Future
Work began in 2006, and is ongoing as of June 2012, along the Turnpike in Broward County to widen the section from Griffin Road (exit 53) to Atlantic Boulevard (exit 66) from six to eight lanes.
Plans are in the works to widen the road from the Lake Worth Road interchange (exit 93) to the Martin County line from four to eight lanes.
Florida's Turnpike Enterprise plans to convert the entire Turnpike to an all electronic toll road, like the HEFT. The section of the Turnpike mainline between the Golden Glades Interchange and I-595 is planned to be converted in 2014.
A study is currently under way to eventually reconstruct the northern end of the Turnpike at its junction with Interstate 75 to improve the traffic merge pattern between I-75 and State Road 44, with congestion and some drivers suddenly changing lanes on I-75 between the Turnpike junction and SR 44 a major issue in the area. The project is not scheduled for construction funding until 2015.
The Turnpike Enterprise is also studying possible developer-funded future interchanges near mile marker 279 (servicing Minneola and Clermont) and at Sumter County Road 468 (mile marker 300, servicing The Villages and Lady Lake). Neither project is funded or scheduled for construction at this time.
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