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History of Florida. 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 .
Pensacola Beach, Florida. Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, a barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is situated south of Pensacola (and Gulf Breeze connected via bridges spanning to the Fairpoint Peninsula and then to the island) in the Gulf of Mexico.
0294117 [4] Website. www.cityofpensacola.com. Pensacola (/ ˌpɛnsəˈkoʊlə / PEN-sə-KOH-lə) is a city in the Florida Panhandle. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. Pensacola was first settled by the Spanish Empire in 1559, predating the establishment of St. Augustine by six years. [5]
Added to NRHP. September 29, 1970. The Pensacola Historic District (also known as the Seville Historic District) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on September 29, 1970) located in Pensacola, Florida. The district is roughly bounded by Bayfront Parkway, Tarragona, Romana and Cevallos Streets. Within the district are the Historic ...
There are 42 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 3 National Historic Landmarks. Another 3 properties were once listed but have been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 9, 2024.[ 2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
April 27, 2016. The Palafox Historic District (NR 14001085) comprises 129 properties in Pensacola, Florida. The district includes 100 contributing buildings, 28 non-contributing buildings, and 1 non-contributing site (Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza – due to age of site at time of the nomination). The National Register district, listed under ...
t. e. The Port of Pensacola is an operational deep-water port located on Pensacola Bay. With origins dating back to 1743, it is now one of the City of Pensacola 's Enterprise Operations, having been incorporated in 1943 as the Municipal Port Authority. The present-day Port of Pensacola occupies approximately 50 acres of landfill at the southern ...