Florida State Road 742 Explained

State:FL
Type:SR
Route:742
Map Custom:yes
Alternate Name:Burgess Road
Creighton Boulevard
Maint:FDOT
Length Mi:6.886
Length Round:3
Direction A:West
Terminus A: in Brent
Junction: in Ferry Pass
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Pensacola
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:739
Next Type:SR
Next Route:750

State Road 742 (SR 742) is a 6mileseast - 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.

SR 742 east of SR 289 was itself part of SR 289 until the mid-1970s.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00016147/00001/1x?vo=32 General Highway Map, Escambia County, January 1970, reprinted March 1975
  2. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00016148/00001/1x?vo=32 General Highway Map, Escambia County, January 1970, reprinted January 1977