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|road_name=Fairfield Drive

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|route=[[Florida State Road 727|Florida 727]]<br/>[[Florida State Road 295|Florida 295]]

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|starting_terminus=[[Bayou Grande]]

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|ending_terminus=[[12th Avenue]]

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'''Fairfield Drive''' is a major thoroughfare in Middle and West Pensacola. Although Fairfield is oriented east-west for most of its length, it carries a north-south designation as a Florida State Road (727 & 295).

It is at that point which [[Florida State Road 727]] terminates and east of the interchange Fairfield carries [[Florida State Road 295]]. South of the interchange, SR 295 is carried by [[New Warrington Road]]. Fairfield continues east until it terminates at [[12th Avenue]] in East Pensacola. The [[Florida State Road 295]] designation terminates a few blocks prior at [[Ninth Avenue]].

~~Historically~~==Name and history==Fairfield Drive acquired its name from the fairgrounds used by the [[Pensacola Interstate Fair]], which were located on the thoroughfare between Pace Boulevard and Palafox Street near [[Town & Country Plaza]]. Originally, Fairfield ~~Drive~~ dead-ended at Palafox Street. A short distance north of that intersection, '''Pottery Plant Road''', which ran from Davis Highway to Palafox, also dead-ended at Palafox. Both of these roads were two-lane highways, and in the 1960s this area was known as for heavy traffic congestion, often exacerbated by delays caused by trains moving in and out of L&N's [[Goulding Yard]], which Pottery Plant Road crossed at grade just east of Palafox. In the early 1970s, a viaduct was built over the rail lines, an extension was built to connect Pottery Plant and Fairfield, and the highway was four-laned between Pace Boulevard and Davis Highway. At this time, the Pottery Plant Road name was dropped. At [[Davis Highway]], Pottery Plant Road connected with '''~~Pottery Plant~~ Maura Road''', which was eventually four-laned as well, and became a continuation of the extended Fairfield Drive. Also in the early 1970s, a connection between Fairfield and [[New Warrington Road]] was made by a viaduct over [[Mobile Highway]] (where NWR formerly dead-ended at [[The Circle|the Circle]]). Fairfield was four-laned from Pace Boulevard to Mobile Highway, and NWR was four-laned from Fairfield to its junction with [[Navy Boulevard]]. At the same time, a dog-leg curve and another grade crossing over the [[Frisco Railroad]] near the intersection of Border Street were eliminated by a realignment of Fairfield and the construction of a railroad bridge over the new roadway. These road expansion projects provided a seamless flow of traffic between the southern and western parts of the metro area, including the [[Pensacola NAS|Navy Yard]], and the airport, junior college, and residential and commercial areas of the northeast side, as well as to and from [[I-110]], greatly relieving traffic congestion in that heavily-travelled corridor.

==Major intersections==

[[Category:Major thoroughfares]]

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