The Florida Department of Transportation announced that the completion date for the long-awaited construction of the interchange at Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 has been pushed back to spring 2026.

Troopers are urging drivers to avoid the area and expect significant delays as the investigation and cleanup continue.

Drivers on I-95 and I-295 Sunday were met by a strange sight— a barefoot man wrestling a giant alligator in the median.

A 22-year-old man was killed Sunday night in a crash on Interstate 295 near the Dames Point Bridge, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A man died and a woman was critically injured in a Wednesday afternoon crash on Interstate 295.

A nearly 30-minute video released by the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department shows the moments crews responded to a crash involving a sanitation truck and an RV on Interstate 295.

Two men from Jacksonville died on Sunday after they were involved in a crash on Interstate 295 in Duval County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

In the state of Florida, over 100,000 hit-and-run crashes happened just last year. And that was actually down 1% from 2022. Hit-and-run crashes in 2023 resulted in 271 fatalities and 871 serious bodily injuries, according to Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

If you’ve driven around Northeast Florida, you’ve likely seen logging trucks loaded high with tree logs. Yesterday, one of those trucks caused a traffic nightmare on I-295 near Normandy Boulevard. Attorney Curry Pajcic, who recently secured a $141 million settlement for victims of a similar crash, shared insights with News4JAX about this troubling incident.

All lanes have reopened on Interstate 295 northbound at Normandy Boulevard after an overturned logging truck shut down the road for hours Wednesday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A 24-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection to the death of a man found shot in his car on Interstate 295 at the Interstate 10 interchange in May.

Democratic incumbent Kimberly Daniels defeated two primary challengers in Florida House District 14, which covers from Brooklyn and downtown north to include a sliver of Northwest Jacksonville and much of the Northside east of Lem Turner Road and south of Interstate 295 as well as Arlington and part of the Southside north of the Hart Expressway to Beach Boulevard and west of Southside Boulevard.

The Highway 17 and Interstate 295 interchange near the Duval-Clay border is one of the busiest interchanges in Northeast Florida and it’s been under construction for years.

A Jacksonville Today reader, Judy J., wanted to know what’s under construction at the corner of Lem Turner Road and Interstate 295 in Northwest Jacksonville.

A man died after police said they found him with a gunshot wound inside his car on Interstate 295 at the Interstate 10 interchange Saturday night.

A 55-year-old woman is dead after another car struck the rear end of her vehicle on Interstate 295 at mile marker 57 on Sunday at 4:28 p.m.

A 61-year-old woman is dead after a crash involving five vehicles on Interstate 295 south of Old St. Augustine Road, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

A man died early Thursday morning in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 295.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is continuing its push to crack down on dangerous street racing in Jacksonville streets.

A person driving a Honda Accord died early Saturday following a crash that ended with the car catching fire on Interstate 295 northbound in Jacksonville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Law enforcement officials are working on two separate Friday afternoon crashes with injuries impacting traffic along Interstate 295 on Jacksonville’s Westside and Southside.

The southbound lanes of Interstate 295 near the Dunn Avenue exit are closed Sunday afternoon due to police activity, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Drivers passing through Interstate 10, from Interstate 295 to 95, can expect some detours starting Sunday as part of the Florida Department of Transportation’s widening project.

A man was shot during a road rage incident while traveling south on Interstate 295 near Beach Boulevard and the Town Center exit at around 4 p.m. Saturday, according the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A Jacksonville 29-year-old woman died early Wednesday when she lost control of her vehicle traveling north on Interstate 295, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is looking to identify a wanted man said to be connected to an armed sexual battery incident.

A woman was shot while driving along Blanding Boulevard Sunday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A Maine man who police say confessed to shooting seven people — killing four of them — has made his initial court appearance.

A man was shot Friday afternoon while driving along Interstate 295 near Collins Road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

All southbound lanes on Interstate 295 near the Atlantic Boulevard exit are closed Saturday afternoon due to a multi-vehicle crash, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A crash with injuries shut down all lanes of Interstate 295 on Sunday evening.

