Interstate 95 in Florida

Interstate 95
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 382.083 mi[1] (614.90 km)
Existed: 1957 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 1 in Miami
  I-395 in Miami
I-195 in Miami
I-595 in Fort Lauderdale
SR 528 near Cocoa
I-4 near Daytona Beach
I-295 in Jacksonville
I-10 in Jacksonville
I-295 in Jacksonville
North end: I-95 near St. Marys, GA
Location
Counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns, Duval, Nassau
Highway system

Main route of the Interstate Highway System
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Florida State and County Roads
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← SR 8 SR 9B →

Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States; it serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. It begins at a partial interchange with U.S. Highway 1 just south of downtown Miami, and heads north past Daytona Beach and Jacksonville to the Georgia state line at the St. Marys River.

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Route description

Interstate 95 runs for 382.083 miles (614.903 km), the southernmost 12.848 miles (20.677 km) of which are unsigned as State Road 9A.[1] The highway splits from U.S. Highway 1 near 32nd Road in southern Miami. It quickly interchanges with the Rickenbacker Causeway via the short unsigned SR 913, and then heads north into downtown. The short SR 970 freeway, mostly unsigned, distributes traffic to several downtown streets. On the north side of downtown, at the Midtown Interchange, Interstate 395 heads east to the MacArthur Causeway, and the tolled SR 836 heads west to Miami International Airport. Throughout Miami-Dade County, I-95 is designated the North–South Expressway according to some maps.[2]

After crossing I-395 and SR 836, I-95 begins to head north roughly along the alignment of Northwest 6th Avenue, lying one block east of Northwest 7th Avenue (U.S. Highway 441/SR 7). Just north of 36th Street (U.S. Highway 27/SR 25), at what has been called the 36th Street Interchange,[3] I-95 crosses Interstate 195, which goes east over the Julia Tuttle Causeway to Miami Beach, and SR 112, a toll road west to the airport. A two-way high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) roadway in the median begins at I-195 and SR 112, formed by ramps to and from SR 112. I-95 continues north, crossing and interchanging with many surface roads, most of which are State Roads, before reaching the Golden Glades Interchange.

The complicated Golden Glades Interchange provides access between I-95 and two other freeways — the original section of Florida's Turnpike (SR 91), since bypassed by the Homestead Extension (SR 821), and the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826). Ramps are also provided to and from several surface streets - SR 826 east on 167th Street to Sunny Isles Beach, U.S. Highway 441 (SR 7) south on Northwest 7th Avenue and north on Northwest 2nd Avenue, and SR 9 southwest on a limited-access roadway to Northwest 27th Avenue. I-95 north to West Palm Beach, as well as SR 9 southwest to 27th Avenue, runs parallel to the South Florida Rail Corridor, used by CSX Transportation for freight and Tri-Rail for commuter rail. At the Golden Glades Interchange, SR 9 merges with I-95, and I-95 is unsigned as State Road 9 for the remainder of its length.[1]

North of Miami, I-95 continues on to Ft. Lauderdale, where it interchanges with I-595, providing access to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades to the east, and Broward County's western suburbs as well as I-75 northbound (via Alligator Alley) across the peninsula to the Gulf Coast to the west. In West Palm Beach, I-95 provides direct access to Palm Beach International Airport as well as downtown West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Island via SR 704 (Okeechobee Blvd.). North of West Palm Beach, I-95 literally runs beside Florida's Turnpike for several miles, before the freeways eventually go separate ways north of Fort Pierce (I-95 continues directly along the coast; Florida's Turnpike turns west toward Orlando).

