 Passing a campus of the University of Florida, the route turns southeastward through a commercial neighborhood of Pensacola.Entering the Cordova Park neighborhood, State Road 296 becomes primarily residential for several miles, until DuPort Road, where it turns southeastward along Bayou Texar.The roads turns south once more along the bayou before the intersection with Hyde Park Road, where State Road 296 turns eastward along Hyde Park Road, coming to an intersection with U.S. Route 90 (Scenic Highway) in Pensacola.