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For just over 11 years, the road was known as the Sunshine State Parkway (SSP). On April 12, 1968, the road was renamed to its current name of Florida's Turnpike, to identify that the toll road was located in Florida and to avoid confusion from other Florida landmarks such as the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
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.
State Road 589 (SR 589), also known as the Veterans Expressway and Suncoast Parkway, is a controlled-access toll road near the Florida Gulf Coast. [3] [4] Maintained and operated by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, this 68-mile (109 km) transportation corridor extends from State Road 60 in Tampa, north to State Road 44 near Lecanto.
Drivers going over the Sunshine Skyway bridge are now paying a little more. Beginning July 1, tolls for using the bridge between Pinellas and Manatee counties increased from $1.50 to $1.75 for ...
Florida State Road 429 (Wekiva Parkway) Florida State Road 46: $1.44 Open road tolling: SR 528: 53.5 86.1 I-4 near Lake Buena Vista: I-95 near Cocoa: $8.14 SR 538: 8.6 13.8 US 17 / US 92 in Loughman: CR 580 (Cypress Parkway) in Poinciana: $5.54 Open road tolling: SR 568: 15.172 24.417 SR 589 – Cheval: SR 597 – Cheval: N/A Open road tolling ...
It is a toll bridge, with a toll assessed on two-axle vehicles traveling in either direction at a rate of $1.75 cash or $1.16 with the state's SunPass system. [11] The original Sunshine Skyway was a two-lane beam bridge with a central truss bridge built directly to the west of the current structure.
By mid-1964, I-75 opened from Lake City to the newly completed Florida's Turnpike (known then as the Sunshine State Parkway) in Wildwood. Segments of the original route that are now part of I-275 near Tampa would begin opening in 1966, and construction of the full route would be completed by 1969. [citation needed]
The toll plaza on Cross Island Parkway was one of only two toll roads in South Carolina. Now, the state’s sole survivor is the Southern Connector , which connects I-385 to I-85 south of Greenville.