The News4JAX I-TEAM took a look back at crashes that sent vehicles off the Buckman Bridge.

A 61-year-old Jacksonville man is dead after his pickup truck was hit by a Road Ranger early Tuesday morning and then went off the Buckman Bridge, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

The north and southbound lanes of Interstate 295 over the Dames Point Bridge will be closing this weekend for the Florida Department of Transportation’s routine bridge inspection.

A 24-year-old Jacksonville woman was arrested last week and accused in connection with a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 295 last year.

At least one person is dead following an apparent single-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 295.

One person is dead and another is recovering from injuries following a Sunday morning crash on Interstate 295 near Heckscher Drive.

Interstate 295 northbound at Monument Road has reopened after a crash Saturday morning resulted in a vehicle fire that left lanes shut down for hours.

A driver who was fleeing from Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cruisers crashed Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 295.

Traffic was snarled Tuesday afternoon when a vehicle crashed into a swampy area off the side of Interstate 295 near the Collins Road exit.

A man in his 30s is dead after his van became disabled on Interstate 295 Sunday night, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

The Florida Highway Patrol closed all southbound lanes of the Buckman Bridge on Interstate 295 starting at 1 p.m. on Monday. All lanes reopened around 3:30 p.m., FHP said.

All northbound lanes of Interstate 295 near Monument Road were closed after a wrong-way dump truck crash Friday afternoon.

A 67-year-old motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon after a crash on Interstate 295, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting Monday morning on the city’s Westside.

A woman was sentenced to eight years in prison in a case that authorities called a road rage incident that led to the death of a man in 2019, according to Duval County court records.

A pickup truck struck a school bus in Duval County on Tuesday morning and then took off, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Two children and three adults were transported with serious injuries after a crash Saturday morning on the city’s Northside, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

A motorcyclist died Wednesday after colliding with a tree in the area of the ramp from Merrill Road to northbound Interstate 295, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The deadly crash happened around 11:10 p.m. Thursday, troopers say.

Multiple injuries were reported after a crash Saturday night on northbound Interstate 295 near Old St. Augustine Road, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Residents living on the Westside near 103rd Street and Interstate 295 are frustrated following a string of recent shootings — one of which was deadly.

Lanes were shut down Sunday afternoon after a fatal motorcycle crash on Interstate 295.

The Interstate 295 Managed Lanes from State Road 9B to J. Turner Butler Boulevard are scheduled to open Saturday, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday released 911 calls placed after a car crashed and then went off the Buckman Bridge in February.

A man was found dead Saturday in a car at an apartment complex on Collins Road near Interstate 295, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

One person was killed and five people were injured Monday in a crash involving an RV on northbound Interstate 295 near Old St. Augustine Road, authorities said.

A 32-year-old Jacksonville woman died Thursday morning when a semitractor-trailer and another vehicle collided on southbound Interstate 295 at Blanding Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A man died in a motorcycle accident Wednesday in Jacksonville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The driver of a school bus was hurt Monday morning when the bus they were driving veered off Interstate 295 and crashed into multiple trees.

Traffic heading southbound on Interstate 295 was blocked at New Kings Road for nearly three hours after a pickup truck rear-ended a tractor-trailer.

A school bus driver was arrested in Duval County and accused of driving under the influence Thursday morning after she crashed into an interstate sign and drove off the road on Interstate 295.

One person was killed in a vehicle that rolled over the guardrail and struck a pole early Sunday morning on Interstate 295 southbound just past the Wilson Boulevard exit.

Viewers are again complaining about the ongoing issue but now they’re saying it’s become a safety hazard -- causing near-crashes regularly.

The News4Jax I-TEAM looked into the history of the Westside apartment complex where a fire erupted Monday afternoon.

Two right lanes of southbound Interstate 295 on the Buckman Bridge have reopened after the the Florida Highway Patrol said Monday.

