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44-539: The Pineda Causeway Extension begins at an interchange with Interstate 95 at exit 188. From I-95, the Pineda Causeway Extension passes between developments to its north and south. After an intersection with a local road, the route curves to the northeast and later resumes its eastward course, reaching Wickham Road . The route turns to the east and moves across the Florida East Coast Railway , via

88-488: A hurricane evacuation route . The project was expected to aid the local economy due to ease of travel from I-95 to the beach. In 2008, Brevard County commissioned a $ 400,000 study to create an overpass for the causeway over the Florida East Coast Railway line, located just west of US 1. In July 2018, FDOT began a $ 24 million construction project to build a bridge over the Florida East Coast Railway, at

132-686: A limited-access roadway to Northwest 27th Avenue. At the Golden Glades Interchange, SR 9 merges with I-95, and I-95 is unsigned as SR 9 for the remainder of its length up to the Georgia state line. Additionally, I-95 north to West Palm Beach , as well as SR 9 southwest to 27th Avenue, runs parallel to the Seaboard–All Florida Railway , used by CSX Transportation for cargo and freight, Tri-Rail for commuter rail , and Amtrak 's Silver Star (temporarily replaced by

176-486: A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean primarily uses signed evacuation routes, with the exception of Connecticut , New Hampshire , and Rhode Island . The longer people have lived in a coastal area, the less likely they are to evacuate. Hurricanes have a longer warning time than most disasters, but details of strength and track are only educated guesses. Official warnings, as with other scenario planning , are based on

220-483: A worst case , which is not the most probable case. Thus, hurricanes can be predicted to hit a coastal town many times without the town ever actually experiencing the brunt of a storm. When this more probable case happens a number of times, people tend to take evacuation orders less seriously. If evacuation orders are given too early, the hurricane can change course and leave the evacuated area unscathed. People may think they have weathered hurricanes before, when in reality

264-602: A " slum clearance program". Most of the construction was focused between Jacksonville and Daytona Beach in the early 1960s. Construction of the Fuller Warren Bridge cut off the historically Black Jacksonville neighborhood called Brooklyn . At the end of the decade, the highway was complete from US 17 , just south of the Georgia state line to I-4 in Daytona Beach (Georgia had not completed their portion of I-95 at

308-557: A height of 25 ft (7.6 m), as well as to add a traffic signal for Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy . The eastbound bridge was finished on March 19, 2020. The overpass was named for Major General John Cleland, a local World War II veteran. The extension dead-ended just west of the I-95 interchange until May 5, 2021 when it was connected to Pineda Boulevard, which connects to Lake Andrew Drive. Eventually, Pineda Boulevard will connect to Stadium Parkway and Wickham Road. The entire route

352-490: A hurricane, effectively doubling as ambulances. Social capital refers to the connections between people: social networks and the reciprocity and trust within them. The social systems of communities can have a large impact on their ability and willingness to evacuate. Weak social networks within a community can make evacuation difficult. If people don't trust each other, then they are likely to fear that their homes or stores will be looted if they evacuate. Communities that have

396-588: A new causeway across the Banana River, between the Eau Gallie Causeway and SR 520 . Although the federal agency declined twice due to low traffic projections, local officials maintained the need for the proposed causeway. In November 1969, after FDOT opened bids for various state construction projects, the Gregg, Gibson & Gregg Inc. put out a $ 7.7 million estimate to build the causeway from US 1 to

440-600: A partial interchange with SR 513 , with only an eastbound exit and a westbound entrance. After passing north of a housing development, the causeway ends at an intersection with SR A1A . Along the causeway east of the extension, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) estimated in 2011 that 37,500 cars drove on the route each day. According to the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization, 30,245 cars drove on

484-482: A partially completed overpass. East of the railway, the route crosses below US 1. The eastbound lane has an exit ramp that connects to both directions of US 1; in contrast, the westbound lane has a dedicated exit for both US 1 northbound and a loop to US 1 southbound. The road continues to the east, crossing a small inlet and a small island before ascending over the Indian River with twin bridges. At

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528-636: Is in Brevard County . Interstate 95 in Florida Interstate ;95 ( I-95 ) is the main Interstate Highway of Florida 's Atlantic Coast . It begins at a partial interchange with US Highway 1 (US 1) just south of downtown Miami and heads north through Jacksonville , and to the Georgia state line at the St. Marys River near Becker . The route also passes through

