State Road 101 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in Duval County, Florida

Duval County, Florida

Duval County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2010, the population was 864,263. Its county seat is Jacksonville, with which the Duval County government has been consolidated since 1968...

, United States

United States

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, connecting SR A1A

State Road A1A (Florida)

State Road A1A is a Florida State Road that runs mostly along the Atlantic Ocean, with sections from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Callahan, just south of Georgia. It is the main road through most oceanfront towns. SR A1A is designated the A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Highway, a...

 to the south side of Naval Station Mayport

Naval Station Mayport

Naval Station Mayport is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida. It contains a military airfield with one asphalt paved runway measuring 8,001 x 200 ft. ....

 on Maine Street. Along its route, SR 101 meets the east end of SR 116 (Wonderwood Drive)

Florida State Road 116

State Road 116 is a state highway in Florida, which runs almost due east–west entirely within Jacksonville's city limits. At its west terminus, SR 116 is signed as Merrill Road beginning at the intersection with SR 9A and SR 113 near the St. Johns River...

. At the south end of SR 101, Mayport Road continues on SR A1A to Atlantic Boulevard. After going under the SR A1A/10 bridge, Mayport Road becomes Florida Boulevard.

There is an erroneous exit sign on SR 10 East for the southern end of Mayport Road. It says the exit is for SR 101, however the road is SR A1A at this point; SR 101 does not start until about 2.3 miles (3.7 km) farther north.

History

Mayport Road was added to the state highway system in the 1940s as State Road 560. In the 1945 renumbering it was assigned the State Road 101 designation. Later, when SR A1A was realigned from its original northern terminus of Jacksonville to cross the Mayport Ferry

Mayport Ferry

The Saint Johns River Ferry, also known as the Mayport Ferry, is an auto ferry between Mayport and Fort George Island, two areas within Jacksonville, Florida. The 0.9 mile voyage crosses the Saint Johns River about 2.5 miles inland of the river's mouth and travels in an east-west direction for...

, SR 101 was truncated.

Future

On April 1, 2008, a major construction project to repave Mayport Road and add vegetation to its medians was begun. According to a sign posted by the side of the road, the project is not scheduled to be finished until January 31, 2009.