Two southbound lanes of Interstate 295 across the Buckman Bridge will be detoured from Friday evening through early Monday morning for the next several weekends while permanent repairs are made to expansion joints forced the Buckman Bridge to close for nearly eight hours in May, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Two southbound lanes of Interstate 295 across the Buckman Bridge will be detoured from Friday evening through early Monday morning for the next several weekends while permanent repairs are made to expansion joints forced the Buckman Bridge to close for nearly eight hours in May, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

A tow truck driver and another man died after they were struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning on Interstate 295 near Blanding Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

A 7-year-old is in critical condition after the vehicle he was traveling in hit a parked semi-tractor-trailer Wednesday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

All northbound lanes of Interstate 295 at Old St. Augustine Road in Mandarin are blocked by a multi-car crash involving at least five people -- at least two of them have critical injures.

All eastbound lanes of J. Turner Butler Boulevard reopened Tuesday evening.

A teenage boy was shot Thursday morning at an apartment complex off Collins Road, just east of Interstate 295, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A car struck a 40-year-old woman who was lying in the eastbound lane of Beaver Street west of Interstate 295 just after 11 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two people were injured in a crash Monday afternoon involving a patrol car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. After the collision, troopers said, the sedan overturned and the driver of the SUV drove to a stop in the outside emergency lane. According to the Highway Patrol, the driver of the SUV, a 29-year-old Jacksonville man, and the driver of the sedan, a 39-year-old woman, suffered minor injuries. The Highway Patrol said the passenger in the sedan, a 3-year-old Jacksonville girl, was not hurt. The news release did not specify which vehicle was the patrol car.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 28-year-old woman was struck and killed early Monday morning after she hit a guardrail along the entrance ramp to southbound Interstate 295 from Town Center Parkway and then got out of her car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The report said the woman “exited the vehicle and began to stand on passenger side” when an SUV traveling up the ramp to southbound I-295 struck the woman and the sedan. The driver of the SUV, a 58-year-old Jacksonville Beach man, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, troopers said. Due to the deadly crash, all southbound lanes of I-295 at Town Center Parkway for more than four hours, causing heavy delays for morning commuters. But they say also this is 3 in the morning and that needs to be taken into account.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man is nearly $1 million richer after buying a $20 scratch-off lotto ticket. The 36-year-old claimed his prize after playing the 200X The Cash scratch-off game and chose to claim his winnings with a one-time payment of $890,000, according to the Florida Lottery. The winning ticket was purchased from the RaceTrac location on Philips Highway just south of Interstate 295. The store will get a $2,000 bonus commission for selling a winning ticket. The $20 game launched last September and players can vie for the chance to win some of more than $446 million in prizes, which include 10 $5 million prizes.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two southbound lanes of I-295 at Blanding and one southbound lane of I-295 at Atlantic Boulevard are closed by traffic accidents on Monday morning. Click play button above for live Florida Department of Transportation camera views.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was killed and two women were seriously injured early Saturday morning in a wrong-way crash involving two cars and a tractor-trailer on I-295 near Beach Boulevard. Southbound lanes reopened at 8 p.m.FHP: Man dead, 2 women seriously injured in wrong-way crash on I-295 at Beach Blvd around 3 a.m. Southbound I-295 still closed. The 23-year-old man driving the BMW was not wearing a seat belt and suffered fatal injuries, troopers said. Troopers said the 22-year-old woman driving the Hyundai, who is listed as being from Corpus Christi, Texas, and a 48-year-old woman driving the semi were both wearing seat belts. A deadly crash was reported Saturday morning on I-295 near Beach Boulevard.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One person is dead and four others were hospitalized after a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning, troopers said. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a Kia Sportage was driving south on Interstate 295 just before Lem Turner around 4:15 a.m. when it went off the road, hitting several trees. Troopers said the 22-year-old driver died and the four passengers -- three 19-year-olds and one 20-year-old -- were taken to UF Health with serious injuries. According to the FHP report, it’s unknown whether they were wearing seat belts. Troopers said the crash remains under investigation.