After an interchange with State Road 70 providing access to the Turnpike, the highway narrows to two lanes in each direction. The road soon enters Indian River County and the next major exit is with State Road 60 providing access to Vero Beach. The highway soon enters Brevard County and the Space Coast of Florida. In Palm Bay, the road widens to three lanes in each direction and continues north passing Melbourne, Viera, and Cocoa. The next major junction is State Road 528 with tolled access to Orlando, Cocoa Beach, and Cape Canaveral. The road then narrows to two lanes in each direction and approaches the city of Titusville. I-95 continues north and enters Volusia County and the city of Daytona Beach shortly afterwards. At the junction with Interstate 4, the road widens to three lanes in each direction. The highway passes through Flagler and St. Johns counties before it enters Duval County and the city of Jacksonville.

I-95 then continues directly through the center of downtown Jacksonville, with several major interchanges: I-295/SR 9A, several miles south of the city; I-10 just south of downtown, and I-295/SR 9A once again several miles north of the city (the two highways provide a western and eastern bypass, respectively, around the city). Between exits 349 and 350A, I-95 is concurrent with U.S. Route 1 and its unsigned designation SR 5.[1] The Fuller Warren Bridge, which carries I-95 over the St. Johns River just south of I-10, was rebuilt in 2002, and a new intersection between I-95 and I-10 was completed in September 2010.[4] Just north of I-295, I-95 provides access to Jacksonville International Airport. From this point, I-95 continues north several miles before crossing into Nassau County with an exit for State Road A1A and then into Georgia, just north of mile marker 380.

Express toll lanes

The current HOV lanes in both directions between I-395 in Miami and I-595 in Davie are converted to High Occupancy toll lanes, with two lanes in each direction. Prices vary based on congestion and peak hours and tolls are collected electronically, while registered travelers with 3 or more passengers and hybrid vehicles can drive the toll lanes for free. Both HOT lanes have been completed in both directions from I-395 to the Golden Glades Interchange (including toll gantries).[5]

History

Interstate 95 was initially signed in 1959, and the first section to be opened to traffic was in Jacksonville in 1960. A year later, a short section just north of the current I-195 in Miami opened. The Miami News in 1956 touted the construction of what would become I-95 in Miami as a "...slum clearance program."[6] Most of the construction was focused between Jacksonville and Daytona Beach in the early 1960s. At the end of the decade, the highway was complete from U.S. 17, just south of the Georgia state line to SR 60 near Vero Beach (Georgia had not completed their portion of I-95 at the time of Florida's completion). Also by 1970, the segment from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami was complete. By 1976, most of the highway was complete from the Georgia State Line to Ft. Pierce as well as Palm Beach Gardens to Miami.[7]

In 2002, I-95, along with most of Florida's interstates, switched over from a sequential exit numbering system to a mileage based exit numbering system.[8]

Missing Treasure Coast Link

The Bureau of Public Roads approved an Interstate 95 alignment that used 41 miles (66 km) of the Turnpike from PGA Boulevard (SR 786) in Palm Beach Gardens north to SR 70 in Ft. Pierce in the 1950s.[9][10] In the mid-1960s, the State Road Department authorized traffic counts be conducted to determine if the separation of Interstate 95 from the Turnpike was feasible, with arguments that using a concurrent alignment was costing Florida money for Federal Highway funding, but not without the concern of losing toll revenue.[11] Interstate 95 was given a separate alignment from Florida's Turnpike in 1973.[12]

Over time, the interstate adopted a separate route closer to U.S. Route 1, including parallel with the turnpike between Stuart and Palm Beach Gardens and was originally scheduled to be completed in 1972. However, resistance by Martin County officials due to environmental and unwanted growth concerns delayed the highway's completion for 15 years, requiring those who wanted to travel through the Treasure Coast to take either the slower US 1 or the tolled Turnpike.[13] This section opened to traffic on December 19, 1987, with I-95 running uninterrupted from Miami to the state line.[14]

Future

The stretch of road between Exit 173 (SR 514) and Exit 220 (SR 406) in Brevard County is in the process of being widened from four to six lanes, and where a new interchange will be constructed where the Pineda Causeway is to be extended to the interstate in Melbourne.[15]

