Florida's Turnpike

Florida's Turnpike marker
Florida's Turnpike
  • State Road 91
  • Ronald Reagan Turnpike
  • Sunshine State Parkway (formerly)
Map
Florida's Turnpike highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise
Length264.666 mi[1] (425.939 km)
308.757 mi (496.896 km) including Homestead Extension
ExistedJanuary 25, 1957–present
Major junctions
South end I-95 / US 441 / SR 9 / SR 826 in Miami Gardens
Major intersections
North end I-75 near Wildwood
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesMiami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee, Osceola, Orange, Lake, Sumter
Highway system
SR 90SR 91 US 92

Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Spanning approximately 309 miles (497 km) along a northwest–southeast axis, the turnpike is in two sections. The SR 91 mainline runs roughly 265 miles (426 km), from its southern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Miami Gardens to an interchange with I-75 in Wildwood at its northern terminus. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (abbreviated HEFT and designated as unsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another 48 miles (77 km) to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is "The Less Stressway". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2008fdotir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "System Description". Florida Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2009.

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