In 2015, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) consulted with engineering firm RS&H about issues with congestion on I-95 between Atlantic Blvd. and J Turner Butler Blvd. (JTB). RS&H performed a preliminary design and environment study to address the capacity of that five-mile stretch of interstate on the south side of Jacksonville. “Both the Atlantic and JTB interchanges had been upgraded by FDOT previously, but the segment of I-95 between them was still a choke point,” says Keith Bogart, Jacksonville Highway Group Leader at RS&H. “The first approach was simply to widen the existing roadway—to add some lanes.” However, the project proved to be more complicated than that. “There were issues with base clearance, pavement overlays, the crest curves on the side roads.

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