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30-640: Mayo's campus is situated on 400 acres located near the intersection of San Pablo Road and J. Turner Butler Boulevard , an expressway which serves as a major thoroughfare to and from the Jacksonville Beaches . Impressed by the medical treatment received by members of Jacksonville's Davis family (then owners of the Winn-Dixie supermarket chain) at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, they rallied community and corporate support to bring Mayo Clinic to Jacksonville and donated

60-411: A P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) mechanism. To be eligible to apply, a cancer center must receive at least $ 10 million in cancer research funding annually. Preparation for these grant applications can be extensive. The most recent grant application prepared by MD Anderson Cancer Center took 24 months to prepare and ran to 2,963 pages. The NCI considers the certain characteristics essential to

90-575: A primary care network with locations in Southside Jacksonville and Jacksonville Beach, as well as a community engagement and research outreach facility in Downtown Jacksonville . In a 2008 examination of 5,453 United States hospitals, U.S. News & World Report ranked Mayo Clinic Jacksonville 23rd in adult specialization for rheumatology and 46th in adult specialization for gastrointestinal disorders. In another U.S. News rating,

120-636: A boulevard, the road is a completely limited-access expressway , with the exception of the westernmost 0.5 miles (800 meters) between US 1 and Interstate 95 (I-95),. It was constructed in sections by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (before 1971, the Jacksonville Expressway Authority ). The first section opened in 1979, but the entire road was not completed until 1997. SR 202 begins at U.S. Route 1 (Philips Highway) and starts its run east as

150-619: A combination of basic, population sciences, and clinical research, and are encouraged to stimulate collaborative research involving more than one field of study. Clinical cancer centers may apply for up to $ 1.4 million per year. Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers conduct only laboratory research and do not provide patient treatment. Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers are more often affiliated with research institutes rather than universities. They are eligible to apply for up to $ 1.2 million per year. Independent or freestanding cancer centers are entities unto themselves and are not considered to be part of

180-406: A divided, six lane surface street, going east towards I-95 and becoming a six lane freeway. Between SR 115 (Southside Boulevard) and Hodges Boulevard, the freeway is seven lanes, with the westbound lanes carrying four lanes going into town, and the eastbound lanes providing three lanes going towards the beaches. The freeway passes many areas of residential development and office parks, as well as

210-652: A larger institution or university. The center’s administration controls all space, appointments, and budgets. These institutions may have university affiliations, but they remain administratively and financially distinct. The NCI also supports Consortium Centers , wherein scientists and clinicians from multiple institutions enter into formal agreements to expand cancer research programs. Importantly, Consortium Partners are not themselves considered NCI-designated. The NCI has strict guidelines on how Consortium Partners can refer to their relationship with their parent Consortium Center. These grants fund shared resources to further

240-480: A lung restoration center to allow for more transplantations, and the third will include a positron emission tomography (PET) radiochemistry facility with an on-site cyclotron . In 2019 Mayo announced it will spend $ 233 million to create a comprehensive cancer center in its Jacksonville campus. When it opens in 2025 it will be one of only two designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Florida. The center will also offer

270-689: A particle therapy facility, one of three such facilities in Jacksonville (the others being proton therapy installations at UF Health and the Ackerman Cancer Center), and of which there are only a few dozen in the United States. Mayo's facility will be the first to employ carbon ion radiotherapy in North America. In February 2022 Mayo announced a $ 432 million project to add five floors to the existing inpatient tower, plus additional facilities at

300-624: A turbine interchange with I-295 (The East Beltway) before passing through mostly marshland as it heads east towards the Intracoastal, before entering the Jacksonville area beaches and ending at SR A1A , just west of the Atlantic coastline. St. Johns Town Center , a super-regional shopping mall is located near the I-295 intersection, as is the University of North Florida . Further east, Mayo Clinic Florida

330-565: A university. Receiving the NCI-designation places cancer centers among the top 4 percent of the approximately 1,500 cancer centers in the United States. The standards for Comprehensive Cancer Centers are the most restrictive of the types. These facilities must demonstrate expertise in each of three areas: laboratory, clinical, and behavioral and population-based research. Comprehensive Cancer Centers are expected to initiate and conduct early phase, innovative clinical trials and to participate in

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360-684: Is a 13.042-mile-long (20.989 km) state highway that extends from U.S. Route 1 (US 1; Philips Highway ), in Jacksonville , Florida to SR A1A (Third Street), in Jacksonville Beach , near the Atlantic Ocean , just north of Ponte Vedra Beach , and includes a bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway . To locals, the road is better known as J. Turner Butler Boulevard , Butler Boulevard , or JTB. Despite being named as

390-451: Is also conducted on Mayo's campus. Mayo's research is focused on cancer, neurological and neuro-degenerative diseases. The goal of this research is to bring the advances from laboratory research to patient care as quickly as possible. The campus also houses a Courtyard by Marriott . In addition, in September 2021 Mayo Clinic announced that a $ 70 million, 252-room Hilton Hotel will open on

420-604: Is also located off J. Turner Butler Boulevard, about 10 miles away from Mayo's San Pablo Road campus) to serve as the admitting hospital for Mayo's Jacksonville location. In 2001, after experiencing significant growth in Jacksonville, Mayo Clinic announced its intention to build a hospital on its San Pablo Road campus. The hospital opened in 2008 and created 304 beds and 22 operating rooms, offering care in more than 35 medical and surgical specialties. Mayo then sold St. Luke's hospital to St. Vincent's HealthCare , which renamed it St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside . Mayo Clinic Hospital

450-712: Is in Duval County . All exits are unnumbered. NCI-designated Cancer Center NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a group of 72 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute . Three designations are recognized: Comprehensive Cancer Centers , Clinical Cancer Centers , and Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers . As of November 2024, there are 57 Comprehensive Cancer Centers, 8 Clinical Cancer Centers, and 7 Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers. Almost all are associated with

