Interstate 595 (Florida)

Interstate 595
Port Everglades Expressway State Road 862
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	12.860 mi[1] [2] (20.696 km)
Existed:	June 11, 1990 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-75 / SR 869 in Sunrise
	Turnpike in Davie I-95 in Fort Lauderdale
East end:	US 1 near Dania Beach
Location
Counties:	Broward
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Florida State Highway System Interstate US SR Former Pre-1945 Toll Scenic ← SR 594 SR 595 → ← SR 860 SR 865 →

Interstate 595 (I-595), also known as the Port Everglades Expressway and as the unsigned State Road 862 (SR 862), is a 12.860-mile (20.696 km) Interstate highway that connects Interstate 75 and Alligator Alley in the west with Florida's Turnpike, Interstate 95, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, US 1, and SR A1A before terminating at Port Everglades in the east. The interstate route was conceived in 1969, and planned as an interstate starting in 1974. Construction began in 1984, with the highway opening in stages in the late 1980s, with completion in 1991. The reversible tolled express lanes opened in 2014.

Route description

Exit 12B on Interstate 595

I-595 seen from the air to the right of FLL airport

The Interstate Highway begins in Sunrise as the eastern part of an interchange with Interstate 75 on the southern and western ends (I-75 "north" leads into Alligator Alley on the west side) and the Sawgrass Expressway on the northern end. For most of its length, State Road 84 (the former number for Alligator Alley) runs parallel to the highway, acting as an access road on either side of the Interstate. From the western terminus, the highway heads east to Davie, acting as a commuter route between the western fringes of the populated part of Broward County and Fort Lauderdale. At University Drive, I-595 goes below a partial stack interchange. Three miles east of that interchange, it meets with Florida's Turnpike and U.S. Highway 441. In Fort Lauderdale, I-595 intersects with I-95 at the northwestern end of the airport. At the eastern end of the airport, it has its final interchange with U.S. Highway 1 (which runs concurrently with State Road A1A at the interchange), providing access to the airport and Port Everglades. The eastern terminus consists of two lanes for US 1 southbound, two for US 1 northbound and two lanes for Port Everglades via Eller Drive. The exit for southbound US 1 has a ramp to the airport. State Road A1A is not listed on the exit signs.

History

I-595 westbound at US 441 interchange

Interstate 595 grew out of a highway plan for connecting Port Everglades with Alligator Alley, first conceived in 1969 as the Port Expressway. In 1974, once I-75 was rerouted to Broward County on Alligator Alley as a part of its eastern connection from Naples, it was proposed to be built as an interstate, likely as the southmost end of I-75. However, when the southern terminus of I-75 was moved from Broward to Dade County at the Palmetto Expressway/Gratigny Parkway in the late 1970s, it delayed the construction of the trans-Broward expressway.

In the early 1980s, I-595 was planned to be partially a toll highway to cover its cost of construction. By the time construction started on July 26, 1984, the tolls for the highway vanished, and it was built with only minor changes in its route. The first section, between I-75 and Hiatus Road opened in May 1988, with the section between Florida's Turnpike and US 1 opening on February 24, 1989, and the last section, connecting the disjointed sections opening on October 21, 1989. The highway was designated as I-595 on June 11, 1990, and the Rainbow Interchange with I-95 was completed on March 22, 1991, the last unfinished interchange of the original plan.^[3]

I-595 eastbound at the SR 84/US 441 interchange

The portion of the highway between I-95 and US 1 follows the right of way of the Port Everglades Railroad tracks that had previously run from the CSX railroad to Port Everglades.

In 2002, I-595, along with most of Florida's interstates, switched over from a sequential exit numbering system to a mileage based exit numbering system.^[4] Numbers were changed again^[5] at about the time the express lanes were opened in spring of 2014.

