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{{Short description|Highway in Florida}}
{{redirect|HEFT|other uses|Heft (disambiguation){{!}}Heft}}
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{{Infobox road
| state = FL
| type = HEFT
| alternate_name = {{plain list|
* SR&nbsp;821
* Ronald Reagan Turnpike
}}
| maint = [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise]]
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|map_notes=Homestead Extension highlighted in red
| allocation = SR 821 (unsigned) entire length
| length_mi = 47.856
| length_ref = <ref name="SLDMiDa">{{cite web|author=District 8 |url=http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/straight-linesonlinegis/blank.aspx?docId=102630 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119134014/http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/straight-linesonlinegis/blank.aspx?docId=102630 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |title=Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory 87471000 |date=January 15, 2015 |publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]] |format=PDF |access-date=November 14, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="SLDBrow">{{cite web|author=District 8 |url=http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/straight-linesonlinegis/blank.aspx?docId=1028744 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119125531/http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/straight-linesonlinegis/blank.aspx?docId=1028744 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |title=Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory 86471000 |date=June 5, 2013 |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation |format=PDF |access-date=November 14, 2015 }}</ref>
| length_notes = {{convert|308.757|mi|km|abbr=on}} including [[Florida's Turnpike|mainline]] <!-- Total length derived from addition of mileage of both diagrams; milepost rather than net road length used for Miami-Dade section. -->
| established = May 1, 1973
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=FL|US|1}} in [[Florida City, Florida|Florida City]]
| junction = {{plainlist|1=
* {{jct|state=FL|Toll|874}} in [[Kendall, Florida|Kendall]]
* {{jct|state=FL|US|41}} in [[University Park, Florida|University Park]], [[Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida|Sweetwater]] and [[Tamiami, Florida|Tamiami]]
* {{jct|state=FL|Toll|836}} in [[Fontainebleau, Florida|Fontainebleau]] and Tamiami
* {{jct|state=FL|US|27}} in [[Hialeah Gardens, Florida|Hialeah Gardens]]
* {{jct|state=FL|I|75}} in [[Hialeah, Florida|Hialeah]] and [[Miramar, Florida|Miramar]] }}
| direction_b=North
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=FL|FLTP}} in Miramar
| counties = [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]], [[Broward County, Florida|Broward]]
| previous_type = SR
| previous_route = 820
| browse_route = SR&nbsp;821
| next_type = SR
| next_route = 822
| browse = 
}}

The '''Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike''' ('''HEFT'''), designated as [[unsigned highway|unsigned]] '''State Road 821''' ('''SR&nbsp;821'''), is the southern extension of [[Florida's Turnpike]], a [[controlled-access highway|controlled-access]] [[toll road]] in the U.S. state of [[Florida]] maintained by [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise]] (FTE). Spanning approximately {{convert|48|mi|km}} along a north–south axis, it supplements the {{convert|265|mi|km|adj=on}} mainline (designated as SR&nbsp;91) to form the complete {{convert|309|mi|km|adj=on}} turnpike. The extension begins at its southern terminus at [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|U.S. Route 1]] (US&nbsp;1) in [[Florida City, Florida|Florida City]], and transitions into the SR&nbsp;91 mainline in [[Miramar, Florida|Miramar]] at its northern end. Despite their designations as different state roads, the mainline and the extension are continuous in their exit numbering.

It was opened in stages between 1973 and 1974, after the mainline of the Turnpike was completed, and is used by both [[commuter]]s and travelers to the [[Florida Keys]] and [[Everglades National Park]]. Due to its alignment, it acts as a de facto outer [[beltway]] for Miami, with the Palmetto Expressway ([[Florida State Road 826|State Road 826]]) forming an inner beltway.

==Route description==
The road begins at its south end at a partial interchange with [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|US 1]] in [[Florida City, Florida|Florida City]]<ref name="CensusMapFLMiDa133">{{cite map |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/cou_blk/st12_fl/c12086_miami-dade/PL10BLK_C12086_133.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |title=P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL |date=January 7, 2011 |author= U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |sheet=133 |format=PDF |access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> next to the Florida Keys Outlet Center, where the road heads northeast as a four lane expressway. Travelers to here from the northern parts of the Turnpike Extension can continue south along US 1 to the Florida Keys or the Everglades National Park (via [[Florida State Road 9336|SR 9336]]).<ref name="homepike">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/about_system.cfm#2 |title=System Description Homestead Extension |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation |year=2005 |access-date=July 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922145103/http://floridasturnpike.com/about_system.cfm |archive-date=September 22, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Google Maps" /> This point also marks the beginning of the HEFT's hidden designation of State Road 821.<ref name="SLDMiDa" /><ref name="SLDBrow" />