Exit list

County Location Mile[1] Exit[1] Destinations Notes
Miami-Dade Miami 0.000 US 1 south Southbound exit and northbound entrance
0.469 1A SR 913 (Rickenbacker Causeway) – Key Biscayne Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.558 1B US 41 (Southwest 8th Street, Southwest 7th Street, SR 90) / to Brickell Avenue (US 1/SR 5)
2.026 2A US 1 (Biscayne Boulevard via SR 970) – Downtown
2.026 2C Miami Avenue – Downtown Miami No northbound exit
3.186 2B Northwest 2nd Street – Miami Arena, AmericanAirlines Arena Northbound exit and southbound entrance
3.186 3B Northwest 8th Street – Port of Miami, Miami Ballpark Southbound exit and northbound entrance
3.186 2D I-395 east (SR 836 east) – Miami Beach
3.186 3A SR 836 west (Dolphin Expressway) – Miami International Airport
4.844 4 I-195 east (SR 112 east) / SR 112 west – Miami Beach, Miami International Airport Signed as exits 4A (east) and 4B (west) northbound
6.227 6A Northwest 62nd Street, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
6.608 6B Northwest 69th Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
7.329 7 SR 934 (Northwest 79th Street, Northwest 81st Street)
8.285 8A Northwest 95th Street, Rev. Dr. A. Jackson Jr. Boulevard
8.794 8B SR 932 (Northwest 103rd Street)
9.799 9 SR 924 (Northwest 119th Street) Northbound exit and southbound entrance
North Miami 10.176 10A SR 922 (Northwest 125th Street) – North Miami, Bal Harbour
10.854 10B SR 916 (Northwest 135th Street, Opa-Locka Boulevard)
11.827 11 Northwest 151st Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance
12.848 12A Turnpike (SR 91) / SR 826 west Southbound exit is part of exit 12
12.848 12B SR 826 east – North Miami Beach Southbound exit is part of exit 12
12.848 12C US 441 (SR 7) Northbound exit and southbound entrance
12.848 12 US 441 south / SR 9 south North end of SR 9A overlap; south end of SR 9 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
North Miami Beach 14.377 14 SR 860 (Miami Gardens Drive)
Ives Estates 16.574 16 Ives Dairy Road, Northeast 203rd Street Former SR 854
Broward Hallandale Beach 18.025 18 SR 858 (Hallandale Beach Boulevard)
18.794 19 SR 824 (Pembroke Road)
Hollywood
19.816 20 SR 820 (Hollywood Boulevard)
21.384 21 SR 822 (Sheridan Street)
22.416 22 SR 848 (Stirling Road)
Dania Beach
23.433 23 SR 818 (Griffin Road)
Fort Lauderdale 24.803 24 I-595 (SR 862) to Turnpike / I-75 – Fort Lauderdale International Airport, Port Everglades Signed as exits 26C (east) and 26D (west) southbound. Also known as the Rainbow Interchange.
25.245 25 SR 84 (Marina Mile Road)
26.500 26 SR 736 (Davie Boulevard) Former exit 26CD southbound
27.531 27 SR 842 (Broward Boulevard) – Downtown Fort Lauderdale
28.553 29 SR 838 (Sunrise Boulevard) Signed as exits 29A (east) and 29B (west) northbound
Oakland Park 30.713 31 SR 816 (Oakland Park Boulevard) Signed as exits 31A (east) and 31B (west) northbound
32.339 32 SR 870 (Commercial Boulevard)
33.553 33 Cypress Creek Road Signed as exits 33A (east) and 33B (west) northbound
Pompano Beach 35.635 36 SR 814 (Atlantic Boulevard) Signed as exits 36A (east) and 36B (west) southbound
37.694 38 Copans Road Signed as exits 38A (east) and 38B (west) southbound
38.840 39 SR 834 (Sample Road)
Deerfield Beach 40.922 41 SR 869 (Southwest 10th Street) to SR 869 / I-75
41.883 42 SR 810 (Hillsboro Boulevard) Signed as exits 42A (east) and 42B (west) northbound
