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Encyclopedia > Interstate 595 (Florida)
Interstate 595
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 13 mi (20 km)
Formed: Late 80's and Early 90's
West end: I-75/SR 869 in Weston, FL
Major
junctions:		 Turnpike near Fort Lauderdale, FL
I-95 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
East end: US 1 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Interstate 595 (abbreviated I-595) connects Interstate 75 in the west with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, U.S. 1 and Interstate 95 in the east (the interchange between I-595 and I-95 is locally known as the Rainbow Interchange). It is normally called 595 locally and some maps indicate it as the Port Everglades Expressway . I-595 measures 12.86 miles (20.70 km) in length. I-595 is also known as the Everglades Expressway and as the unsigned State Road 862 by the Florida Department of Transportation. Image File history File links I-595. ... Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... Image File history File links I-75. ... Image File history File links Toll_Florida_869. ... Interstate 75 is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ... The Sawgrass Expressway, also designated Florida State Road 869, is a 24-mile-long toll bypass of Broward County, Florida, USA, extending westward from US 1 (SR 5) in Deerfield Beach as a surface street, then becoming a toll expressway as it passes Floridas Turnpike (although there is no... Weston is a city located in Broward County, Florida, USA. Established as a city in 1996, much of the community was developed by Arvida/JMB Partners and is located near the western developmental boundary of Broward County. ... Image File history File links Florida's_Turnpike_shield. ... Floridas Turnpike, known as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike since 1998, is a toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km) down the Florida peninsula through 11 counties, from US 1 in Florida City to Interstate 75 at Wildwood. ... Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ... Image File history File links I-95. ... Interstate 95, the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States, serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. ... Image File history File links US_1. ... United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... FAA diagram of FLL “FLL” redirects here. ... United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ... Interstate 95, the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States, serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. ... One of two named interchanges in southeastern Florida (the other being Miamis Golden Glades Interchange), the Rainbow Interchange is a four-level stack interchange near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ...


The western highway interchange consists of I-75 "north" (nicknamed Alligator Alley) to the west, I-75 south to the south, the Sawgrass Expressway toll road to the north, and I-595 to the east. State Road 84 (the former number for Alligator Alley) runs parallel to the highway, acting as an access road on either side of it most of the way. The portion of the highway between I-95 and US1 was built on old Florida East Coast Railroad tracks that went to Port Everglades . In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ... For other uses, see Alligator Alley (disambiguation). ... The Sawgrass Expressway, also designated Florida State Road 869, is a 24-mile-long toll bypass of Broward County, Florida, USA, extending westward from US 1 (SR 5) in Deerfield Beach as a surface street, then becoming a toll expressway as it passes Floridas Turnpike (although there is no... 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... In the USA, a frontage road (also access road, service road or feeder) is a non-limited access road running parallel to a higher-speed road, usually a freeway, and feeding it at appropriate points of access (slip ramps). ...


Interstate 595 grew out of the original plan of connecting Port Everglades with Naples with a southern and eastern extension of I-75, but in the 1970s, the southern terminus of I-75 was moved from Broward to Dade (now Miami-Dade) County. The rerouting decision delayed construction of the planned trans-Broward expressway (which, at one point, was to be a toll road): it wasn't completed until March 22, 1991[1]. Port Everglades, in Broward County, Florida, is one of the United Statess top container ports with more than 5,400 ships at call in a year, a major petroleum storage and distribution hub, and a United States Navy liberty port. ... Location in Collier County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Collier Settled 6 November 1886 Incorporated (town) 1925 Incorporated (city) 25 May 1949 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Bill Barnett   - City Manager Robert E. Lee  Area [1]  - city  14. ...


Exit list

Yellow sign signaling the end of the highway.
Yellow sign signaling the end of the highway.
Final exit on Interstate 595.
Final exit on Interstate 595.
Exit Road(s) Intersected / Destination Old Exit No.
1A Southwest 136th Avenue (Westbound) 1
1B Flamingo Road / FL 823 2
2 Hiatus Road 3
3 Nob Hill Road 4
4 Pine Island Road 5
5 University Drive / FL 817 6
7 Davie Road 7
8 US 441 / Florida's Turnpike (from Westbound)
8A Florida's Turnpike (from Eastbound) 8
8B US 441 (from Eastbound]] 9
9 FL 84 (from Eastbound) 10
10A I-95 North 11A
10B I-95 South 11B
12A US 1 South / Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
12B US 1 North

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 478 pixelsFull resolution (882 × 527 pixel, file size: 72 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image was photographed by Tvs emory in March 2006. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 478 pixelsFull resolution (882 × 527 pixel, file size: 72 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image was photographed by Tvs emory in March 2006. ... Image File history File links US_441. ... Image File history File links Florida's_Turnpike_shield. ... U.S. Highway 441 is a spur route of US Highway 41. ... Floridas Turnpike, known as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike since 1998, is a toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km) down the Florida peninsula through 11 counties, from US 1 in Florida City to Interstate 75 at Wildwood. ... Image File history File links Florida's_Turnpike_shield. ... Floridas Turnpike, known as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike since 1998, is a toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km) down the Florida peninsula through 11 counties, from US 1 in Florida City to Interstate 75 at Wildwood. ... Image File history File links US_441. ... U.S. Highway 441 is a spur route of US Highway 41. ... Image File history File links I-95. ... Interstate 95, the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States, serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. ... Image File history File links I-95. ... Interstate 95, the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States, serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. ... Image File history File links US_1. ... Image File history File links Airport_Sign. ... United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ... FAA diagram of FLL “FLL” redirects here. ... Image File history File links US_1. ... United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ...

References

  1. ^ History of Interstate 595

External links

  • FDOT GIS data
  • I-595 Express Improvement Project
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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95
Current and Future (F) Former
I-195 Florida - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - New Jersey - Virginia
I-295 Delaware/New Jersey - District of Columbia/Maryland - Florida - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Maine - New York - North Carolina - Virginia
I-395 Connecticut/Massachusetts - District of Columbia/Virginia - Florida - Maryland - Maine
I-495 Delaware - District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia - Maine - Massachusetts - New York New Jersey - Pennsylvania
I-595 Florida - Maryland Virginia
I-695 District of Columbia - Maryland - New York Massachusetts - New Jersey - Pennsylvania
I-795 Florida (F) - Maryland Virginia
I-895 Maryland - New York Delaware - New Jersey/Pennsylvania - Rhode Island/Massachusetts - Virginia
Browse numbered routes
< SR 860 FL SR 865 >
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Interstate 595 (Florida) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (341 words)
The western highway interchange consists of I-75 "north" (nicknamed Alligator Alley) to the west, I-75 south to the south, the Sawgrass Expressway toll road to the north, and I-595 to the east.
Florida State Road 84 (the former number for Alligator Alley) runs parallel to the highway, acting as an access road on either side of it most of the way.
Interstate 595 grew out of the original plan of connecting Port Everglades with Naples with a southern and eastern extension of I-75, but in the 1970s, the southern terminus of I-75 was moved from Broward to Dade (now Miami-Dade) County.
Interstate 595 Florida @ Interstate-Guide.com (1299 words)
Known as the Port Everglades Expressway, Interstate 595 connects Interstate 75 and the Sawgrass Expressway/Florida Toll 869 with the Florida's Turnpike, Interstate 95, and U.S. 1 between Weston and Fort Lauderdale.
Peering northward at ramps to the Sawgrass Expressway from Interstate 595 west to Interstate 75 north.
Interstate 595 travels 11.8 miles to the east to meet its parent Interstate 95.
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