572-718: Is the unsigned portion of SR 9 . The southernmost 87 miles (140 km), from exits 1 to 87B, is known as the Miami Memorial Metropolitan (MMM) Expressway. I-95 begins its northward journey at US 1 near 32nd Road and the Vizcaya Metrorail station in southern Miami. It quickly interchanges with the Rickenbacker Causeway via the short unsigned SR 913 and then heads north into downtown. The short SR 970 freeway , mostly unsigned, distributes traffic to several downtown streets. On

616-506: The Floridian ) and Silver Meteor lines for intercity rail . North of Miami, I-95 continues on to Fort Lauderdale , where it interchanges with I-595 , providing access to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades to the east, and Broward County 's western suburbs as well as I-75 northbound (via Alligator Alley ) across the peninsula to the Gulf Coast to

660-479: The 36th Street Interchange , I-95 crosses I-195 , which goes east over the Julia Tuttle Causeway to Miami Beach , and SR 112 , a toll road west to the airport. A two-way express lane roadway in the median begins at I-195 and SR 112, formed by ramps to and from SR 112. I-95 continues north, crossing and interchanging with many surface roads, most of which are state roads , before reaching

704-719: The Golden Glades Interchange . The complicated Golden Glades Interchange provides access between I-95 and two other freeways—the original section of Florida's Turnpike (SR 91), since bypassed by the Homestead Extension (SR 821), and the Palmetto Expressway ( SR 826 ). Ramps are also provided to and from several surface streets— SR 826 east on 167th Street to Sunny Isles Beach , US 441 (SR 7) south on Northwest 7th Avenue and north on Northwest 2nd Avenue, and SR 9 southwest on

748-470: The 1950s. In the mid-1960s, the State Road Department authorized traffic counts be conducted to determine if the separation of I-95 from the turnpike was feasible, with arguments that using a concurrent alignment was costing Florida money for federal highway funding, but not without the concern of losing toll revenue. I-95 was given a separate alignment from Florida's Turnpike in 1973. Over time,

792-582: The Interstate adopted a separate route closer to US 1 , running parallel with the turnpike between Stuart and Palm Beach Gardens, and was originally scheduled to be completed in 1972. However, resistance by Martin County officials due to environmental and unwanted growth concerns delayed the highway's completion for 15 years, requiring those who wanted to travel through the Treasure Coast to take either

836-408: The cities of Fort Lauderdale , West Palm Beach , Port St. Lucie , Titusville , and Daytona Beach . I-95 runs for 382 miles (615 km), making Florida's portion the longest of any state the Interstate passes through. The first 12.848 miles (20.677 km), from exits 1 to 12, is unsigned as State Road 9A ( SR 9A ), while the remainder of the route up to the Georgia state line

880-557: The city of Daytona Beach shortly afterward, where it meets with the eastern terminus of I-4 . The highway passes through Flagler and St. Johns counties before it enters Duval County and the city of Jacksonville . About five miles (8.0 km) north of the St. Johns–Duval county border, I-95 intersects the I-295 beltway at its southern end 14 miles (23 km) south of central Jacksonville, with I-95 continuing north. The Interstate passes through

924-433: The coast; Florida's Turnpike turns west toward Orlando . Just before the interchange with SR 70 (providing access to the turnpike), the highway widens from three to five lanes in each direction; after the interchange with SR 70, I-95 narrows to four lanes in each direction. I-95 further narrows to three lanes in each direction after its interchange with SR 614 . The road soon enters Indian River County and

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968-739: The direction and potential danger of a hurricane may change suddenly. Private cars may not be an efficient means of evacuating. The traffic jams that thousands of motorists experienced in South Carolina while fleeing Hurricane Floyd and Texas while fleeing Hurricane Rita exemplify the frustration of people trying to evacuate. Some jurisdictions have implemented contraflow lane reversal plans in an attempt to increase outbound traffic capacity from coastal areas, but traffic jams still occur in these situations. Many buses and coaches in New Orleans can change their destination boards to "EVACUATION" in times of

1012-477: The eastern end of the bridges, the route again crosses a small island and inlet before reaching a narrow portion of Merritt Island . There, the causeway intersects with CR 3 . The route crosses a series of islands, forming another twin set of bridges over the Banana River . After reaching land for the final time, the route enters South Patrick Shores and passes to the south of Patrick Space Force Base. It has