Palm Beach Boca Raton 44.130 44 Palmetto Park Road
45.361 45 SR 808 (Glades Road)
47.818 48 SR 794 (Yamato Road) Signed as exits 48A (east) and 48B (west) northbound
49.677 50 Congress Avenue
Delray Beach 50.969 51 Linton Boulevard
52.509 52 SR 806 (Atlantic Avenue)
Boynton Beach 56.344 56 Woolbright Road
57.339 57 SR 804 (Boynton Beach Boulevard)
58.853 59 Gateway Boulevard
Lantana 60.343 60 Hypoluxo Road
61.377 61 CR 812 (Lantana Road)
Lake Worth 62.868 63 6th Avenue South
64.178 64 10th Avenue North
West Palm Beach 66.087 66 SR 882 (Forest Hill Boulevard)
67.539 68 US 98 / SR 80 (Southern Boulevard)
68.558 69 Belvedere Road – Palm Beach International Airport Signed as exits 69A (Belvedere Road) and 69B (Airport) southbound
69.760 70 SR 704 (Okeechobee Boulevard) – Downtown West Palm Beach
71.015 71 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard
73.799 74 CR 702 (45th Street)
Riviera Beach 75.549 76 SR 708 (Blue Heron Boulevard)
Palm Beach Gardens 77.307 77 CR 809A (Northlake Boulevard)
79.503 79 SR 786 (PGA Boulevard) Signed as exits 79A (east) and 79B (west) northbound
79.904 79C CR 809 south (Military Trail) Southbound exit and northbound entrance
82.909 83 Donald Ross Road
Jupiter 86.704 87 SR 706 (Indiantown Road) – Okeechobee, Jupiter Signed as exits 87A (east) and 87B (west)
Martin 96.064 96 CR 708 (Bridge Road) – Hobe Sound
100.836 101 SR 76 (Kanner Highway) – Indiantown, Stuart
102.435 102 CR 713 (High Meadow Avenue) – Palm City, Stuart
110.253 110 CR 714 (Martin Highway) – Palm City, Stuart
St. Lucie Port St. Lucie 113.662 113 Becker Road Completed July 30, 2009[16]
117.745 118 Gatlin Boulevard / Tradition Parkway
119.977 120 Crosstown Parkway
121.195 121 St. Lucie West Boulevard
125.593 126 CR 712 (Midway Road)
Fort Pierce 128.858 129 SR 70 (Okeechobee Road)
131.089 131 SR 68 (Orange Avenue) Signed as exits 131A (east) and 131B (west)
137.561 138 SR 614 (Indrio Road)
Indian River 146.825 147 SR 60 – Lake Wales, Vero Beach
155.960 156 CR 512 – Fellsmere, Sebastian
Brevard Palm Bay 173.203 173 SR 514 (Malabar Road) – Palm Bay, Malabar
176.191 176 CR 516 (Palm Bay Road) – Palm Bay
Melbourne 180.592 180 US 192 / SR 500 (New Haven Avenue) – West Melbourne, Melbourne 2011 daily traffic between 192 and Malabar Road was 48,500 vehicles[17]
183.457 183 SR 518 (Eau Gallie Boulevard) – Melbourne, Indian Harbour Beach
188.447 188 SR 404 (Pineda Causeway) – Melbourne Opened May 2, 2011
191.093 191 CR 509 (Wickham Road) – Melbourne
Rockledge 195.714 195 SR 519 (Fiske Boulevard) – Rockledge
Cocoa 201.360 201 SR 520 – Orlando, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach 2011 daily traffic between 520 and 192 was 78,000 vehicles[18]
202.531 202 SR 524 – Cocoa
205.309 205 SR 528 – Orlando, Cape Canaveral, Port Canaveral, Canaveral AFS 2011 daily traffic between 520 and 528 was 36,500 vehicles[19]
208.208 208 Port St. John Parkway - Port St. John
211.832 212 SR 407 north (Challenger Memorial Parkway) – Kennedy Space Center Northbound exit and southbound entrance
211.832 212 SR 407 south to SR 528 west Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Titusville 215.528 215 SR 50 (Cheney Highway) – Orlando, Titusville
219.976 220 SR 406 (Garden Street) – Titusville
223.605 223 SR 46 – Sanford, Mims
231.178 231 CR 5A (Stuck Way Road) – Scottsmoor, Oak Hill
Volusia Edgewater 244.042 244 SR 442 (Indian River Boulevard) – Edgewater, Oak Hill
