Interstate 595 (Florida)

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Interstate 595 (abbreviated I-595) connects Interstate 75 in the west with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, U.S. 1 and Interstate 95 in the east (the interchange between I-595 and I-75 is locally known as the Rainbow Interchange). I-595 measures 12.86 miles (20.70 km) in length. I-595 is also known as the Everglades Expressway and as the unsigned Florida State Road 862 by the Florida Department of Transportation.

The western highway interchange consists of I-75 "north" (nicknamed Alligator Alley) to the west, I-75 south to the south, the Sawgrass Expressway toll road to the north, and I-595 to the east. Florida State Road 84 (the former number for Alligator Alley) runs parallel to the highway, acting as an access road on either side of it most of the way.

Interstate 595 grew out of the original plan of connecting Port Everglades with Naples with a southern and eastern extension of I-75, but in the 1970s, the southern terminus of I-75 was moved from Broward to Dade (now Miami-Dade) County. The rerouting decision delayed construction of the planned trans-Broward expressway (which, at one point, was to be a toll road): it wasn't completed until March 22, 1991[History of Interstate 595].

Exits

Yellow sign signaling the end of the highway.

Final exit on Interstate 595.

Exit	Road(s) Intersected / Destination	Old Exit No.
1A	Southwest 136th Avenue (Westbound)	1
1B	Flamingo Road / FL 823	2
2	Hiatus Road	3
3	Nob Hill Road	4
4	Pine Island Road	5
5	University Drive / FL 817	6
7	Davie Road	7
8	US 441 / Florida's Turnpike (from Westbound)
8A	Florida's Turnpike (from Eastbound)	8
8B	US 441 (from Eastbound]]	9
9	FL 84 (from Eastbound)	10
10A	I-95 North	11A
10B	I-95 South	11B
12A	US 1 South / Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
12B	US 1 North

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