1056-413: The eastern shore of the Banana River. Ultimately, the original Pineda Causeway was opened in 1972, costing about $ 7 million to construct. In the previous year, the route's interchanges with US 1 and CR 3, as well as the bridges, were completed. In 1972, the interchange with SR 513 was finished. On May 31, 1973, FDOT classified the bridge and causeway as State Route 404. Initially it

1100-568: The exception of mobile homes, evacuations in Florida are based on storm surge , not wind. This means people should evacuate tens of miles inland, not hundreds of miles north. A hurricane evacuation route (also called coastal evacuation route or evacuation route) is a highway in the United States that is a specified route for hurricane evacuation. Along the Gulf Coast , hurricane evacuation routes lead north and west for up to hundreds of miles to

1144-485: The extension from the interchange to its original routing. The overall cost of the extension was estimated at $ 27 million, of which the remainder not financed by FDOT was paid by impact fee and gas tax. Groundbreaking for the extension occurred on December 14, 2007, and the project was finished in May 2011. This created a 1.9 mi (3.1 km) extension of the highway after decades of planning; once finished, it became

1188-630: The heart of Jacksonville, crossing the Fuller Warren Bridge over the St. Johns River , which was rebuilt from its original drawbridge incarnation in 2002. About a mile (1.6 km) north of the bridge, at exit 351B, it intersects with the national eastern terminus of I-10 , with the interchange's redesign completed in September 2010. From here to exit 353B, it is concurrent with US 17 and its unsigned designation SR 15. The stretch from here in Downtown Jacksonville south past

1232-414: The hurricane didn't hit them directly, giving them false confidence. Those who have lived on the coast for ten or more years are the most resistant to evacuating. [1] Despite mandatory evacuation orders, many people did not leave New Orleans , as Hurricane Katrina approached. Even after the city was flooded and uninhabitable, some people still refused to leave their homes. During Hurricane Helene ,

1276-528: The interchange with CR 713, I-95 crosses over the turnpike in an extreme detour through the western reaches of Martin County before heading north toward St. Lucie County . Providing access to the western portions of Port St. Lucie via five interchanges, I-95 eventually crosses over the turnpike a final time just north of the Midway Road ( CR 712 ) interchange. Both freeways eventually go separate ways north of Fort Pierce ; I-95 continues directly along

1320-507: The monetary cost of evacuation and the price of not being there to care for their home, evacuation is not a good choice. Due to the potential health and safety risks, authorities in some areas should give evacuation their meaningful consideration. Hurricane evacuation can be vital to individual safety in some circumstances, including the following: Officials advise that people who are not evacuating should carefully monitor severe weather updates provided by emergency broadcasting services, since

1364-464: The next major exit is with SR 60 providing access to Vero Beach . The highway soon enters Brevard County and the Space Coast of Florida, continuing past Melbourne , Viera , and Cocoa . The next major junction is SR 528 with access to Cocoa Beach , and Cape Canaveral eastbound and tolled access to Orlando to the west. Continuing north past Titusville, I-95 enters Volusia County and

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1408-735: The north side of downtown, at the Midtown Interchange , I-395 heads east to the MacArthur Causeway , and the tolled SR 836 heads west to Miami International Airport . Throughout Miami-Dade County , I-95 is designated the North–;South Expressway according to some maps. After crossing I-395 and SR 836, I-95 begins to head north roughly along the alignment of Northwest 6th Avenue, lying one block east of Northwest 7th Avenue ( US 441 / SR 7 ). Just north of 36th Street ( US 27 / SR 25 ), at what has been called

1452-406: The physical capital, such as cars, to evacuate everyone may not have the social capital to facilitate sharing these resources. However, strong social networks within a community can also hinder evacuation by increasing the ties to the neighborhood and refusing to evacuate. There were an estimated 6.8 million Floridians who evacuated during Hurricane Irma , with some doing so twice. Subtle shifts in

1496-561: The route between U.S. 1 and I-95. As part of a pilot project, FDOT has painted the shoulders as bike lanes , thus allowing cyclists on a controlled-access highway that had been closed to them. Due to high traffic involving the Kennedy Space Center and Patrick Space Force Base in eastern Brevard County, local politicians in the early 1960s petitioned the United States Bureau of Public Roads for federal funding in creating

