State Road 836 | |||||||
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Dolphin Expressway Dolphin Tollway |
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Maintained by MDX and FDOT | |||||||
Length: | 15.387 mi (24.763 km) I-395: 1.292 miles (2.079 km) |
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Existed: | 1969 – present | ||||||
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West end: | SR 825 in Tamiami | ||||||
SR 826 in Fontainebleau I-95 in Miami |
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East end: | US 1 / SR A1A in Miami | ||||||
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Counties: | Miami-Dade | ||||||
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State Road 836 (SR 836), locally known as the Dolphin Expressway or the Dolphin Tollway, is a 15 miles (24 km)-long six-lane divided expressway, with the westernmost 14 miles (23 km) being an all electronic tollway, and the easternmost 1.292 miles (2.079 km) of SR 836 between I-95 and SR A1A is signed Interstate 395. The road currently extends from just north of the intersection of Southwest 137th Avenue and U.S. Route 41 (SR 90) in Tamiami, eastward past the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821) and Miami International Airport, before intersecting I-95, becoming I-395 and ending at SR A1A in Miami at the west end of the MacArthur Causeway. The Dolphin Expressway is maintained and operated by the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, while the I-395 section is maintained by FDOT. The Dolphin Expressway from the Palmetto Expressway to I-95 opened in 1969, with the I-395 section opening in 1971, the extension to the HEFT opening in 1974 and a second western extension opening in 2007.