Regional Greenways & Trails Plan - North Florida TPO

First Coast MPO Regional Greenways & Trails Plan
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SR A1A THROUGH DUVAL COUNTY FROM ST. JOHNS COUNTY LINE
TO MAYPORT (identified as Segment 14 in Figure 10)
The majority of SR A1A from St. Johns County to Mayport (Figure 30) is within a very
constrained right-of-way. However, much of this corridor has a complete grid network
which would facilitate the implementation of a bike boulevard type of solution through
Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and much of Atlantic Beach. A description of
specific corridor segments follows.
A sidepath is present along the west side of A1A from the St. Johns County line to J.
Turner Butler Boulevard. This sidepath should be continued to 36 th Avenue South where
it should cross A1A. There is currently a sidewalk along A1A at this location; it would
have to be widened to 10 feet. The intersections of A1A with 37 th and 36 th Avenue
South will need to be improved to accommodate the pathway.
From the A1A and 36 th Avenue South intersection northward there is
no room to provide a shared use path along A1A. However, from 36 th
Ave South in Jacksonville Beach to 20 th Street in northern Atlantic
Beach there is an excellent opportunity to provide a bicycle boulevard
treatment parallel to A1A. In south Jacksonville Beach the bike
boulevard would be made up of two roadways – the existing
southbound bike lane on 1 st Street South and a northbound facility on
2 nd Street South. There is not room to add bike lanes to 2 nd Street
South; consequently, other treatments must be considered. Potential
treatments to make bicyclists more comfortable along 2 nd Street South
include traffic calming (from low impact speed cushions, to chicanes, to
mini-circles at intersections) and possibly the proposed shared lane
symbol described above. The paired roadway approach would
continue to 25 th Avenue South, where the southbound facility would
shift from 2 nd to 1 st Street South.
FIGURE 30
Segment 14