Lane Closures and Effects on Traffic
For the week beginning Sunday, August 31.
SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY – OPEN ROAD TOLLING AT SUNRISE TOLL PLAZA
- One or two lanes in either direction on the Sawgrass Expressway may be closed as needed for asphalt work from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, north and south of the Sunrise toll plaza.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Sunrise mainline toll plaza on the Sawgrass Expressway will be converted into a high-tech, open-road tolling (ORT) plaza that will allow motorists with SunPass to pay their toll while traveling at highway speeds of 65 mph. The work entails constructing SunPass-only gantries south of the existing plaza and removing the center tollbooths from the existing toll plaza. The project is scheduled for completion in the coming weeks. Approximate cost: $26.2 million.
SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY – OPEN ROAD TOLLING AT RAMPS
- No lane closures scheduled this week.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: SunPass-only lanes have been constructed at eight ramp toll plazas on the Sawgrass Expressway, including those at Commercial Boulevard, Atlantic Boulevard, Sample Road and University Drive. The project will be completed this summer, once the toll equipment installation is finalized. Approximate cost: $13.9 million.
SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY – OPEN ROAD TOLLING AT DEERFIELD TOLL PLAZA
- Southbound Turnpike off-ramp to the westbound Sawgrass – Closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, through Thursday, Aug. 4, for asphalt paving work and to shift traffic onto a new lane alignment.
- Southbound Turnpike traffic should exit at Glades Road (Exit 75), go west to Lyons Road and then south to the Sawgrass Expressway.
- Westbound Sawgrass off-ramp to Lyons Road – Closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, through Friday, Sept. 5, for barrier wall work.
- Motorists should exit at US 441 instead.
- One lane in each direction may be closed on the Sawgrass Expressway from Lyons Road to Florida’s Turnpike between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday night, Sept. 1, and between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, through Thursday, Sept. 4.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Deerfield mainline toll plaza on the Sawgrass Expressway will be converted into a high-tech, open-road tolling (ORT) plaza that will allow motorists with SunPass to pay their toll while traveling at highway speeds of 65 mph. The work entails constructing SunPass-only gantries west of the existing plaza and removing the center tollbooths from the existing toll plaza. The project is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2010. Approximate cost: $39 million.
SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY – ‘SMART HIGHWAYS’ PROJECT
- One northbound/eastbound lane will be closed on the Sawgrass Expressway, east of Coral Springs Drive, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 3-4, to install fiber optic cable.
- One lane in either direction may be closed on nine cross streets approaching the Sawgrass Expressway, from Sunrise Boulevard to Lyons Road, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, through Thursday, Sept. 4.
- Only one interchange cross street will be affected at any one time as crews work on electronic signs.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Electronic, dynamic message signs (DMS) are being installed on nine cross streets with interchanges at the Sawgrass Expressway, from Sunrise Boulevard to Lyons Road, to advise drivers about traffic incidents and conditions on the Sawgrass Expressway as they approach the expressway’s entrance ramps. The project also includes the installation of a road weather information system, a travel time system, a speed monitoring system and an additional DMS on the Sawgrass Expressway. The project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008. Approximate cost: $3.6 million.
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