Midtown Interchange

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{{Infobox road junction

|country=USA

|name=Midtown Interchange

|image= Miami's Midtown Interchange, circa 1960s.jpg

|image_caption=The Midtown Interchange, c. mid-1960s

|type=Stack interchange

|maint=Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX)

|location=Miami, Florida

|coord={{coord|25.812222|-80.206111|display=inline, title|name=Midtown Interchange}}

|roads={{jct|state=FL|I|95}}

{{jct|state=FL|I|395}}

{{jct|state=FL|Toll|836}}

}}

The Midtown Interchange,{{cite web |author=United States Environmental Protection Agency |author-link=United States Environmental Protection Agency |date=November 23, 2005 |title=Environmental Impact Statement |url=http://www.epa.gov/EPA-IMPACT/2005/November/Day-23/i23150.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801024151/http://www.epa.gov/EPA-IMPACT/2005/November/Day-23/i23150.htm |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |accessdate=April 8, 2011 |publisher=Federal Register}}{{cite web |url=http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-23150.pdf |title=Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; Renewed Approval of an Information Collection; Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process II |author=Federal Highway Administration |author-link=Federal Highway Administration |date=November 23, 2005 |publisher=Federal Register |accessdate=April 8, 2011}} located in the Civic Center and Overtown{{cite web |title=Midtown Interchange |url=http://miami.curbed.com/tags/midtown-interchange |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131121024132/http://miami.curbed.com/tags/midtown-interchange |archive-date=November 21, 2013 |accessdate=November 23, 2013 |publisher=Curbed.com}} neighborhoods of Miami, Florida, is the convergence of three major motorways: I-95, I-395 (which connects to the MacArthur Causeway to the east), and the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836).

Description

Since its opening in 1968, eight lanes have been added to I-95 and an undersea tunnel below Biscayne Bay has been added from the end of I-395 near Museum Park. The tunnel serves as a direct freeway connection to the PortMiami, expected to alleviate freight traffic in Downtown Miami. It was originally the largest stack interchange in Miami until 2016, when it was surpassed by the Dolphin–Palmetto Interchange.{{cite journal |last1=Frank |first1=Marcy Behrmann |date=May 28, 2009 |year=2009 |title=Port of Miami Gets New Backer |url=http://www.joc.com/maritime/port-miami-tunnel-gets-new-backer |journal=The Journal of Commerce |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904103621/http://www.joc.com/maritime/port-miami-tunnel-gets-new-backer |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |accessdate=April 8, 2011}}{{cite news |title=Port of Miami tunnel project gets OK on new cash backer |first=Risa |last=Polansky |url=http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/090528/story1.shtml |newspaper=Miami Today |date=May 29, 2009 |accessdate=April 8, 2011}}

As of 2025, most of the interchange is being rebuilt as part of the Signature Bridge project for I-395 just east of the interchange that also includes double decking the eastern end of the Dolphin Expressway.{{cite news|url=https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2019/06/04/massive-i-395-i-95-sr-836-and-signature-bridge-work-rolling/ |title=Massive I-395, I-95, SR 836 and signature bridge work rolling |first=Jesse |last=Scheckner |date=June 4, 2019|work=Miami Today |accessdate=June 11, 2019}} The near one billion dollar project is not expected to be completed until the late 2020s.

See also

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