One person was transported to a hospital after a tractor trailer overturned Tuesday and caught fire, according to JFRD. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One person was hospitalized Tuesday after a fiery tractor trailer crash on Jacksonville’s Northside. The crash happened shortly after noon on the northbound exit ramp of Interstate 295 at Alta Drive, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. The fire department said the tractor trailer overturned and then caught fire. The crash led to the temporary closure of the entrance and exit ramps.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One person died after a crash Monday involving a motorcycle and two other vehicles on Beach Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The Highway Patrol website shows the crash was reported shortly after 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Beachwood Boulevard, just east of Interstate 295. Troopers said the motorcyclist died at a hospital. Roadblock due to crash investigation. pic.twitter.com/RAP21P9aK4 — FHPJacksonville (@FHPJacksonville) January 25, 2021Several lanes of Beach Boulevard were blocked due to the crash investigation.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man and woman were found dead Friday morning in the home off Beaver Street and another man was hospitalized after being shot in the house, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Watershed Drive North, in the Whitehouse area west of Interstate 295, was closed due to police activity for several hours. Detectives said a gun was found and they were investigating if this was a murder-suicide, but that was not confirmed. Neighbors said they had seen a man and woman move into the house less than a month ago. “Just seeing everything going on, it’s kind of crazy,” neighbor Tyrell Wilson said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A bicyclist was fatally struck by a car on Atlantic Boulevard on Monday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The accident was reported by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department around 7 p.m. According to police, a woman was riding a bicycle across the westbound lanes of Atlantic Boulevard, just west of Interstate 295, when she was hit by a car traveling west. Police said the bicyclist was critically injured when they arrived at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office said two occupants of the car stopped and are cooperating with police.

A Florida Department of Transportation camera shows a crash Sunday on the Buckman Bridge. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The northbound lanes of Interstate 295 on the Buckman Bridge were closed Sunday afternoon due to a crash, authorities said. According to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, multiple cars were involved, and one of the vehicles caught fire. Crews are responding to a traffic accident on the Buckman bridge northbound.... multiple cars are involved with one on fire.... expect heavy delays in both directions. All northbound lanes have since reopened.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man died late Saturday night when he darted in front of an SUV on Interstate 295 at Old St. Augustine Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the 31-year-old man was outside a disabled car about 11:30 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, he left the median and moved in front of the northbound vehicle. He died at the scene. The driver stopped and was cooperating with FHP.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the chase began at 7:18 a.m. at Old St. Augustine and I-295 when a trooper spotted a reckless driver going north at 100 mph. That trooper tried to get the driver to pull over, but a chase ensued. A second trooper joined the pursuit as they crossed Buckman Bridge heading toward Orange Park. It was just the flipped car with any damage.”Michael Bennett was also driving across the bridge and saw the whole thing happen. News4Jax crime and safety expert Ken Jefferson, who is a former Jacksonville police officer, said he questions the use of the PIT maneuver.

(Copyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two crashes on Interstate 295 on the Westside caused major delays on a rainy Friday evening. The crashes happened on northbound I-295 near Wilson Boulevard around 7 p.m.After lanes were shut down, all lanes were reopened around 9:30 p.m.Find the latest traffic updates here.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Thursday on Interstate 295 north of Collins Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to the Highway Patrol, a 2007 GMC pickup truck was traveling south in the left lane of I-295 shortly after 5 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the pickup. That’s when, troopers said, the pickup went off the right side of the roadway where it struck a light pole and an interstate sign support pole. Troopers said the driver, a 48-year-old Jacksonville man, was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 48-year-old died early Thursday morning after a pickup truck sideswiped two vehicles that had stopped on Interstate 295 southbound near Main Street after a rear-end collision, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said another pickup truck then struck the first two disabled vehicles and a pedestrian, who died at the scene. The accident happened just after 5:30 a.m. and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officers closed the beltway southbound at I-95 to give investigators space to safety work at the scene. #PringlePatrol @wjxt4 pic.twitter.com/FfJxhPwwHq — Lena Pringle (@WJXTLenaPringle) October 1, 2020None of the drivers of the four vehicles involved was injured. The FHP no longer provides names of either the victim of a crash or the drivers involved.

