There are all kinds of changes coming to Miami-Dade highways starting today.
The free rides are now over in the 826/Palmetto Express Lanes.
Tolls are being collected both north and southbound between 154th and Flagler Streets.
Drivers must have SunPasses because Toll By Plate is not offered.
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Tonight a massive project to install five new trusses over I-95 is slated to begin. That means the compete closure of the highway in downtown Miami between I-195 and I-395.
"These overhead trusses, they span anywhere from 85 to 119 feet in length, and they can weight anywhere between 23,000 to 33,000 pounds," says Florida Department of Transportation's Oscar Gonzalez.
The closures should continue almost nightly through October 3rd.
There will be overhead and trailer mounted signs directing drivers to alternates.
There will also be alerts sent to drivers who sign up for them. Click here to sign up.
Gonzalez says, "This work in particular is so that we can extend an additional auxiliary lane on I-95 between 17th Street and Northwest 29th Street" with the eventual widening of the 836 eastbound ramp to 95 northbound to two lanes.
It is the latest construction milestone for the more than $800-million I-395/SR 836/I-95 Design-Build Project. The goal is to have it, including a Signature Bridge, complete by the fall of 2023.