Midtown Interchange

The Midtown Interchange,[1][2] located in the Civic Center and Overtown[3] neighborhoods of Miami, Florida, is the convergence of three major motorways: I-95, I-395 (which connects to the MacArthur Causeway to the east), and the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836).

Midtown Interchange
The Midtown Interchange, c. mid-1960s
Location
Miami, Florida
Coordinates25.812222°N 80.206111°W / 25.812222; -80.206111 (Midtown Interchange)
Roads at
junction		 I-95

I-395

SR 836
Construction
TypeStack interchange
Maintained byFlorida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX)

Since its opening in 1968, eight lanes have been added to I-95 and an undersea tunnel below Biscayne Bay has been added from the end of I-395 near Museum Park. The tunnel serves as a direct freeway connection to the PortMiami, expected to alleviate freight traffic in Downtown Miami. It was originally the largest stack interchange in Miami until 2016, when it was surpassed by the Dolphin–Palmetto Interchange.[4][5]

As of 2019, most of the interchange is being rebuilt as part of the Signature Bridge project for I-395 that also includes double decking the eastern end of the Dolphin Expressway.[6] The near one billion dollar project is not expected to be completed until the late 2020s.

References
  1. United States Environmental Protection Agency (November 23, 2005). "Environmental Impact Statement". Federal Register. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  2. Federal Highway Administration (November 23, 2005). "Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; Renewed Approval of an Information Collection; Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process II" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  3. "Midtown Interchange". Curbed.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  4. Frank, Marcy Behrmann (2009). "Port of Miami Gets New Backer". The Journal of Commerce. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  5. Risa Polansky (May 29, 2009). "Port of Miami tunnel project gets OK on new cash backer". Miami Today. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  6. Scheckner, Jesse (June 4, 2019). "Massive I-395, I-95, SR 836 and signature bridge work rolling". Miami Today. Retrieved June 11, 2019.


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