Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike

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State Road 821
Length:	47.86[1] mi (77.02 km)
South end:	US 1 in Florida City
Major junctions:	SR 874 in Kendall SR 836 near Sweetwater I-75 near Hialeah
North end:	Turnpike in Miramar
Florida State and County Roads < SR 820 SR 822 >

The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (HEFT), assigned the State Road 821 (SR 821) designation by the Florida Department of Transportation, is a southern extension of the tolled Florida's Turnpike, running around the north and west sides of the Miami to end at Florida City (near Homestead). It was built in 1974, after the main line of the Turnpike was completed, and is used by both commuters and travelers to the Florida Keys and Everglades. Due to its path, it acts as a de facto outer beltway for Miami.

The HEFT has always used mile-based exit numbers and a coin system of tolls, and has in part been responsible for changes to those systems on the rest of the Turnpike. Unlike the rest of the Turnpike, with tolls every 45 miles on average, the extension has tolls every 12 miles, with a much higher traffic load. Unlike other Florida's Turnpike Enterprise highways, it is treated as if it were part of the main line Florida's Turnpike highway by highway signs and exit numbers, despite its separate state route number.

[edit] Exit list

Mile	County	Municipality	#	Destinations	Notes
	Miami-Dade	Florida City		U.S. Highway 1 south - Key West (State Road 5 south)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
			1	U.S. Highway 1 north - Florida City (State Road 5 north)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		Homestead	2	Campbell Drive; Southwest 312th Street - Homestead
			5	Southwest 288th Street; Biscayne Drive
			6	Southwest 137th Avenue; Speedway Blvd	southbound exit and northbound entrance
			9	State Road 989 - Southwest 112th Avenue	split into 9A and 9B southbound
				Homestead barrier toll
			11	Cutler Ridge Boulevard; Southwest 216th Street
			12	Cutler Ridge Boulevard; Caribbean Boulevard (U.S. Highway 1; State Road 5)	US 1 shield and "To US 1" removed from exit signs in early 1990s
			13	State Road 994 - Quail Roost Drive; Eureka Drive
			16	State Road 992 - Southwest 152nd Street; Southwest 117th Avenue
			17	State Road 874 to State Road 826 - Miami	northbound exit and southbound entrance; left-side ramps
			19	Southwest 120th Street	left-side ramps
				Snapper Creek service plaza
			20	State Road 94 - Southwest 88th Street; Kendall Drive
				Bird Road barrier toll
			23	State Road 976 - Southwest 40th Street
			25	U.S. Highway 41 - Southwest 8th Street (State Road 90)
			26	State Road 836 east - Miami International Airport
			27	Northwest 12th Street
			29	Northwest 41st Street
				Okeechobee barrier toll
			34	Northwest 106th Street; Gran Park Boulevard
			35	U.S. Highway 27 - Okeechobee Road (State Road 25)
			39	Interstate 75 north - Naples (State Road 93 north)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Broward	Miramar	43	State Road 823 - Red Road; Northwest 57th Avenue
			47	State Road 817 - University Drive north; Northwest 27th Avenue south (to County Line Road, State Road 852)
				Miramar barrier toll
				Dolphin Stadium; Miami (Florida's Turnpike south; State Road 91 south)
				Florida's Turnpike north (State Road 91 north)

[edit] References

1. ^ FDOT GIS data

[edit] External links

• Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike Route Map (PDF)