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Pensacola ( / ˌpɛnsəˈkoʊlə / PEN-sə-KOH-lə) is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle. It is the county seat and only city of Escambia County and one of two municipalities that are incorporated, the other being Century. [5] At the 2020 census, the population was 54,312, up from 51,923 at the 2010 census.
The first lighthouse built by the U.S. on the Florida coast. Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA, FAA LID: NPA) (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a ...
From 1940 to 1945, the airport was a U.S. Navy training facility; the Navy built a control tower and added a fourth runway. In 1947 Eastern Air Lines began service out of Pensacola, and in 1952 a modern terminal replaced the original one. The airport was then dedicated to L.C. Hagler, the former mayor of Pensacola.
Scenic. ← SR 9B. → SR 10. ← SR 7. SR 8. → SR 8A. Interstate 10 ( I-10) runs for 362 miles (583 km) in Florida as the easternmost section of an east–west Interstate Highway in the southern United States. It is also the eastern end of one of three coast-to-coast Interstates, along with I-80 and I-90. The highway runs east from the ...
The history of Pensacola, Florida, begins long before the Spanish claimed founding of the modern city in 1698. The area around present-day Pensacola was inhabited by Native American peoples thousands of years before the historical era. The historical era begins with the arrival of Spanish explorers in the 16th century.
February 14, 2023 (current bridge, westbound span) [1] Statistics. Daily traffic. 485,864,334 [2] Location. On the Old Bridge, Heading South. The Pensacola Bay Bridge, also known locally as the Three-Mile Bridge, runs between downtown Pensacola, Florida, and Gulf Breeze, Florida. It carries six lanes of U.S. Highway 98 across Pensacola Bay .
Designated NHL. October 9, 1960 [1] Commemorative plaque (1956) Fort Barrancas (1839) or Fort San Carlos de Barrancas (from 1787) is a United States military fort and National Historic Landmark in the former Warrington area of Pensacola, Florida, located physically within Naval Air Station Pensacola, which was developed later around it.
Paved oval. Length. 0.5 miles (0.8 km) Banking. 15° (corners) Five Flags Speedway logo. Five Flags Speedway is a half-mile (0.8 km) paved oval racetrack in Pensacola, Florida. It opened in 1953 and is located on Pine Forest Road. [1] It is christened after the nickname of Pensacola—"City of Five Flags."