Florida State Road 836
State Road 836, locally known as the Dolphin Expressway, is a 15.373 miles (24.740 km)-long six-lane divided expressway, with the westernmost 14.081 miles (22.661 km) being a tollway, currently extending from just north of the intersection of Southwest 137th Avenue and U.S. Route 41 (SR 90) in Tamiami, eastward past the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821) and Miami International Airport, before intersecting I-95 and ceasing to be a toll road. The easternmost 1.292 miles (2.079 km) of SR 836 between I-95 and SR A1A is signed Interstate 395. The Dolphin Expressway is maintained and operated by the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, while the I-395 section is maintained by FDOT. The Dolphin Expressway from the Palmetto Expressway to I-95 opened in 1969, with the I-395 section opening in 1971, the extension to the HEFT opening in 1974 and a second western extension opening in 2007.
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