Express lanes

Yellow sign signaling the end of the highway

The $1.8 Billion tolled SunPass express lanes Project in the middle of the expressway to relieve the traffic congestion opened for test use on March 26, 2014 and started tolling on April 9, 2014.^[6] The Express Lanes will significantly improve the capacity and operations of the I-595 corridor by providing three additional at-grade lanes in the median of the corridor. The lanes will reverse direction in peak travel times (eastbound in the a.m./westbound in the p.m.). To maximize the operational efficiency, the lanes will have tolls at varying rates throughout the day to optimize traffic flow, and access to and from the lanes will only be allowed west of 136th Avenue, east of U.S. 441/State Road 7, and through a direct connection to the median of Florida's Turnpike, removing long distance commuter traffic from the general purpose lanes. FDOT will retain control of the toll revenue and toll rates.

Exit list

Mainline

Exits 1-7 feed into the State Route 84 frontage roads. The entire route is in Broward County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Old exit [4][5]	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Sunrise–Weston– Davie tripoint	0.000	0.000	–	–	I-75 – Miami, Naples	Exit 19 on I-75
					SR 869 north (Sawgrass Expressway) – Coral Springs	South end of SR 869
					Express Lanes	Western terminus of Express Lanes
Davie	0.569	0.916	1A	1	Southwest 136th Avenue	Eastbound exit/westbound entrance shares ramps with exit 2
	0.525	0.845	–	–	Express Lanes east to Turnpike / I-95  – Airport	Exit and entrance to serve SR 869
	1.145	1.843	1B	2	SR 823 (Flamingo Road)	Westbound exit shares a ramp with exit 3
	2.052	3.302	2	3	Hiatus Road
	3.454	5.559	3	4	SR 847 (Nob Hill Road)	Eastbound exit shares a ramp with exit 3
	4.249	6.838	4	5	Pine Island Road
	5.504	8.858	5	6	SR 817 (University Drive)	Eastbound exit shares a ramp with exit 5
	6.092	9.804	–	7	Davie Road
	6.970	11.217	–	–	SR 84 west	West end of concurrency; signed with exit 8
	7.336	11.806	8A	8	Turnpike – Orlando, Miami	Exits 54-54X on Turnpike
	8.080	13.003	–	–	Express Lanes west to I-75 / SR 869	Eastern terminus of express lanes
	8.409	13.533	8B	9A–B	US 441 (SR 7)	Shared ramp with exit 8 in both directions; signed as exits 9A (north) and 9B (south)
	8.329	13.404	9	9C	SR 84 east (Marina Mile Boulevard)	East end of concurrency
Fort Lauderdale	10.373	16.694	–	10A–B	I-95 – Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami	Rainbow Interchange; exits 24-26 on I-95; signed as exits 10A (north) and 10B (south)
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood– Dania Beach tripoint	12.544	20.188	12A–B	12A	US 1 south (SR A1A) – Dania Beach, International Airport	Westbound exit is signed via exit 12C[7]
			12C	12B	US 1 north (SR A1A) – Fort Lauderdale	Westbound exit is via exit 12C
			–	12C	Northeast 7th Avenue / Eller Drive – International Airport, Park 'N Fly	Eastbound exit and westbound at-grade intersection
	12.860	20.696	–	–	Port Everglades	Continuation east via Eller Drive
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       ETC       Incomplete access       Tolled

Express lanes

The entire route is in Broward County.

Location	mi[8]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Sunrise–Weston– Davie tripoint	0.000	0.000	–	I-75 – Miami, Naples	Exit 19 on I-75
Davie	1.413	2.274	–	I-595 west to SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) – Coral Springs	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, peak-direction only
	1.869	3.008	Sunpass Toll Gantry ($0.50-$2.00 dynamic pricing)
	7.762	12.492	8	Turnpike – Miami, Orlando	Exit 54X on Turnpike; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	8.796	14.156	–	I-595 east to I-95 – Airport	Roadway defaults to I-595 mainline
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

Frontage roads

See also

• Florida portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

Route map: Google

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 595 (Florida).

• I-595 Express Improvement Project
• Florida @ SouthEastRoads - Interstate 595