Traffic

Does I-95’s gridlock make you crazy? The Palmetto? What’s your traffic nightmare?

What’s your traffic nightmare? Is it the Palmetto’s eternal construction? The I-95 jams? Maybe it’s I-75, the turnpike or the detours of I-395?
What’s your traffic nightmare? Is it the Palmetto’s eternal construction? The I-95 jams? Maybe it’s I-75, the turnpike or the detours of I-395? Getty Images/iStockphoto

Traffic. It’s enough to make you mad.

Whether it’s a crash or construction or rush hour, you’re bound to get stuck in gridlock again and again in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. And the highways are the worst. You can be at a standstill for hours.

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So, what’s your biggest traffic horror story?

Does it involve the Palmetto Expressway’s eternal construction? Maybe it’s the rip-your-hair-out Interstate 95 gridlock. Or all the construction and detours from the I-395/SR-836/I-95 project?

Perhaps your never-again experience was on Florida’s Turnpike while heading to Disney World, or on the Dolphin Expressway while rushing to catch your flight? Maybe your traffic headache is Interstate 75.

We want to know your traffic highway nightmare. Fill out the form below to share your horror stories with us.

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This story was originally published June 30, 2022 at 3:40 PM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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