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Okaloosa working on Highway 98 collector road as Santa Rosa falls behind

August 6, 2025 | Hansen Hasenberg

U.S. Highway 98 can be a traffic nightmare.

From Gulf Breeze in Santa Rosa County to Mary Esther in Okaloosa County, there are few, if any, alternative routes to Highway 98 if traveling east and west. Combine ever increasing amounts of tourists, people commuting to and from work and school traffic and you have a serious congestion problem.

Philip Walker of HDR, an engineering and design company working on the Highway 98 Collector Road project in Okaloosa County, explains the project’s proposed route to a group of citizens.

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Okaloosa working on Highway 98 collector road as Santa Rosa falls behind

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