New Smyrna Beach 248.887 249 SR 44 – DeLand, New Smyrna Beach Signed as exits 249A (east) and 249B (west) southbound
Port Orange 255.875 256 SR 421 (Taylor Road) – Port Orange
Daytona Beach 260.427 260 I-4 west (SR 400 west) / SR 400 east – Orlando, South Daytona Signed as exits 260A (east) and 260B (west)
261.717 261 US 92 / SR 600 (International Speedway Boulevard) – DeLand, Daytona Beach Signed as exits 261A (east) and 261B (west) southbound
265.206 265 CR 4019 (LPGA Boulevard) – Holly Hill, Daytona Beach
Ormond Beach 267.871 268 SR 40 (Tomoka Road) – Ocala, Ormond Beach
273.447 273 US 1 / SR 5 – Bunnell, Ormond Beach
Flagler Palm Coast 278.396 278 Old Dixie Highway, Marco Polo Road
283.647 284 SR 100 (Moody Boulevard) – Bunnell, Flagler Beach
289.444 289 Palm Coast Parkway - Palm Coast
St. Johns 298.056 298 US 1 / SR 5 – Bunnell, St. Augustine
305.227 305 SR 206 – Hastings, Crescent Beach
Vermont Heights 310.923 311 SR 207 – Palatka, St. Augustine Beach
317.560 318 SR 16 (Charles Usinas Highway) – Green Cove Springs, St. Augustine
323.250 323 International Golf Parkway
329.143 329 CR 210 – Green Cove Springs, Ponte Vedra Beach
Duval Jacksonville 335.306 335 St. Augustine Road
337.232 337 I-295 north (SR 9A) / SR 9A east – Orange Park, Jacksonville Beaches
338.530 339 US 1 (Philips Highway, SR 5)
339.342 340 SR 115 (Southside Boulevard) Northbound exit and southbound entrance
341.263 341 SR 152 (Baymeadows Road)
343.594 344 SR 202 (Butler Boulevard) – Jacksonville Beaches
345.044 345 Bowden Road Northbound exit and southbound entrance
345.420 346 SR 109 (University Boulevard) Signed as exits 346A (east) and 346B (west); northbound exit is via exit 345
347.227 347
US 1 Alt. (Emerson Street, SR 126)
348.694 348 US 1 south (Philips Highway, SR 5 south) Southbound exit and northbound entrance
349.060 349 US 90 east (SR 10 east) – Jacksonville Beaches Southbound exit and northbound entrance
349.492 350A Riverside Avenue (SR 228 via SR 13 north), Mary Street, Prudential Drive (SR 13 south), Main Street (US 1 north, US 90 west, SR 5 north, SR 10 west) Northbound exit and southbound entrance
349.833 350B San Marco Boulevard Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Fuller Warren Bridge over St. Johns River
351.234 351A Park Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance
351.234 351B I-10 west (US 17 south, SR 8 west) – Lake City South end of US 17 overlap
351.234 351C Stockton Street Northbound exit is via exit 351B; southbound exit was formerly separate (as exit 351D) but is now via exit 351A
352.035 352A Forest Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
352.035 352B Forsyth Street No northbound entrance; southbound exit is via exit 353A
352.035 352C Monroe Street Southbound exit is via exit 353A
352.535 353A Church Street Southbound exit only
352.535 353B
US 90 Alt. (Union Street, US 17 north, US 23 south, SR 139 south) – Downtown Jacksonville, Sports Complex		 North end of US 17 overlap
352.535 353C US 23 north (Kings Road) / SR 139 – Edward Waters College
353.374 353D SR 114 (8th Street)
353.977 354 US 1 (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, SR 15) – Amtrak station Signed as exits 354A (south) and 354B (north)
354.591 355 SR 122 (Golfair Boulevard)
355.890 356 SR 115 north (Lem Turner Road) / SR 117 south (Norwood Avenue) Signed as exits 356A (south) and 356B (north) northbound
