Grand Crossing, Florida

Grand Crossing, Florida is a railway junction located in Florida.

The site was so named in 1899 when two railroads crossed the Waycross-Jacksonville line of the Savannah, Florida & Western (Plant System) at almost the same location near Jacksonville, Florida. One was the Atlantic, Valdosta & Western and the other the Jacksonville & Southwestern Railroad. The AV&W extended from Valdosta, Georgia, to a terminal on East Bay Street in downtown Jacksonville. The J&SW was owned by the Cummer Lumber Company, and extended from its mills on the St. Johns River north of the then-city limits of Jacksonville to Newberry, Florida. The J&SW built a spur paralleling the AV&W to a terminal adjacent to its on East Bay Street.

(Information from microfilm Florida Times-Union, maps, Official Guides, and other sources.)

Coordinates: 30°21′32″N 81°43′15″W / 30.35889°N 81.72083°W / 30.35889; -81.72083

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