Sawgrass Interchange
The Sawgrass Interchange is a large highway interchange in Sunrise, Florida, United States.
History
The Sawgrass Interchange was built between 1986 and 1989. The interchange opened in late 1989. The interchange was constructed at a cost of $52 million. At the time of its opening, the interchange was the largest in Florida.In 2023, there was widespread concern when a social media post, which erroneously claimed that one of the interchange's bridges was structurally unsound because of a visible gap, went viral. The Florida Department of Transportation inspected the bridge and found no structural defects; the "gap" was normal and intentionally constructed when the bridge was built in the 1980s, being the location of one of the bridge's expansion joints.
Description
The Sawgrass Interchange is a large stack interchange. It serves as the junction point for three major expressways in South Florida: Interstate 75, I-595, and State Road 869. SR 84 also travels through the interchange.The interchange includes the respective western and southern terminuses of I-595 and SR 869, as well as the eastern terminus of Alligator Alley.