Port of Miami Tunnel

The Port of Miami Tunnel is a major construction project in Miami, Florida, with an estimated cost of 1 billion US dollars. The project includes a 3/4 mile (1.1 km) long split portal automotive traffic tunnel connecting the MacArthur Causeway on Watson Island and the Port of Miami on Dodge Island, as well as road improvements around the port. The project was temporarily cancelled in late 2008 due to the financial crisis but was resumed in 2009, with construction commencing in May 2010, and the tunnel is expected to open in May 2014.

A private consortium called Miami Access Tunnel LLC, now MAT Concessionaire LLC, is in charge of designing, building, operating and financing the project.

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