Florida State Road 836
The Florida State Road 836 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida, which is known locally expanded and highway-like as the Dolphin Expressway. It leads to a length of about 24 kilometers from Tamiami to Miami within the Miami -Dade County. In Miami, the highway is also known as Interstate 395. The road is operated by the Miami -Dade Expressway Authority.
Route
The SR 836 begins at Tamiami at 137th Street, just north of its junction with U.S. Highway 41, which runs about two miles south parallel to the expressway to Miami. After just four kilometers to the east it meets the Homestead Extension of Florida 's Turnpike (SR 821 ). After another seven kilometers of the Palmetto Expressway ( SR 826 ) is crossed. The road then passes through the Miami airport on its southern side. In the last three kilometers to the shores of Biscayne Bay and 1 km before the junction Midtown Interchange with Interstate 95, the highway also leads the designation Interstate 395 At the beginning of the MacArthur Causeway on the banks finally begin the State Road A1A in towards Miami Beach.
Toll
User fees at three points of expressway. The eastward running traffic $ 1.25 ( $ 1.00 with SunPass ) must be paid between the 27th and 17th Avenue, while traffic to the west at this point will remain toll-free. Further west behind the 87th Avenue levied in both directions an additional $ 1.00 ( $ 0.75 with SunPass ). Originally a second toll collection was provided only on the section west of the Homestead Extension. In this section, up to 137th Avenue will now be more $ 0.25 collected here are only vehicles with SunPass transponders allowed.
History
The first construction of the Twentieth Street Tollway as planned since 1964 highway between the Palmetto Expressway and U.S. Highway 1 along with the airport line started in 1967 and ended in 1969. The second section to the Homestead Extension was begun in 1971 and completed in 1974. In 1974, then renamed after winning the Super Bowls VII and VIII, the street in honor of the Miami Dolphins at Dolphin Expressway.
The construction of the newest and most westerly section began in 2004. This section was opened in 2007. The toll settlement occurs here only electronically, cash payments are not possible.
The construction of additional lanes, as well as a transformation of the high-traffic node with the State Road 826 are planned for the future. In addition, there are considerations a further southward extension extending from the current west end to SW 136th Street. By 2014, the toll collection on the expressway toll road as the last of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority will be completely automatic.
On 24 May 2010 the construction of the Port of Miami Tunnel, which is an extension of Interstate 395 to the port of Miami and will be completed by 2014 began.