Site of Pensacola - St. Augustine Road
N 30° 21.948 W 087° 10.239
16R E 483601 N 3359332
This historical marker about the Pensacola - St. Augustine Road is located on the Gulf Breeze Parkway (US-98) at Fairpoint Drive in Gulf Breeze, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMBR48
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2011
Views: 25
The marker text reads:
Begun by a military detachment from Pensacola in 1824, the first federal highway in Florida was designed to connect the two principal cities of the new territory. Construction was later contracted to John Bellamy, wealthy Jefferson County planter, and the majority of the road was built under Bellamy's direction by slave labor. It was completed in May, 1826 at a cost of $23,000.
Marker Number: F-96
Date: 1963
County: Santa Rosa
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials
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