Kenny West told hundreds attending the Mass mass. “We had been texting him while he was in the hospital,” West told News4Jax. The Sheriff’s Office said Twisdale acquired the virus on the job. “It was an honor -- an honor to be part and honor him and have a little humor with him,” West said. Video of Clay County Sheriff’s Office of Thursday’s motorcade, services

All lanes of Interstate 295 northbound near Wilson Boulevard are closed after a crash involving a semi and at least one car were in a crash Tuesday morning that injured three people. A Flordia Department of Transportation camera shows the big rig crashed into and damaging the median barrier, but southbound traffic does not appear to be affected. Northbound traffic is at a standstill as the ramp to Wilson, where traffic is being diverted, is not moving. Earlier Tuesday, a police cruiser was involved in a crash on I-295 at Normany, the next exit to the south. One person was injured in that crash, but it was not clear if it was the officer.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Two of three northbound lanes of Interstate 295 are closed Tuesday morning after a crash involving a Jacksonville Sheriffs Office cruiser. Rescue units were called and one person was transported, but it wasnt known if the injury was of the police officer. A Jacksonville Fire-Rescue spokesman said the injury was not serious. This story will be updated as more information becomes availab.e

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man is dead after a crash Monday night on Beach Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the driver of a scooter was traveling west on Beach, and the driver of a truck was driving from the I-295 southbound entrance ramp onto Beach. They said the driver of the truck collided with the scooter under the overpass, and the driver of the truck left the scene. Troopers did not have a description of the truck driver. All westbound lanes of Beach Boulevard were closed after the crash.

Ron DeSantis says he cant afford a Tesla, hes all in on adding electric-vehicle charging stations to the states highways. This comes as Floridians and Americans continue to purchase more and more electric vehicles, DeSantis said while at the Turkey Lake Service Plaza in Orlando. EVgo, with the largest network of fast charging stations in the U.S., got three. A total of about $25 million of the states share is supposed to go for charging stations. Last year, the state announced the expansion of privately run charging stations at Florida Turnpike service plazas.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Police are looking for a girl and her father, the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office announced late Thursday evening. According to the Sheriffs Office, the two were said to have left their residence about 5 p.m. in a maroon 2013 Nissan Maxima with Florida tag NMBV83 and headed to an unknown location. Police described the 6-year-old as being 4 feet tall, weighing 60 pounds and having brown eyes and black hair. Her father was described by police as being 6 feet, 1 inch tall, weighing 250 pounds and having brown eyes and black hair. Anyone who has seen them or who has information about their whereabouts is asked to call the Sheriffs Office at 904-630-0500.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A giant chalk mural decorated the parking lot of the Winn-Dixie on Baymeadows Road near Interstate 295 Wednesday as a salute to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The mural depicted a caped super hero with a medical cross symbol on its chest and read, “Happy nurses week. Thank you to our frontline heroes.”A giant mural of a superhero clad with a medical cross decorated the parking lot of the Winn-Dixie on Baymeadows Road Wednesday as a salute to frontline heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic. A giant mural decorated the parking lot of the Winn-Dixie on Baymeadows Road Wednesday as a salute to frontline heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic. (WJXT)The store had commissioned the piece from local mural artists Danielle and Ian Cleary.

Published: May 2, 2020, 6:51 pm Updated: May 2, 2020, 8:00 pmJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Multiple lanes on the Buckman Bridge were shut down Saturday evening following a crash involving an injury. The crash happened on westbound Interstate 295 just before 6:30 p.m. and involved multiple vehicles. According to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, one person was trapped in a vehicle following the crash. The person was removed from the vehicle and taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to JFRD. Three westbound lanes were shut down while the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and JFRD worked the crash.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One employee was shot and another was robbed late Monday night at a Taco Bell on the Westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The employee who was shot was taken to the hospital but is expected to survive. According to police, a man entered the restaurant on 103rd street, west of Interstate 295, just before 11:30 p.m. to rob the business. During that holdup, the employee was shot then another employee was individually robbed. The Taco Bell is believed to have surveillance cameras and images from Florida Department of Transportation cameras posted throughout 103rd street could help police identify the criminal.