But, now that Hurricane Dorian is no longer threatening Florida’s coast, you’ll have to pay to drive on toll roads and in the express lanes again. Tolls are being reinstated across the state over a three-day period starting Thursday, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.
Here’s when tolls will be reinstated:
Thursday
▪ Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (SR 821)
▪ I-95 Express Lanes
▪ I-595 Express Lanes
▪ I-75 Express Lanes
▪ Alligator Alley
Friday
▪ The Turnpike Mainline (SR 91)
▪ Beachline Expressway (SR 528)
▪ Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869)
▪ SR 417
▪ SR 429
The Central Florida Expressway Authority is also resuming toll collections Friday on the following roads:
▪ SR 408
▪ SR 414
▪ SR 451
▪ SR 453
▪ SR 538
▪ SR 551
Saturday
▪ First Coast Expressway (SR 23)
▪ I-295 Express Lanes
This story was originally published September 5, 2019 at 8:03 AM.
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
