Interstate 395 (I-395) is a 1.292 miles (2.079 km) long, elevated Interstate Highway that connects Interstate 95 in the west with the MacArthur Causeway in the east in the Miami area via the Midtown Interchange. It carries the hidden Florida Department of Transportation designation of SR 836.
[edit] Route description
I-395 begins at the eastern end of the tolled Dolphin Expressway at the western end of the Midtown Interchange with I-95, heading as an elevated, six-lane expressway into downtown Miami. The feeder lanes from I-95 to eastbound I-395 make up a separate three lane ramp to the right of I-395, with the exit to US 1/US 41 being a left exit from the I-395 lanes and a right exit from the I-95 feeder lanes. The feeder lanes then merge into three lanes, heading east towards the MacArthur Causeway, with I-395 terminating after an entrance ramp with US 1/US 41, and continuing as SR A1A and unsigned SR 836.[4]
Interstate 395 formerly ended at A1A and US 41 when they merged on to the MacArthur Causeway but the eastern terminus of US 41 was moved from Miami Beach to the Brickell section of Miami at Southwest 8th Street (eastbound), Southwest 7th Street (westbound) and Brickell Avenue (US 1).[when?]
[edit] History
The interstate was supposed to open with the rest of the Dolphin Expressway in 1968, but was delayed due to a freeze at the federal level for road spending.[5] The expressway opened on March 26, 1971.[1]
On May 24, 2010, construction began on the Miami Port Tunnel, a $1 billion project that will connect the port to I-95 via I-395. This is being done to reroute the truck and cruise traffic from downtown Miami, currently the only way to access the port. The tunnel is expected to open in 2014.[citation needed]
[edit] Exit list
The entire route is within Miami, Miami-Dade County.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "X-way link open Friday, aide hints". The Miami News 24 Mar 1971: 1A
- ^ Historic Florida Interstate Information
- ^ "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 2". FHWA. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table2.cfm. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of I-395 in Florida (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=I-395+E&daddr=25.787015,-80.185078&geocode=FbSAiQEdOCQ4-w%3B&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=25.786396,-80.186012&sspn=0.004647,0.006899&ie=UTF8&ll=25.78629,-80.186613&spn=0.004647,0.006899&t=h&z=17. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ Williams, Verne O. "Bids Taken Tomorrow On 2 X-Way Projects". The Miami News 29 Jan 1969: 1A
- ^ Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT Interchange Report" (PDF). http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/hwydata/interchange.pdf. Retrieved October 4, 2007.
[edit] External links
I-95 / SR 9A / SR 836 in Miami
US 1 / SR 5 / SR A1A in Miami
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