State Road 874, also known as the Don Shula Expressway, is an electronic toll road

Open road tolling

Open road tolling or free-flow tolling is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths. An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The major advantage to ORT is that users are able to drive through the toll plaza at highway speeds without having to slow...

 extending 7 miles (11.3 km), connecting the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike

Florida's Turnpike

Florida's Turnpike , designated as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike, and originally known as the Sunshine State Parkway is a north–south toll road that runs through 11 counties in the Florida peninsula, from U.S...

 (SR 821) and SR 826

State Road 826 (Florida)

State Road 826, also known as the Palmetto Expressway, is a bypass route around the greater Miami area, extending from U.S. Route 1 in Pinecrest, going through the inner Miami suburbs in a north-east semicircle to the Golden Glades Interchange, reverting to a surface street to its terminus at...

 (Palmetto Expressway) in central Miami-Dade County, Florida

Miami-Dade County, Florida

Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2,496,435, making it the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States...

. Despite its even number designation, the divided limited access toll road

Toll road

A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...

 runs southwest-northeast and is signed south–north. State Road 874 is maintained by MDX

MDX

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, with the full toll for SunPass

SunPass

SunPass is an electronic toll collection system in use by the State of Florida and was originally created by the Florida Department of Transportation's Florida's Turnpike...

 users being $1.00 and $1.45 on the toll-by-plate program.

Route description

The expressway begins at an interchange at the Homestead Extension of the Turnpike, and goes in a northeastern direction for the entire route. Just south of the southern terminus, it crosses the first toll gantry on the route, costing $0.25 for SunPass users, and a southbound-only exit for SW 107th Avenue. It then has an interchange with Killian Parkway

Florida State Road 990

A long east–west road near Kendall, State Road 990 currently extends from an interchange between the Don Shula Expressway and West 107th Avenue to South Dixie Highway...

 followed by another $0.25 toll gantry, and then an interchange with Kendall Drive before a northbound only exit with the Snapper Creek Expressway. It then hits the final toll gantry, costing $0.50 before the tollway ends with a split interchange with Bird Road and the Palmetto Expressway.

History

Construction began on the expressway in 1971, with the southern five miles opening in 1973 and the northernmost two miles opening on July 31, 1975. Originally called the South Dade Expressway, the Don Shula

Don Shula

Donald Francis "Don" Shula is a former American football cornerback and coach.He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the National Football League's only perfect season. Shula was named 1993 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated....

 Expressway received its current name in 1983 to honor the Hall Of Fame

Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...

 head coach of the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 NFL

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 team (1970–1995).

The Expressway was converted to open road tolling

Open road tolling

Open road tolling or free-flow tolling is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths. An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The major advantage to ORT is that users are able to drive through the toll plaza at highway speeds without having to slow...

 on July 17, 2010, with the toll plaza being removed and all tolls being collected electronically. Those without SunPass pay a $0.15 surcharge per toll gantry on the toll-by-plate program.

Exit list

The entire route is located in Miami-Dade County.

Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
	0.000		Southern terminus
		Overhead Toll Gantry ($0.25 SunPass, $0.40 Toll By Plate)
	2.276		Southbound exit only
	2.276
		Overhead Toll Gantry ($0.25 SunPass, $0.40 Toll By Plate)
	3.661
	4.006		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		Overhead Toll Gantry ($0.50 SunPass, $0.65 Toll By Plate)
	6.920		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	6.920		Northern terminus

External links

• Florida @ SouthEastRoads - Florida 874