Sawgrass Expressway Widening - Atlantic Boulevard to Coral Ridge Drive

Early 2008, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise completed this $57 million project, which widened the expressway from four to six lanes by adding two lanes within the existing median. This project also included the installation of sound barrier walls, median guardrails and Intelligent Transportation Systems technology to monitor traffic conditions and provide real-time traveler information.  

Open road tolling recently became available at the Sawgrass Expressway's Sunrise Toll Plaza and at four interchanges, including those at Commercial Boulevard, Atlantic Boulevard, Sample Road and University Drive. Construction continues at the Deerfield Toll Plaza on the Sawgrass Expressway, which will be converted into an open road tolling plaza where motorists with SunPass can pay the toll while traveling at highway speeds. The work entails constructing SunPass-only gantries west of the existing plaza and removing the center tollbooths from the existing toll plaza. Construction is scheduled for completion in spring 2010.

Motorists approaching the Sawgrass Expressway from nine local cross streets will soon have access to information about traffic conditions before they enter the expressway. Construction began last fall to install electronic signs on all the interchanges, from Sunrise Boulevard to Lyons Road, along with the addition of one electronic sign on the Sawgrass Expressway to supplement those already in place. Construction is scheduled for completion in summer 2008.