Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike

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State Road 821
Length: 47.86[1] mi (77.02 km)
Formed: 1974
South end: US 1 in Florida City
Major
junctions:		 SR 874 in Kendall
SR 836 near Sweetwater
I-75 near Miramar
North end: Turnpike in Miramar
Florida State and County Roads
< SR 820 SR 822 >
"HEFT" redirects here. For the designer of the 50-star flag, see Robert G. Heft.

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 area 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.

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[edit] Trivia

The portion of the HEFT between Exits 11 (Cutler Ridge Boulevard) and 16 (State Road 992) was designated by the 2007 Florida Legislature as the John F. Cosgrove Highway. A lawyer and former legislator, Cosgrove died April 20, 2006. He also served as the first mayor the Town of Cutler Ridge. Following Hurricane Andrew, he was instrumental in passing legislation to keep insurers from pulling out of the Sunshine State.


[edit] Exit list

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Miami-Dade Florida City US 1 south – Key West Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1 US 1 north – Florida City Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Homestead 2 Campbell Drive, Southwest 312th Street – Homestead
Leisure City 5 Southwest 288th Street, Biscayne Drive
Naranja 6 Southwest 137th Avenue, Speedway Boulevard Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Princeton 9 SR 989 (Southwest 112th Avenue) Signed as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north) southbound
Homestead toll plaza
Goulds 11 Southwest 216th Street, Cutler Ridge Boulevard
Cutler Bay 12 Caribbean Boulevard, Cutler Ridge Boulevard
South Miami Heights 13 SR 994 (Quail Roost Drive) / Eureka Drive
Palmetto Estates 16 SR 992 (Southwest 152nd Street)
Kendall 17 SR 874 to SR 826 - Miami Northbound exit and southbound entrance
19 Southwest 120th Street
Snapper Creek service plaza
20 SR 94 (Southwest 88th Street, Kendall Drive)
Bird Road toll plaza
Kendale 23 SR 976 (Southwest 40th Street)
Tamiami 25 US 41 (Southwest 8th Street)
26 SR 836 east - Miami International Aiport
Doral 27 Northwest 12th Street
29 Northwest 41st Street
Okeechobee toll plaza
34 Northwest 106th Street, Gran Park Boulevard
35 US 27 (Okeechobee Road)
39 I-75 north – Naples Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Broward Miramar 43 SR 823 (Red Road, Northwest 57th Avenue)
47 SR 817 (University Drive, Northwest 27th Avenue)
Miramar toll plaza
Turnpike south to I-95 – Miami, Dolphin Stadium
Florida's Turnpike Continuation beyond spur to I-95

[edit] References

  1. ^ FDOT GIS data

[edit] External links

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