Interstate 595 (I-595), also known as the Port Everglades Expressway and unsigned Florida State Road 862 (SR 862), is a 12.86-mile (20.70 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway that connects I-75 and Alligator Alley in the west with Florida's Turnpike, I-95, Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, U.S. Highway 1 (U.S. 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 expressway opening in stages in the late 1980s, with completion in 1991. The reversible tolled express lanes opened in 2014.
 Interstate 595 | ||||
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| Port Everglades Expressway | ||||
 I-595 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of I-95 | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 12.86 mi[1][2][3] (20.70 km) | |||
| Existed | June 11, 1990[citation needed]–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |    I-75 / SR 84 / SR 869 Sawgrass Interchange in Sunrise | |||
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| East end |   US 1 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport/Port Everglades | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Broward | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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Interstate 595 begins in Sunrise at the eastern part of the Sawgrass Interchange, with I-75 on the southern and western ends (I-75 "north" leads into Alligator Alley on the west side) and the Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869) on the northern end.[4] 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 (SR 817), I-595 goes below a partial stack interchange.[4] Three miles east of that interchange, it meets with Florida's Turnpike and U.S. 441. The highway then continues east into Fort Lauderdale.
Continuing east into Fort Lauderdale, I-595 soon interchanges with I-95 at the Rainbow Interchange, located the northwestern edge of Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport.[5] From there, I-595 continues east along the northern edge of the airport. It then reaches the eastern end of the airport, where it has its final interchange with U.S. 1 (which runs concurrently with SR A1A at the interchange), providing access to both the airport and Port Everglades.[4] The eastern terminus consists of two lanes for U.S. 1 southbound, two for U.S. 1 northbound and two lanes for Port Everglades via Eller Drive. The exit for southbound U.S. 1 has a ramp to the airport.[4] SR A1A is not listed on the exit signs.
For most of its length, Florida State Road 84 – the former route number for Alligator Alley prior to its conversion to part of the extended Interstate 75 – runs parallel to the expressway, acting as a frontage road on either side of the Interstate.[4][5]
History
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I-595 grew out of a expressway 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. When the southern terminus of I-75 was moved from Broward to Dade County at the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826)/Gratigny Parkway (SR 924) in the late 1970s, the construction of the trans-Broward expressway was delayed. However, in September 1978, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officially added the eastern 4.2 miles (6.8 km) of the route to the Interstate Highway System, with the official designation of I-595.[6]
In the early 1980s, I-595 was planned to be partially a toll expressway to cover its cost of construction. By the time construction started on July 26, 1984, the tolls for the expressway 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 expressway 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.[7]
The portion of the expressway between I-95 and US 1 follows the right-of-way of the Port Everglades railroad tracks that had previously run from the CSX Transportation 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.[8] Numbers were changed again[9] at about the time the express lanes were opened in early 2014.
On April 9, 2022, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed after being struck by a dump truck near Davie when he was attempting to cross the westbound lanes of I-595 at 6:40 am near Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport and died at the scene.[10]
Express lanes
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The $1.8-billion (equivalent to $2.28 billion in 2023[11]) 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.[12] 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 morning/westbound in the evening). 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 US 441/SR 7, and through a direct connection to the median of Florida's Turnpike, removing long distance commuter traffic from the general purpose lanes. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will retain control of the toll revenue and toll rates.
