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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.
SunPass toll calculator. Florida map of toll roads and bridges. Florida toll roads and bridges. Toll Relief Program started April 1 to help motorists save 50%.
The following is a list of toll roads in Florida. Florida has 734 miles (1,181 km) of toll roads, bridges, and causeways as of June 2013. The longest of these is Florida's Turnpike, running 313 miles (504 km), opened in 1957. Most toll roads have state road designations with a special toll shield, including the Turnpike and Homestead Extension.
The toll rate for trucks (regardless of direction and number of axles), and cars traveling from westbound I-4 to westbound Selmon is $1.05 for SunPass customers and $1.31 for "We Bill You"/Toll-by-Plate. The toll rate for cars traveling from eastbound Selmon to eastbound I-4 is $0.53 for SunPass customers and $0.78 for "We Bill You"/Toll-by-Plate.
The 1998 Florida Legislature designated the western 7 miles (11 km) of the Polk Parkway (between Interstate 4 and South Florida Avenue (State Road 37) as the James Henry Mills Medal of Honor Parkway. Mills was the only native of Polk County to receive a medal of honor in World War II, in recognition of his heroic actions in Cisterna , Italy.
To help pay for the upgrade, the OOCEA raised tolls at the Bee Line toll plaza (east of SR 15) from 35 cents to 50 cents (equivalent to $1.29–1.85 in 2023 [15]) Bonds were sold in January 1981, and the finished SR 436/Airport interchange was dedicated on January 21, 1983. The toll plaza just west of the Airport interchange opened July 2, 1983.
SunPass was introduced on April 24, 1999, and by October 1 of the same year, more than 100,000 SunPass transponders had been sold. [1] [2]In early 2009, all Easy Pay customers automatically became SunPass Plus customers if they opt-in and have the privilege of using their transponders to pay for airport parking at Tampa, Orlando, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami airports.
Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) eastbound with Downtown Miami in the background I-395 spur heading east past Downtown Miami. The highway begins just north of the intersection of Southwest 137th Avenue (unsigned SR 825) and U.S. Highway 41 in Tamiami, built in 2007 and initially accessible only to motorists with SunPass transponders, passing through the first toll gantry.