Alligator Alley
Everglades Parkway
Length:	84.28 mi[1] (135.64 km)
Formed:	1969
West end:	CR 951 in East Naples, FL
Major junctions:	US 27 near Weston, FL
East end:	I-75/I-595/SR 869 in Weston, FL or US 27 near Weston

Alligator Alley (also known as Everglades Parkway^[2]) is a section of Interstate 75 (Florida State Route 93) extending from Naples on the west coast of Florida to Weston on the east. First opened in 1969,^[3] most of the highway traverses the Everglades. Alligator Alley can refer to: Alligator Alley, a toll road in Florida, United States Alligator Alley, a grade 2/3 band piece by Michael Daugherty Alligator Alley (novel), a novel by Dr. Adder and Mink Mole Alligator Alley a song by the musician Keller Williams. ... Image File history File links I-75. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 474 pixelsFull resolution (2283 × 1354 pixel, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... East Naples is a suburb of Naples, in Collier County, Florida, United States. ... Image File history File links US_27. ... This U.S. Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Highways. ... ]]Location of Weston, Broward County, Florida]] Coordinates: , Country State County Broward Incorporated (city) 1996 Government  - Type Commission-Manager  - Mayor Eric M. Hersh  - City Manager John R. Flint Area [1]  - City  26. ... Image File history File links I-75. ... Image File history File links I-595. ... Image File history File links Toll_Florida_869. ... Interstate 75 is the main interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States, and the primary north-south interstate highway along the west coast and southern end of the state of Florida. ... Interstate 595 (Everglades Expressway), 12. ... </noinclude> The Sawgrass Expressway, also designated State Road 869, is a 23-mile-long, limited-access toll bypass of Broward County, Florida, extending westward from US 1 (SR 5) in Deerfield Beach as a surface street (SE/SW 10th Street), then becoming a toll expressway as it passes Floridas... ]]Location of Weston, Broward County, Florida]] Coordinates: , Country State County Broward Incorporated (city) 1996 Government  - Type Commission-Manager  - Mayor Eric M. Hersh  - City Manager John R. Flint Area [1]  - City  26. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, USA. The population was 20,976 at the 2000 census. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... ]]Location of Weston, Broward County, Florida]] Coordinates: , Country State County Broward Incorporated (city) 1996 Government  - Type Commission-Manager  - Mayor Eric M. Hersh  - City Manager John R. Flint Area [1]  - City  26. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Map of the Everglades ecoregion as delineated by the WWF. Satellite image from NASA. The yellow line encloses two ecoregions, the Everglades and the South Florida rocklands. The South Florida rocklands ecoregion includes the Florida Keys and offshore islands and two patches within the Everglades. ...

The name was given by the American Automobile Association during planning; they believed it would be a useless road, an "alley for alligators." However, since alligators often frequent the waterways beside the road, the nickname has a somewhat literal meaning. The AAA logo AAA (read triple-A), also known by its historic name of the American Automobile Association, is a non-profit automobile lobby group and service organization based in Orlando, Florida, United States. ... For other uses, see Alligator (disambiguation). ...

History

It was originally built as a two-lane freeway connecting the two coasts of Florida, and was later connected to Interstate 75 as an east-west continuation of the highway, which otherwise ran north and south. It is still a toll road, with automobile drivers paying $2.50 each to use the road. Before the completion of its re-engineering, Alligator Alley was signed as State Road 84; the ends that were not redesignated I-75 still retain the State Road 84 signage. The Interstate 75 signs on Alligator Alley were not erected until 1993, and the SR 84 designation was dropped in favor of Interstate 75's usual hidden designation, State Road 93. A two-lane freeway or two-lane expressway is a freeway or expressway with only one lane in each direction, and usually no median barrier. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Originally extending from the Tamiami Trail (US 41-SR 45) in Naples to Federal Highway (U.S. Route 1-SR 5) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida State Road 84 now consists of two noncontiguous pieces: • A 7-mile-long section in Collier County, Florida with an eastern terminus at Alligator Alley... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Between 1986 and 1992 it was widened to four lanes, with many bridges designed to let water and wildlife pass underneath. This helped to reduce the environmental impact of the highway somewhat, especially upon the severely endangered Florida Panther, as well as reducing the danger of the highway, which is notorious for high-speed accidents. Environmental impact analysis is conducted to determine the likely human environmental health impact, risk to ecological health, and changes to natures services that a proposed or ongoing project may bring, or is bringing. ... The Siberian Tiger is a subspecies of tiger that are critically endangered. ... Trinomial name Puma concolor coryi The Florida Panther (Puma concolor coryi) is a critically endangered subspecies of Puma that lives in the low pinelands, palm forests and swamps of southern Florida in the United States, especially near the Big Cypress National Preserve [1]. It is the last subspecies of Puma...

References

1. ^ National Highway Planning Network GIS data. FHWA (version 2005.08). Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
2. ^ Alligator Alley Story. Retrieved on 3 July, 2006.
3. ^ South Florida Roads. Retrieved on 3 July, 2006.

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