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State Road 878 (Florida)
Encyclopedia
State Road 878 named the Snapper Creek Expressway, is a short east–west electronic toll road
south of Miami, Florida
, United States
, named for the adjoining Snapper Creek
. It provides a spur from State Road 874
(Don Shula Expressway) east to U.S. Highway 1 (South Dixie Highway
- SR 5), as well as local access in Kendall and South Miami. The road is maintained by MDX
, with the full toll for SunPass
users being $0.50 and $.80 on the toll-by-plate program.
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The Expressway was converted to open road tolling
on July 17, 2010, with all tolls collected electronically. Prior to this, tolls were not collected on the Snapper Creek Expressway despite the use of a variation of the toll shield for many years prior.
Open road tolling
Open road tolling or free-flow tolling is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths. An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The major advantage to ORT is that users are able to drive through the toll plaza at highway speeds without having to slow...
south of Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, named for the adjoining Snapper Creek
Snapper Creek
The Snapper Creek is a creek in the U.S. state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades into Biscayne Bay at Biscayne National Park. It is a long creek south of Downtown Miami, running through the suburbs of Kendall and Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami...
. It provides a spur from State Road 874
State Road 874 (Florida)
State Road 874, also known as the Don Shula Expressway, is an electronic toll road extending , connecting the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike and SR 826 in central Miami-Dade County, Florida. Despite its even number designation, the divided limited access toll road runs...
(Don Shula Expressway) east to U.S. Highway 1 (South Dixie Highway
Dixie Highway
The Dixie Highway was a United States automobile highway, first planned in 1914 to connect the US Midwest with the Southern United States. It was part of the National Auto Trail system, and grew out of an earlier Miami to Montreal highway. The final result is better understood as a small network of...
- SR 5), as well as local access in Kendall and South Miami. The road is maintained by MDX
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority
The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority is an independent agency created in December 1994 by the State of Florida and the Miami-Dade County Commission...
, with the full toll for SunPass
SunPass
SunPass is an electronic toll collection system in use by the State of Florida and was originally created by the Florida Department of Transportation's Florida's Turnpike...
users being $0.50 and $.80 on the toll-by-plate program.
Route description
The Expressway begins at an interchange with the Don Shula Expressway and a westbound exit with Kendall Drive, going east as a four lane expressway for its entire length, towards the first toll gantry of $.25 for SunPass users ($.40 for non SunPass users). The toll road then has its first interchange with Galloway Road, followed by the second toll gantry of $.25 ($.40 for non SunPass users). It then crosses over the Palmetto Expressway without an interchange and approaches an eastbound exit with SW 72nd Avenue before ending at US 1U.S. Route 1 in Florida
U.S. Route 1 in Florida runs along the state's east coast from Key West to its crossing of the St. Marys River into Georgia north of Boulogne, and south of Folkston. US 1 was designated through Florida when the U.S. Highway System was established in 1926.US 1 runs in the state of Florida, and...
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History
Construction was funded in 1971, and after five years of delays, it was completed in 1980.The Expressway was converted to open road tolling
Open road tolling
Open road tolling or free-flow tolling is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths. An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The major advantage to ORT is that users are able to drive through the toll plaza at highway speeds without having to slow...
on July 17, 2010, with all tolls collected electronically. Prior to this, tolls were not collected on the Snapper Creek Expressway despite the use of a variation of the toll shield for many years prior.