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Updated: 05/18/2009

Alligator-Alley History

This document expands the description of Alligator Alley, its history, traffic-revenue details, O&M costs, and other information that may be of interest to potential concessionaires. The document is derived from public information published in the FY 2007 "Traffic Engineer’s Annual Report" for FDOT-owned toll roads.

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May 18, 2009

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) did not receive any proposals today for the right to lease, maintain, operate, and receive toll revenues for Alligator Alley. >>> (Read More)

Alligator Alley is a 78 mile section of Interstate 75 in South Florida connecting the southwestern and southeastern coastal areas of Florida. It was originally constructed during the late 1960s as a two-lane, controlled access toll road and was known in the original bond documents as “Everglades Parkway.” During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) completed construction of the Interstate 75 corridor on the west coast between Tampa and Naples. From 1986 to 1992, Alligator Alley was also widened to four-lanes and made a limited-access, tolled, interstate facility (I-75), now part of the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS).

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