Interstate 595 (Florida)

Interstate 595 marker
Interstate 595
Port Everglades Expressway
Map
I-595 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-95
Maintained by FDOT
Length12.86 mi[1][2][3] (20.70 km)
ExistedJune 11, 1990[citation needed]–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-75 / SR 84 / SR 869 Sawgrass Interchange in Sunrise
Major intersections
East end US 1 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport/Port Everglades
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesBroward
Highway system
← SR 594→ SR 595
← SR 860SR 862→ SR 865
An aerial shot of the junction where I-595 and I-75 cross. Going west is Alligator Alley (I-75). Going North is Sawgrass Expressway. Going South is I-75.

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Florida Department of Transportation (March 15, 2015). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory" (PDF). Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT Interchange Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2007.