote them out.
Beulah Resident. You are absolutely correct with your comment regarding the TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE ISSUE in the area. As usual,our county commissioners continue to approve multiple neighborhood and other developments without any regard to INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. HIGHWAYS 297A AND HIGHWAY 97A ARE PERFECT EXAMPLES!
The diagram/map is pretty self-explanatory (as is the second paragraph of this article). The commissioner (in whose district this exit ramp is located) who commented in hysterics apparently didn’t look at the map or understand what was written–the closure only directly affects eastbound traffic on I-10 exiting to Nine Mile Rd (specifically those seeking to travel westbound on Nine Mile Rd) simply forcing all exiting traffic to use a single ramp (rather than allowing westbound traffic to use the dedicated ramp), and it does NOT “close westbound access to 9-Mile Road” as alleged.
Some of the questions that should instead be asked are:
Why was the ramp constructed incorrectly the first time (and what penalties will be imposed on the company hired to do it)?
Do we want to re-elect a county official who “answers a matter before he hears it” and makes a fool of himself (Prov. 18:13)?
Who will step up to offer wise and ethical new leadership in a county diseased by over-development, inadequate infrastructure, and money-controlled politicians?
@db “I could care less if NFCU folded and closed. They don’t pay my bills.”
What a selfish thing to say.
Thank you @Jeremy Garrett! If you read it, he is absolutely correct. I went into full panic mode just like the commissioner when first reading it, as I am often one of the people on the shoulder of I-10 between Pine Forest and 9 Mile exit. Whew….
Well db if you think you can do a better job why don’t you run for office. Instead of complaining about the situation lets hear your thoughts on how to do it.
Navy Federal is NOT the only issue! The county is allowing multiple subdivisions, apartments, and a new large school! And shame on the county/state for waiting until NFCU was so large they had no choice. Navy Federal has been at this same location since 2004! Officials should be required to take a class from the Alabama department of transportation. They build the infrastructure first!
This sucks… so either accidents galore will happen at the exit 5 as people pretend to turn right but then go to do a u-turn to go west.. or pine forest exit will be backed up even worse along with the people coming up pine forest to get towards 297A or to get towards Muscogee.. already takes an hour to get from base to Muscogee.. this is all a joke.. this town doesn’t bomb to Navy Federal but it sure does feel like it lately
Thanks for the feedback Jeff.
It would help traffic if the powers that be could get all the NFCU employees to only enter the NFCU property at Navy Federal Way. I think that would do a lot to organize traffic for both local traffic and the NFCU Employees.
Finishing the four laning of Nine Mile Rd in front of NFCU would also help a lot.
Based on the description this appears to only be an issue for drivers trying to exit I-10 coming from Alabama and wanting to head west towards Navy Federal. They will still be able to exit in the “strait ahead” lane and turn right but won’t be able to use that west bound merge lane.
and local residents thought it could not get worse. We have a bunch of idiots running this county.
This whole navy federal/9mile road thing has been out of hand for years, and not a good solution in site.
Please vote out every one of these county leaders, bergosh, barry and all the rest.
nothing but a bunch of clowns who are NOT very smart, don’t let that shyte eating grin fool you, look at what they got us into….do you like sitting in your car an extra 30-40 minutes when you live a mile from I-10? I don’t. I could care less if NFCU folded and closed. They don’t pay my bills. But they probably pay the commissioners bills.
Think about it.
>>A map or diagram would be helpful.
Agree. But what you see is all FDOT provided. We’ve reached out for more info.
I was first notified of this “plan” last night at 9:00 PM. Closing the westbound access to 9-mile road or even diminishing or restricting it at all will be an absolute disaster. i have alerted staff and voiced my displeasure with lack of notice and a lack of diagram of what is planned. As it stands, NFCU morning commute traffic headed to EXIT 5 WESTBOUND is dangerously backed up all the way down the interstate PAST THE PINE FOREST ROAD EXIT. What will this brilliant idea to close westbound access to 9-Mile Road at exit 5 (Beulah) do to that already untenable situation????!!!!!????? I’m going to get some answers to this today. This plan is a disaster!
This could have been explained better. It is still unclear to me what is actually going to happen. A map or diagram would be helpful.
That’ll be fun.