Exit list
editMainline
editExits 1–7 feed into the SR 84 frontage roads. The entire route is in Broward County.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Old exit [8][9] | New exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Sunrise–Weston– Davie tripoint | 0.000 | 0.000 | — | — | I-75 – Miami, Naples | Exit 19 on I-75 (unsigned SR 93) | |
 SR 84 west / Weston Road | Westbound exit and Eastbound entrance | ||||||
 SR 869 north (Sawgrass Expressway) – Coral Springs | Southern terminus of SR 869 | ||||||
   I-595 Express east | Western terminus of express lanes | ||||||
| Davie–Plantation line | 0.569 | 0.916 | 1A | 1 | Southwest 136th Avenue | Westbound exit and Eastbound entrance; exit 2 Provides Full Access; Access to Sawgrass Mills Mall | |
| 0.525 | 0.845 | — | — |     I-595 Express east to Florida's 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; Access to Sawgrass Mills Mall | ||
| 2.052 | 3.302 | 2 | 3 | Hiatus Road | |||
| 3.454 | 5.559 | 3 | 4 | Nob Hill Road | Eastbound exit shares a ramp with exit 3 | ||
| 4.249 | 6.838 | 4 | 5 |  Pine Island Road | Access to West Side Regional Medical Center | ||
| 5.504 | 8.858 | 5 | 6 |  SR 817 (University Drive) | Eastbound exit shares a ramp with exit 5; Access to Nova Southeastern University, Broward College, Broward Mall, HCA Florida University Hospital | ||
| 6.092 | 9.804 | — | 7 | Davie Road | Access to Nova Southeastern University and Broward College | ||
| 6.970 | 11.217 | 8A | 8 | SR 84 west | Westbound exit and Eastbound entrance | ||
| 7.336 | 11.806 | Florida's Turnpike – Orlando, Miami | Exits 54-54X on Florida's Turnpike (unsigned SR 91) | ||||
| 8.080 | 13.003 | — | — |   I-595 Express west to I-75 / SR 869 | Eastern terminus of express lanes | ||
| Davie–Fort Lauderdale– Broadview Park tripoint | 8.409 | 13.533 | 8B | 9 |  US 441 (SR 7) | Shared ramp with exit 8 eastbound; signed as exits 9A (north) and 9B (south) | |
| 8.329 | 13.404 | 9 10 | 9C |  SR 84 east (Marina Mile Boulevard) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood– Dania Beach tripoint | 10.373 | 16.694 | 11 | 10 | I-95 – Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami | Rainbow Interchange; signed as exits 10A (north) and 10B (south); exits 24-26 on I-95 (unsigned SR 9) | |
| 12.544 | 20.188 | 12A-B | 12A |  US 1 south – Dania Beach, International Airport | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; formerly exits 12A (US 1) and 12B (Airport);[13] unsigned SR 5 | ||
| 12C | 12B | US 1 north – Fort Lauderdale | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; unsigned SR 5 | ||||
| — | 12C | Northeast 7th Avenue – International Airport | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
| 12.860 | 20.696 | — | 12D | McIntosh Road / Eller Drive – Port Everglades | At-grade intersection | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
Express lanes
editThe entire route is in Broward County.
| Location | mi[14] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Sunrise–Weston– Davie tripoint | 0.000 | 0.000 | – |  I-75 Express south / – Miami | Express Lanes continue on I-75 southbound |
| 0.000 | 0.000 | – | I-75 – Miami, Naples | Exit 19 on I-75 (SR 93); Access to Local Lanes southbound | |
| Davie–Plantation line | 1.413 | 2.274 | – | I-595 west (SR 862) 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 | Florida's Turnpike – Miami, Orlando | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 54X on Florida's Turnpike (unsigned SR 91) | |
| – | I-95 Express – Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami | Under construction; Direct connection from 595 Express to I-95 Express as part of Phase 3C; To be completed in Spring 2025 | |||
| 8.796 | 14.156 | – | I-595 east to I-95 – Airport | Roadway merges with I-595 mainline | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Frontage roads
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References
edit- ^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ a b Florida Department of Transportation (March 15, 2015). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory" (PDF). Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT Interchange Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e "I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ a b "Big makeover for I-595 at I-95: What to know about highway fixes ahead (and closures)". Sun Sentinel. March 3, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ^ "Public Hearing Set on X-Way Route" published by the Miami Herald, October 3, 1978
- ^ "History of Interstate 595". Archived from the original on October 12, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ a b "Florida's New Interstate Exit Numbers for I-595". Florida Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ a b Interstate Exit Numbers for I-595 Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ "FHP ID's Steelers QB Dwayne Haskins as Man Struck, Killed". WFOR-TV. Associated Press. April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ Turnbull, Michael (March 23, 2014). "I-5955 express lanes ready for test traffic". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "I-595 exit 12". www.interstate-guide.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ Florida Department of Transportation (May 5, 2014). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory" (PDF). Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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