- Florida State Road 874
-
State Road 874
Don Shula Expressway Route information Maintained by MDX Length: 7.004 mi[2] (11.272 km) Existed: 1973[1] – present Major junctions South end: 
Homestead Ext in Richmond Heights
SR 878 in KendallNorth end: 
SR 826 in Glenvar HeightsLocation Counties: Miami-Dade Highway system Florida State and County Roads
Interstate • US • SR (Pre-1945) • Toll • County← 
SR 870SR 878 
→State Road 874, also known as the Don Shula Expressway, is an electronic toll road extending 7 miles (11 km), connecting the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821) and SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway) in central Miami-Dade County, Florida. Despite its even number designation, the divided limited access toll road runs southwest-northeast and is signed south–north. State Road 874 is maintained by MDX, with the full toll for SunPass users being $1.00 and $1.45 on the toll-by-plate program.
Contents
Route description
The expressway begins at an interchange at the Homestead Extension of the Turnpike, and goes in a northeastern direction for the entire route. Just south of the southern terminus, it crosses the first toll gantry on the route, costing $0.25 for SunPass users, and a southbound-only exit for SW 107th Avenue. It then has an interchange with Killian Parkway followed by another $0.25 toll gantry, and then an interchange with Kendall Drive before a northbound only exit with the Snapper Creek Expressway. It then hits the final toll gantry, costing $0.50 before the tollway ends with a split interchange with Bird Road and the Palmetto Expressway.[3][4]
History
Construction began on the expressway in 1971, with the southern five miles opening in 1973 and the northernmost two miles opening on July 31, 1975.[1][5] Originally called the South Dade Expressway, the Don Shula Expressway received its current name in 1983 to honor the Hall Of Fame head coach of the Miami Dolphins NFL team (1970–1995).[6]
The Expressway was converted to open road tolling on July 17, 2010, with the toll plaza being removed and all tolls being collected electronically.[7] Those without SunPass pay a $0.15 surcharge per toll gantry on the toll-by-plate program.[8]
Exit list
The entire route is located in Miami-Dade County.
Location Mile[2][3] Destinations[3] Notes 0.000 Homestead ExtSouthern terminus Overhead Toll Gantry ($0.25 SunPass, $0.40 Toll By Plate) 2.276 
SR 985 (Southwest 107th Avenue)Southbound exit only 2.276 
SR 990 (Killian Parkway)Overhead Toll Gantry ($0.25 SunPass, $0.40 Toll By Plate) 3.661 
SR 94 (Kendall Drive/Southwest 88th Street)4.006 SR 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway)Northbound exit and southbound entrance Overhead Toll Gantry ($0.50 SunPass, $0.65 Toll By Plate) 6.920 
SR 976 (Bird Road/Southwest 40th Street)Northbound exit and southbound entrance 6.920 SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway)Northern terminus References
- ^ a b Holland, Dick. "X-ways top list for fund". The Miami News. 30 Jun 1971: 5A
- ^ a b "Florida Department of Transportation Interchange Report" (PDF). Florida Department of Transportation. 2008-11-24. p. 15. http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/hwydata/interchange.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ a b c Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of Don Shula Expressway (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Florida+821+Toll+N%2FHomestead+Extension+of+Florida's+Turnpike&daddr=FL-826+N&hl=en&geocode=Fa1KhwEdjGo1-w%3BFXCRiAEdvHE2-w&mra=ls&sll=25.643587,-80.384388&sspn=0.004807,0.006899&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ SR 874-878 MDX Toll Rate Card Retrieved 25 June 2010
- ^ "Expressway link opens Thursday". The Miami News 29 Jul 1975
- ^ "Shula Expressway South Dade Expressway Renamed". Miami Herald 21 May 1983
- ^ Chardy, Alfonso. "Don Shula, Snapper Creek expressways to get electronic toll collection". Miami Herald 15 Jul 2010. Retrieved 16 Jul 2010
- ^ Chardy, Alfonso. "Cash tolls on Miami-Dade expressways will soon be electronic". Miami Herald 23 Mar 2010. Retrieved 23 Apr 2010
External links
Expressways in South Florida Florida Department of Transportation Miami-Dade Expressway Authority Airport Expressway (SR 112) • Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) • Don Shula Expressway (SR 874) • Snapper Creek Expressway (SR 878) • Gratigny Parkway (SR 924)
Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Categories:- State highways in Florida
- State Roads in Miami-Dade County, Florida
- Toll roads in Florida
- Freeways in the United States
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
