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I-595 is the county's freight spine — thirteen miles from Port Everglades to the I-75 and Sawgrass interchange, carrying port drayage, airport cargo and everything crossing Broward east to west. It is also short on shoulder. Call and give us the nearest interchange and your direction of travel.
There are no mile markers worth quoting on a road this short — the interchange name is faster and more accurate. Tell us which one you have just passed and whether you are running east toward the port or west toward Sawgrass.
| Segment | What's around you | Nearest safe pull-off |
|---|---|---|
| US-1 & the port approach | Port Everglades drayage, Eller Drive, cruise and container traffic | Port access roads and SE 17th Street lots — Fort Lauderdale |
| Airport & I-95 interchange | FLL cargo, the busiest merge in the county, express lanes in the median | SR-84 frontage road, both directions — Dania Beach |
| Turnpike interchange to SR-7 | US-441 crossing, warehousing on the SR-84 service road | SR-84 frontage and the 441 surface lots |
| Davie Road to University Drive | College campuses, light industrial, heavy local traffic | Davie Rd and University Dr frontage — Davie |
| Pine Island to Nob Hill | Plantation and Sunrise commercial, the mid-county run | Nob Hill Rd and Pine Island Rd surface streets — Plantation |
| Flamingo Road to Hiatus | Western warehousing, Sawgrass business district approach | Flamingo Rd frontage lots — Sunrise |
| I-75 & Sawgrass interchange | The west end split — north to Sawgrass, west to the Alley | Sawgrass Mills and business park lots — I-75 & the Alley |
The SR-84 frontage road runs alongside most of I-595. If you can still move safely, getting down onto it is almost always faster and always safer than sitting in the median or on a narrow right shoulder.
I-595 has express lanes running down the middle and short merge distances at nearly every interchange. That combination makes the left shoulder the worst place in Broward to stand next to a trailer. If you have any choice at all, take the right and get to the frontage road.
Triangles out well back — traffic here is moving faster than it looks between interchanges. Stay off the traffic side of the trailer, and if you are in a live lane, that is a call to *FHP before it is a call to us.
Stop-and-go from the port through the I-95 merge works the air system harder than any other stretch in the county. Glad hands, lines, chambers and valves. Air repair pricing.
Port and cargo yards drop and hook all day, and bent legs show up on the road rather than on the lot. Landing gear and kingpin work.
Short heavy runs with long idle periods are the worst case for bearings and seals. Heat is the tell. Bearing and hub service.
A lamp out on I-595 is an easy stop for enforcement, and it rarely ends at the lamp. DOT inspection · lights and wiring.
Not safely, and neither should you stay there. The express lanes have no usable shoulder and no exit until the next opening. That is an FHP call first — get moved out, then call us.
Tell dispatch which gate and whether escort or a badge is required. Access rules at Port Everglades and the airport cargo area are not something to discover when the truck is already at the barrier.
Constantly — it is where most of this corridor's repairs actually happen. If you can get onto it, do, and tell us the nearest cross street.
Interchange, direction, trailer type, symptom. Window and rate before the truck leaves.
Call (561) 780-3221