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US 1 in Florida City: Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) in Miramar: 47.856 77.017 carries Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike: SR 822: US 441 in Hollywood: SR A1A in Hollywood: 5.792 9.321 SR 823: US 27 in Hialeah: I-595 / SR 84 (SR 862) in Davie: 20.210 32.525 SR 824: SR 817 in Miramar / Pembroke Pines: US 1 in Hallandale Beach / Hollywood: 6.547
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) is a statutorily established [1] cabinet agency of Florida government. [2] In 1969, under Governor Claude Kirk, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety were merged forming the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. [ 3 ]
Primary roads would continue to be state-maintained, while secondary roads would have an S before the number, and would only be state-maintained during a construction project. Local roads would be completely removed from the system. In 1969, the State Road Department was superseded by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).
There are four primary interstate highways and eight auxiliary highways, with a ninth proposed, totaling 1,497.58 miles (2,410.12 km) interstate miles in Florida. The longest interstate is I-75, extending 470.678 miles (757.483 km), and the shortest is I-395, extending just 1.292 miles (2.079 km).
Two more local intersections will be encountered before the road runs beneath a bridge for the CSX P&A Subdivision, and a parallel bridge with Baldwin Avenue just before the intersection with U.S. Route 90, where both U.S. Route 331 and SR 83 split into two separate concurrencies; US 331 turns left while SR 83 turns right. US 90/331 curves ...
The Anna Maria Island Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Sarasota Bay, connecting the barrier islands of Holmes Beach to the mainland of Palma Sola, Florida. It was built in 1957 along with the Palma Sola Causeway. [8] The bridge extended SR 64 to Anna Maria Island.
The U.S. Highways in Florida are the segments of the United States Numbered Highway System maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Prior to 1993, Florida used colored shields for its U.S. Highways. There are 18 current U.S. Highways in Florida and 2 former U.S. Highways.
The U.S. state of Florida, due to being a peninsula and its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, has many bridges of varying lengths. The longest bridge in the state is the Seven Mile Bridge located in the Florida Keys. This list includes overwater automobile bridges 2,640 feet (800 m) or longer.