Florida's Turnpike All Electronic Tolling Conversion Phase 5B

WGI was the engineer of record for this project, which converted the Sawgrass Expressway in Broward County to an all-electronic tolling facility from I-75 to Florida’s Turnpike. It included design and construction of 17 new toll sites along the 24-mile expressway. The improvements maintained the existing tolling scheme along the Sawgrass Expressway, which utilizes a combination of ramp and mainline tolling points.

The work included modifications at the Sunrise and Deerfield mainline toll plazas and modifications at 15 existing interchange ramp toll plazas. As a requirement of the contract, no two adjacent ramp locations could be closed at the same time. Ramp closures were limited to only two activities: demolition of the existing infrastructure and equipment testing. In addition to the ramp work, there were two areas that needed to be widened, one of which (Turnpike Mainline) carries over 200,000 vehicles per day. Because the job crossed many jurisdictional borders, coordination with and agencies kept the public involvement team busy for the duration of the project. This project improved safety and significantly reduced crashes on the expressway.