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The agency's old logo when it was MDX. In December 1994, the state of Florida along with the Miami-Dade County commission created the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority. This gave the county full control of five toll-road expressways that were formerly under the control of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).
Florida's toll-by-plate program is for motorists who use toll roads but do not have a Florida SunPass or any other Florida compatible transponder. Using toll-by-plate is more expensive, especially ...
On November 15, 2014, the Airport Expressway became an all electronic toll road, no longer collecting cash, and the only ways to pay are either by the SunPass transponders or billing by the toll-by-plate program, at double the cost. This also eliminated all "free movement" sections of the tolled section of SR 112, and restored tolls westbound ...
Although the new toll was originally stated to be only for the extension, motorists going to the Florida Turnpike or Northwest 107th Avenue also have to pay. [11] On July 21, 2013, the eastbound toll plaza near I-95 ceased cash collection and became all electronic, with those paying with SunPass paying $1, and Toll by Plate users paying $2.
In South Florida, you’ll find express lanes on parts of Interstate 95, the Palmetto Expressway and I-75. Originally, there were seven miles of express lanes along I-95 in Miami-Dade.
During one recent morning rush hour, the toll from Broward to State Road 836 in Miami flashed $11, then dipped to $9. More often, the tolls range from $1.50 to $3.50 at each point.
The westernmost 4.85 miles (west of West 32nd Avenue), named Gratigny Parkway (or simply, the Gratigny), [a] is a controlled-access toll road maintained by the Greater Miami Expressway Agency (totalling to two gantries of $0.47 each for SunPass users and $0.94 each for toll-by-plate users [2]); the easternmost 3.6 miles (5.8 km) is a surface ...
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.