Road Alligator Alley Florida

Initially known as everglades parkway state road 84 it opened for traffic on february 11 1968 after four years of construction.

Road alligator alley florida. In fact i ve never seen any animal. Highway us 41 is the original alligator alley see 79 traveler reviews 71 candid photos and great deals for florida at tripadvisor. Tolls are 3 25 for a 2 axle vehicle as of march 1 2020 and are collected in both directions. It s a pretty boring drive.

The alligator alley segment from naples to just west of fort lauderdale previously existed as a two lane tollway connecting the two coasts of florida. During the crash a 1 year old was ejected from the truck. The south florida portion of the road is known as alligator alley and it is one of my favorite places because you can see so much wildlife as it transverses the state of florida. It took search crews hours to locate the baby s body.

Authorities are searching for a baby who is missing from a car that veered off the road and flipped over in a grassy area on alligator alley west of broward county. Tamiami trail opened in april of 1928 was the first road to cut across florida. Mills construction company it had been called the most controversial roadway ever built in. Florida s real alligator alley is a step back into another world by jim ferri.

It gets its name from the nearby swamps that alligators call home. When the idea to join fort lauderdale and naples by road first surfaced people laughed according to the late florida historian stuart mciver. Who needed anything other than the tamiami trail. The alligator alley section of i 75 runs due east west between exit 19 in sunrise fl and exit 101 just east of naples and is one of only two sections along the interstate s entirety that is tolled the other is the mackinac bridge in northern michigan.

Whether you re a resident or a tourist there are 5 things you should know about driving through florida s alligator alley an 80 mile stretch of i 75 that runs from naples to fort lauderdale fl. Alligator alley toll booth 1969 florida memory history of alligator alley. I ve been across florida s route 75 the famous alligator alley many times and i ve never seen an alligator. The truck came to rest upside down near a body of water along the stretch of road known as alligator alley.

Alligator alley started as a two lane toll road called everglades parkway.