Midtown Interchange

The Midtown Interchange,[1][2] located in the Civic Center and Overtown[3] neighborhoods of Miami, Florida, USA, 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).

Midtown Interchange
The Midtown Interchange, c. mid-1960s
Location
Miami, Florida
Coordinates25.812222°N 80.206111°W / 25.812222; -80.206111 (Midtown Interchange)
Roads at
junction
I-95

I-395

SR 836
Construction
TypeStack interchange
Maintained byFlorida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX)

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 Bicentennial Park. The tunnel serves as a direct freeway connection to the Port of Miami, 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.[4][5]

As of 2019, the interchange is being mostly rebuilt as part of the "Signature Bridge" project for I-395, that also includes double decking the eastern end of the Dolphin Expressway.[6]

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