Capital Circle, Tallahassee

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Capital Circle is a three-quarter, non-limited-access beltway around the western, southern and eastern sides of Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Designated as State Road 263 on its western half and US 319 on its eastern half, Capital Circle is one of the most important routes in the Tallahassee area, providing a bypass of the city as well as access to Tallahassee Regional Airport and the State Office Complex in Southwood.

Built as a surface road, the route has suffered the typical fate of non-limited-access bypasses (such as Semoran Boulevard in Orlando, becoming a magnet for strip malls and becoming congested with heavy traffic, aggravated by the fact that most of the road is only two lanes. The northeastern part of Capital Circle was recently upgraded to six lanes, and six- and four-laning of the southeastern and central western parts of the route is ongoing.

[edit] Major intersections

US 27/Monroe Street note: route continues north as County Road 361
County Road 0361/Old Bainbridge Road
County Road 0356/Fred George Road
Interstate 10
County Road 158/Tharpe Street
US 90/Tennessee Street
State Road 20/Blountstown Highway
State Road 371/Orange Street
Tallahassee Regional Airport
County Road 2203/Springhill Road
US 319/State Road 61/Crawfordville Highway

west of this intersection Capital Circle is signed as State Road 263, eastwards it is US 319

State Road 363/Woodville Highway
County Road 259/Tram Road
Southwood
Blair Stone Road
County Road 2196/Old St. Augustine Road
US 27/Apalachee Parkway
Park Avenue
US 90/Mahan Drive
County Road 146/Miccosukee Road
County Road 151/Centerville Road
Interstate 10
State Road 61/Thomasville Road

[edit] Lane counts

The lane counts along the highway are as follows.

Two lanes (undivided) from US-27 to just north of Interstate 10.
Four lanes (divded) from I-10 to Tharpe Street. (Under construction)
Six lanes (divided) from Tharpe Street to Tennessee Street.
Two lanes (undivided) from Tennessee Street to just north of Blountstown Highway.
Four lanes (divided) across Blountstown Highway to Jackson Bluff Road.
Two lanes (undivided) from Jackson Bluff Road to just west of Crawfordville Highway.
Four lanes (divided) across Crawfordville Highway.
Two lanes (undivided) between Crawfordville Highway and Woodville Highway.
Four lanes (undivided) across Woodville Highway.
Two lanes (undivided) from Woodville Highway to Tram Raoad.
Six lanes (divided) from Tram Road to Blair Stone Road. (under construction)
Four lanes (divided) from Blair Stone Road to Old St. Augustine Road.
Six lanes (divided) from Old St. Augustine Road to Thomasville Road.