List of unused highways in Florida

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused or later closed. An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp, stub street, stub-out, or simply stub. The following is a list:

Florida

Jacksonville

• Ramp stubs were built as part of the reconstruction of the Interstate 95 and Interstate 10 interchange. One stub ramp has been built to eventually become a high speed, right-hand exit from I-95 northbound to I-10 westbound 19 Street view and two more are part of the collector/distributor lanes on I-95, north of the interchange, 20 though these are no longer stubs as of May, 2007. 21

• A stub ramp exists along Florida State Route 9A southeast of the city. 22 This stub will lead to Florida State Route 9B (soon to be Interstate 795).

Kendall

• The Florida Turnpike has a set of ramp stubs near its junction with the Don Shula Expressway (Florida State Route 874) near Kendall. Originally, Florida Route 874 was supposed to continue southward toward Homestead on the current alignment of the turnpike, with the turnpike extending to the southwest, along a continuation of the current alignment of Florida Route 874. Southbound Florida Route 874 also has a remnant of a ramp stub as it crosses Snapper Creek just east of the turnpike. The bridge over the creek is wider than normal, which facilitated the ramp at the time.23

Miami

• A stub exists on an onramp from northbound Florida State Route 953 (LeJeune Road) to westbound Florida State Route 836 (Dolphin Expressway). This was removed in the 1990s, which eliminated the connection that encouraged weaving on the expressway. Now southbound Florida Route 953 traffic must take three surface streets west to NW 45th Avenue to reach westbound Florida Route 836. 24 Old configuration

• A stub ramp exists on the Florida State Route 836/Dolphin Expressway at NW 17th Avenue. This is what is left over from when the expressway and adjacent tollgate were reconstructed from 2000 to 2003. The exit for NW 15th Avenue and NW South River Drive existed originally on the bridge over NW 17th Avenue. This exit and the one for southbound NW 17th Ave were combined for a more westerly beginning and given their own toll plaza. Also as a result of this reconstruction, unused pavement stands just before the NW 15th Ave/NW South River Dr split. 25 Photo and map views of the previous configuration.

St. Petersburg

• Southbound Interstate 275 has a ramp stub just west of 31st Street South. 26 27 It was intended to be an on-ramp from a proposed Pinellas Beltway expressway that was killed in the 1978.

• The interchange between Interstate 275 and Interstate 375 features a ramp stub, as it was originally intended to have a direct connection between I-375 and 20th Street North (a planned extension of I-375 was killed prior to construction of the interchange ) 28. The Florida Department Of Transportation decided that an additional ramp to a nearby surface street was unnecessary and cancelled the rest of the construction.

Sweetwater

• The original, temporary western terminus of the Florida State Route 836 (Dolphin Expressway) featured ramp stubs not only on the westbound mainline before drivers merge onto Florida's Turnpike near Doral and Sweetwater, but also on the cloverleaf-style onramp from the southbound turnpike to eastbound Florida Route 836. Construction of a new westward extension of Florida Route 836 29 changed the original route, based on aerial observation of then 30 and now 31, and eliminated all but one of the ramp stubs, found near the end of the southbound turnpike to eastbound Florida Route 836 ramp. 32 Here are pre-construction (1999) ground shots. 3334

See also

• List of unused highways in the United States
• List of unused highways
• list of ghost towns