356.666 357 SR 111 (Edgewood Avenue)
357.755 358A SR 105 (Heckscher Drive, Zoo Parkway) to US 17
358.037 358B Broward Road
359.524 360 SR 104 (Dunn Avenue, Busch Drive)
361.618 362 I-295 south (SR 9A) / SR 9A south – Blount Island, Jacksonville Beaches Signed as exits 362A (SR 9A) and 362B (I-295)
363.155 363 SR 102 (Duval Road) – Jacksonville International Airport Signed as exits 363A (east) and 363B (west) northbound
365.731 366 Pecan Park Road
Nassau Hero 372.863 373 SR A1A / SR 200 – Callahan, Fernandina Beach
Becker 379.481 380 US 17 (SR 5) – Becker, Kingsland, GA
I-95 crosses the St. Mary's River and continues north into Georgia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Florida Department of Transportation Interchange Report" (PDF). Florida Department of Transportation. 2010-08-04. pp. 8–10. http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/hwydata/interchange.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
  2. ^ Rand McNally 2006 Road Atlas
  3. ^ Florida Department of Transportation, General Highway Map, Dade County, Florida, September 1972 (reprinted January 1980)
  4. ^ The Big I Project Status Accessed on 12-4-2010
  5. ^ "95 Express project schedule". http://www.95express.com/programs/calendar.shtm. Retrieved 12 November 2009. 
  6. ^ "Questions on Expressway? - Here Are Some Answers". The Miami News 19 Dec 1956: 21A. Retrieved 16 April 2010
  7. ^ Historic Florida Interstate Information
  8. ^ "Florida's Interstate Exit Numbers- I-95". Florida Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Operations/exitnumb/i_95.shtm. Retrieved 2010-11-18. 
  9. ^ "Squabbles unnecessary". Boca Raton News 10 May 1973: 4A
  10. ^ "Free Roads Vs. Toll: A Secret Stall?" St. Petersburg Times 21 Apr 1963: 1D
  11. ^ "Toll-Free I-95 In State Still A Long Way Off". St. Petersburg Times 11 Nov 1967: 3B. Retrieved 11 Aug 2009.
  12. ^ "I-95 'Missing Link' Okayed". Lakeland Ledger 19 Apr 1973: 4A
  13. ^ Jon Nordheimer "I-95 Journal; Road Completed but Debate Goes On". New York Times 18 Dec 1987
  14. ^ "Gap In I-95 To Close Saturday". Miami Herald 13 Dec 1987: 1A
  15. ^ Design & Construction — Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization
  16. ^ Becker Road interchange should make things easier for Port St. Lucie residents
  17. ^ Walker, Don (October 24, 2011). "Busy stretch closer to smooth sailing". Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida): pp. 1A. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20111024/NEWS01/310240001/Busy-Brevard-stretch-95-closer-smooth-sailing?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome. 
  18. ^ Walker, Don (October 24, 2011). "Busy stretch closer to smooth sailing". Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida): pp. 1A. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20111024/NEWS01/310240001/Busy-Brevard-stretch-95-closer-smooth-sailing?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome. 
  19. ^ Walker, Don (October 24, 2011). "Busy stretch closer to smooth sailing". Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida): pp. 1A. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20111024/NEWS01/310240001/Busy-Brevard-stretch-95-closer-smooth-sailing?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome. 

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