Florida's Turnpike North - Kendall to Miramar

Left Exit 19 departs to SW 120th Street after the bridge across Cutler Drain Canal. SW 120th Street stems west from SW 117th Avenue to SR 825 (SW 137th Avenue) and Miami Executive Airport (TMB).

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The Snapper Creek Service Area is the first along the turnpike mainline northbound. The facility lies between the north and south roadways beyond SW 120th Street.

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A six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 20) joins the HEFT with SR 94 (SW 88th Street / Kendall Drive). SR 94 travels east to Kendall and SR 836 (Palmetto Expressway).

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Exit 20 departs Florida's Turnpike northbound for SR 94 (SW 88th Street). SR 94 west continues to Kendale Lakes, The Hammocks and SR 997 (Krome Avenue) at the Everglades.

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The second toll collection point along the Turnpike northbound is north of the SW 56th Street (Miller Road) underpass at Westwood Lakes. Exit 23 follows for Bird Road (SW 40th Street).

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A parclo interchange (Exit 23) joins the Homestead Extension with SR 976 (SW 42nd Street) east to Westwood Lakes and Olympia Heights.
The main line plaza previously located here was demolished and replaced with an AET gantry by 2011.

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Continuing from the toll collection point toward Exit 23. SR 976 begins at the HEFT and travels 8.47 miles east to South Miami and Coral Gables, ending at U.S. 1 (Dixie Highway).

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Exit 23 crosses parallel Snapper Creek Canal to join SW 117th Avenue north ahead of its intersection with SW 40th Street / Bird Road. Bird Road west shifts southward along SW 42nd Street to north Kendale Lakes and south Tamiami.

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Florida's Turnpike north passes just west of Tamiami Park and Florida International University (FIU) from the Coral Way over crossing to Exit 24 with U.S. 41 (SW 8th Street / Tamiami Trail).

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U.S. 41 travels west from the parclo interchange at Exit 25 to Everglades National Park and Naples in Collier County. Eastward U.S. 41 comprises an arterial street to the cities of Sweetwater, West Miami, Coral Gables and the Little Havana neighborhood in Miami.

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SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) ties into Florida's Turnpike north of Sweetwater at Exit 26. The Dolphin Expressway provides the main route to Miami International Airport (MIA), Downtown Miami and Miami Beach from the western suburbs.

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A folded diamond interchange just north of SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) links the Turnpike with NW 12th Street. NW 12th Street parallels the north side of Dolphin Expressway by Dolphin and Miami International Malls.

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A three-lane off-ramp turns east from the Homestead Extension at a wye interchange (Exit 26). Prior to 2007, when the three mile Dolphin Expressway extension opened west to SR 825 (NW and SW 137th Avenue), SR 836 ended here. There is no access to the extension from the Turnpike northbound.

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