480-570: Is located near the interchange with San Pablo Road. The expressway is named for J. Turner Butler , a well-known Jacksonville attorney and Florida legislator who was instrumental in advancing various transportation projects in the region and the establishment of the Jacksonville Expressway Authority. J.T.B. was a toll road until 1988 when the JTA removed all the toll-collection facilities in Jacksonville. When J.T.B. initially opened, it

510-557: Is one of three teaching hospitals in Jacksonville, along with UF Health Jacksonville , located in North Jacksonville, and Wolfson Children's Hospital in downtown Jacksonville. An expansion announced in 2022 will increase the total number of beds from 304 to 428 in 2026. A large variety of medical services a patient may need are available at Jacksonville's Mayo Clinic including doctor's visits, testing, surgery, organ transplants, emergency care and hospital care. Mayo also operates

540-608: The Belfort/Salisbury interchange. In 2022 work was completed to reconfigure the San Pablo Road interchange to a diverging diamond interchange format (with right-in/right-out access to Mayo Clinic). In late 2022 construction began on a loop ramp in the southeast quadrant of the Kernan Blvd interchange that will replace the existing traffic light for eastbound J.T.B. traffic headed to northbound Kernan Blvd. The entire route

570-461: The Mayo Clinic Florida campus in 2024. With a $ 70.5 million expansion plan, more than 300,000 square feet (28,000 m) of space will be built over the course of five years beginning in 2017. This will allow for the growth of hundreds of staff positions and 100 physicians. The expansion will provide: space for cardiovascular, radiology and cardio-thoracic surgery program areas, expansion of

600-541: The NCI's cooperative groups by providing leadership and recruiting patients for trials. Comprehensive Cancer Centers must also conduct activities in outreach and education, and provide information on advances in healthcare for both healthcare professionals and the public. Comprehensive cancer centers may apply for up to $ 1.5 million per year from the Department of Health and Human Services. Clinical Cancer Centers generally conduct

630-446: The early 2000s, conducted a study on making long-term improvements to J.T.B. The study results recommended widening the road and designating "inside" express lanes with limited on and off points along the route, surrounded by additional "outside" local lanes, albeit at a considerable cost. While this was not implemented, most of the highway between I-95 and the Intracoastal Waterway was widened to three to five lanes in each direction in

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660-475: The early-to-mid 2000s. The Arthur Sollee Bridge spans the Intracoastal Waterway and is known by locals as the "Whubba Whubba" bridge, due to defects in construction that make for an amusing bouncy ride on the eastbound side of the roadway. Between the summer of 2005 and December 24, 2008, an $ 80 million freeway-to-freeway turbine interchange was constructed at the interchange of J.T.B. and I-295, with

690-583: The facility was rated as a Nationally Ranked Hospital in seven Adult Specialties, a Regionally Ranked Hospital – #1 in Florida and #1 in the Jacksonville metro area, and Rated High Performing in three Adult Specialties and nine Adult Procedures/Conditions. The three main buildings at the site are the Davis Building, the Mayo Building (including the hospital) and the Cannaday Building. Laboratory research

720-415: The final piece to open being a flyover ramp from J.T.B. east to I-295 north. Until late 2017, access to J.T.B eastbound from I-95 southbound was handled through a traffic-signaled intersection that was located near the highway's western end. This configuration created significant congestion during rush-hours, causing traffic to back-up onto I-95. To alleviate this situation, a flyover was constructed during

750-565: The goals of the National Cancer Institute. Some of these include the administration of cancer research programs, training activities, core facilities with technology shared by investigators, and clinical trial management services. In 2015, more than 353,000 new patients were enrolled in a clinical trial at an NCI-designated Cancer Center. Cancer centers must renew their status with the NIH every 5 years. The NIH funds cancer centers through

780-439: The large tract of land off San Pablo Road on which Mayo Clinic opened an outpatient consultation center in 1986. This was the first time Mayo Clinic established a location outside of Rochester, Minnesota. With an initial complement of 35 physicians and 145 support personnel, it grew to more than 7,800 total staff over the following 35 years. In 1987, Mayo Clinic purchased St. Luke's Hospital, Florida's oldest private hospital (which

810-520: The mid-2010s from I-95 southbound to J.T.B eastbound, along with other improvements to the I-95/J.T.B/Belfort Road/Salisbury Road interchanges. Under this new configuration, the signaled intersection remained in place but is now only used to provide access from I-95 to the Belfort/Salisbury/Southpoint commercial area since the new flyover merges into J.T.B eastbound past the existing off-ramps in

840-418: The site. When completed in 2026, the expansion will add 124 beds to Mayo Clinic Hospital, bringing the total number of beds to 428. As of 2023, Mayo is in the process of obtaining approximately 200 additional acres of undeveloped land situated immediately north of its existing property. This will increase the total campus size to 602 acres. Florida State Road 202 State Road 202 ( SR 202 )

870-547: The spine center and pain rehabilitation programs, additional surgical rooms, space and equipment to establish a molecular imaging center for radiology and laboratory expansion. Four new floors will be added to the Mayo-South Building and 40,000 square feet (3,700 m) in the Davis Building will be remodeled. Three additional buildings will be constructed; one will provide integrated services of complex cancers and have space for neurologic and neurosurgical care, one will be

900-470: Was described by locals as "the road to nowhere". The moniker has diminished over the years as increased growth in Jacksonville's Southside area, as well as at the beaches and northeastern St. Johns County , has transformed the road into a major commuter route. Because of the heavy traffic on J.T.B. and projected continued growth in the Jacksonville area, the Florida Department of Transportation , in

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