Site Navigation List of All High Priority Corridors Interstate Guide.com HPC Home High Priority Corridors: Excerpts from the ISTEA, NHS, TEA-21, and SAFETEA-LU Legislation Changes to HPC System due to SAFETEA-LU High Priority Corridors: Sources   Atlantic Commerce Corridor/Interstate 95 Florida (Corridor 49) Routing Corridor 49 follows Interstate 95 from Miami to Jacksonville in Florida. This corridor forms the primary route for moving goods and services from South Florida to the rest of the country, especially as the primary gateway from Caribbean and Central American countries into the United States via Interstate 95. Where Interstate 69 is considered to be the "NAFTA Corridor," Interstate 95 in Florida is considered the "CAFTA Corridor" (due to its emphasis on free trade with Central America). Purpose This corridor would provide for improvements to various transportation infrastructure along Interstate 95 along the eastern coast of Florida. The first High Priority Corridor in Florida, the Atlantic Commerce Corridor (ACC) would focus on multimodal improvements to a variety of highway, rail, seaport, and airport improvements. This corridor was requested by a coalition of governmental and business agencies: Florida Ports Council, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, Florida DOT and the FEC Railway.1 Improvements Proposed improvements include but are not limited to the following: Construct tunnel to connect the Port of Miami with the interstate system, perhaps via Interstate 395 Improve the Fifth and Sixth Street connectors at the Port of Miami Develop and expand the intermodal container transfer facility at the Port of Miami Construct Eller Drive overpass at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale Develop and expand intermodal container transfer facility Construct Florida 710 overpass (grade separation over FEC railroad) to connect to new south entrance at the Port of Palm Beach Status Each of the multimodal projects along the Interstate 95 corridor are on a specific timetable, depending upon funding availability. Links For more information on and status of proposed improvements to Interstate 95, visit: Interstate 95 Coalition Footnotes Broward County Florida Federal Legislative Program for the 109th Congress, page 5, February 2005 Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council Meeting, October 30, 2003 Page Updated November 18, 2005.