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| | ==Name and history== | | ==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]]. | + | Historically, Fairfield Drive was known as '''Pottery Plant Road'''. It acquired its present name from the fairgrounds which were located on the thoroughfare near [[Town & Country Plaza]]. |
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| − | Originally, Fairfield 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 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.
| + | The portion of Fairfield east of [[Davis Highway]] was once known as '''Maura Road'''. |
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| − | 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.
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| − | At [[Davis Highway]], Pottery Plant Road connected with '''Maura Road''', which was eventually four-laned as well, and became a continuation of the extended Fairfield Drive.
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| − | 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]].
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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.
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| | ==Major intersections== | | ==Major intersections== |
