Alta Drive widening project done on growing Northside

An almost $21 million project to widen Alta Drive on the city’s Northside is done, giving residents a new divided thoroughfare.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority held the official ribbon cutting for the MobilityWorks project early on Tuesday at the 2-mile-long section of roadway from just south of Faye Road north to Burkit Lane.

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Florida Department of Transportation figures show an average 3,400 vehicles a day travel that stretch of Alta Drive just north of Interstate 295, past multiple subdivisions and business parks. The roadway has also become a popular route to newer subdivisions in the city’s Northside off I-295.

An FDOT aerial image shows the divided median, sidewalks, bicycle lanes and other changes made on Alta Drive. | JTA

The JTA widened the 2-lane road into a six-lane, divided route from I-295 to Faye Road. The widening was limited to a 4-lane divided roadway north to Ashgrove Road, then a five-lane roadway to Burkit Lane.

The project also features bicycle lanes, sidewalks and a closed drainage system. An upgraded traffic signal was also added at Faye and Misty Marsh Drive.