1540-534: The safest major city. Along the Atlantic Coast , routes lead west. They are marked with blue signs that point in the correct direction. During mass evacuations, these roads (and especially interstate highways) have been set up with paved crossover lanes so that both north and southbound lanes flow north and west and eastbound lanes flow west, a procedure known as contraflow . In some cases, traffic may still be backed up, bumper-to-bumper. Every U.S. state bordering

1584-460: The slower US 1 or the tolled turnpike. This section opened to traffic on December 19, 1987, with I-95 running uninterrupted from Miami to the state line. Express lanes begin in Downtown Miami and are planned to extend as far north as Jupiter . All exits are unnumbered. Hurricane evacuation route Hurricane evacuation is the immediate and rapid movement of people away from

1628-1199: The southern interchange with the Jacksonville Beltway, I-295, can be very congested during morning and evening rush hours, with traffic often grinding to a halt. Well over 100,000 cars use this section per day, with even higher traffic counts in some areas. I-95 intersects I-295 again at exit 362, 11 miles (18 km) north of Downtown Jacksonville. Just north of the northern I-295 interchange, I-95 provides access to Jacksonville International Airport . From this point, I-95 continues north toward Nassau County with an exit for SR A1A and then into Georgia, just north of milemarker 380. The current high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in both directions between I-395 in Miami and Broward Boulevard (SR 842) in Fort Lauderdale have been converted to high-occupancy toll (HOT), with two lanes in each direction. Prices vary based on congestion and peak hours and tolls are collected electronically, while registered travelers with three or more passengers and hybrid vehicles can drive

1672-556: The storm's path first sent evacuees from the east to west coast of the state, and then north when Leon County ran out of hotel rooms and filled ten shelters with people, some of whom were from other parts of the state. Officials said 3 million of those evacuees were not actually in an evacuation zone. These "shadow evacuees" caused gridlock on Florida's Turnpike , which meant a 20-hour trek into Georgia as lines of cars escaped Florida , and state officials advised those not in an evacuation zone to stay home if they can next time because with

1716-569: The threat or actual occurrence of a hurricane . County judges, emergency managers and other officials may recommend a voluntary evacuation or order a mandatory evacuation. A "hurricane evacuation route" is a highway in the United States that is a specified route for hurricane evacuation. Despite mandatory evacuation orders some people still refuse to leave their homes. Due to the danger of hurricanes, evacuating should always be an option during strong hurricanes. Some residents may believe that due to

1760-714: The time of Florida's completion). The segment from Fort Lauderdale to Miami was complete by 1970. By 1976, most of the highway was complete from the Georgia state line to Fort Pierce as well as Palm Beach Gardens to Miami. In 2002, I-95, along with most of Florida's Interstates, switched over from a sequential exit numbering system to a mileage-based exit numbering system. The Bureau of Public Roads approved an I-95 alignment that used 41 miles (66 km) of Florida's Turnpike from PGA Boulevard ( SR 786 ) in Palm Beach Gardens north to SR 70 in Fort Pierce in

1804-474: The toll lanes for free. Both HOT lanes have been completed in both directions from I-395 to Broward Boulevard (including toll gantries). I-95 was initially signed in 1959, and the first section to be opened to traffic was in Jacksonville in 1960. A year later, a short section just north of the current I-195 in Miami opened. The Miami News in 1956 touted the construction of what would become I-95 in Miami as

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1848-521: The west. In West Palm Beach, I-95 provides direct access to Palm Beach International Airport as well as downtown West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Island via SR 704 (Okeechobee Boulevard). North of West Palm Beach, I-95 and the Florida's Turnpike literally run right next to each other for 17 miles (27 km) between Donald Ross Road in Jupiter and County Road 713 (CR 713) in Palm City . After

1892-571: Was a series of roads around the Indian River Lagoon. In conjunction with a project to add additional lanes to I-95, FDOT authorized funding in March 2008 to create an interchange with an extension of the Pineda Causeway. The two projects were estimated to cost $ 202 million upon completion. On May 2, 2011, the interchange with I-95 opened. FDOT also authorized $ 10 million to complete

1936-503: Was a toll road, which funded the road's maintenance. However, FDOT agreed in 1989 to remove the fee and pay for maintenance. In June 1990, workers removed the toll along the Pineda Causeway, along with the Bennett Causeway to the north, at a cost of $ 745,000. The interchange with U.S. 1, which was first built in 1971, was reconstructed in 1997. In 1999, the route became part of the newly created Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway , which

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