Between Florida City and [[Cutler Bay, Florida|Cutler Bay]], the HEFT acts as an alternative highway for the communities along US 1.<ref name="dade map" /> The first 16 miles of the tollway are located within mostly new residential developments that were constructed after [[Hurricane Andrew]], which destroyed most of the area in 1992.<ref name="hurricaneandrew">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html |title=Preliminary Report – Hurricane Andrew – 16–28 August 1992 |last1=Rappaport |first1=Ed |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center |date=December 25, 1998 |editor1-last=Beven |editor1-first=Jack |access-date=May 25, 2013 |quote=[Hurricane] Andrew's impact on southern Dade County, Florida was extreme from the Kendall district southward through Homestead and Florida City, to near Key Largo. [...] Andrew reportedly destroyed 25,524 homes and damaged 101,241 others. The Dade County Grand Jury reported that ninety percent of all mobile homes in south Dade County were totally destroyed. In Homestead, more than 99% (1167 of 1176) of all mobile homes were completely destroyed.}}</ref> Some farms line the rest of this stretch. The first interchange northbound is Campbell Drive / Southwest 312th Street in [[Homestead, Florida|Homestead]],<ref name="CensusMapFLMiDa134">{{cite map |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/cou_blk/st12_fl/c12086_miami-dade/PL10BLK_C12086_134.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |title=P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL |date=January 7, 2011 |author= U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |sheet=134 |format=PDF |access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> which allows travelers to access the Homestead Hospital and the [[Homestead-Miami Speedway]]. The Turnpike then has an exit with Southwest 288th Street at mile 5, providing a connection to the [[Homestead Air Reserve Base]], before leaving Homestead and entering parts of unincorporated Miami-Dade County. At mile 6, the tollway has a southbound exit and northbound entry for Southwest 137th Avenue, with the HEFT heading east-northeast until the exit with [[Florida State Road 989|SR 989]] (Allapattah Road / Southwest 112th Avenue) at mile 9. The road then curves to a northerly direction towards the Homestead Toll Gantry, the first of four on the route, at mile 10. It then enters Cutler Bay,<ref name="CensusMapFLMiDa111">{{cite map |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/cou_blk/st12_fl/c12086_miami-dade/PL10BLK_C12086_111.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |title=P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL |date=January 7, 2011 |author= U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |sheet=111 |format=PDF |access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> where the highway is also known as the John F. Cosgrove Highway for the next five miles.<ref name="homepike" /> The first exit in Cutler Bay is with Southwest 216th Street/Cutler Ridge Blvd at mile 11, followed by another at Caribbean Blvd at mile 12. Following exit 11, the turnpike widens to six lanes. The tollway then crosses back over US 1 at the [[Southland Mall (Miami, Florida)|Southland Mall]] and leaves Cutler Bay. Continuing north, the HEFT serves [[Florida State Road 994|SR 994]] (Quail Roost Drive) at exit 13 and gains another lane in each direction. This is followed by [[Florida State Road 992|SR 992]] (Coral Reef Drive (Southwest 152nd Street)) at exit 16, which marks the northern terminus of the John F. Cosgrove Highway.<ref name="SLDMiDa" /><ref name="homepike" /><ref name="Google Maps" /><ref name="Homestead Map" />

The tollway passes through older, predominantly residential areas for the next ten miles. Between exits 16 and 17, the Turnpike Extension swells to ten lanes; this section of the tollway also has the highest [[AADT|traffic count]] at 172,000 vehicles per day (as of 2014).<ref name="homepike" /> Past exit 17, where SR 874 ([[Don Shula Expressway]]) leaves the HEFT to connect to SR 826 ([[Palmetto Expressway]]), the tollway drops back to six lanes and soon reaches an interchange with Southwest 120th Street at mile 19. Just north of the Southwest 120th Street exit, still at mile 19, lies the Snapper Creek Service plaza, which is located on the center median with access from both directions and is the only plaza on the extension; unlike the more robust [[Rest area|services]] along the [[Florida's Turnpike|mainline]], it only offers a convenience store inside the gas station.<ref name="Service Plazas">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_serviceplazas.cfm |title=Service Plazas |publisher=Florida's Turnpike Enterprise |year=2005 |access-date=July 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126000643/http://www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_serviceplazas.cfm |archive-date=November 26, 2009 }}</ref> The next exit is with [[Florida State Road 94|SR 94]] (Kendall Drive), followed by the Bird Road Toll Gantry at mile 23; from here, the HEFT takes a beeline path north for the next ten miles. The next exit is with [[Florida State Road 976|SR 976]] (Southwest 40th Street), after which the HEFT gains two extra lanes in preparation for the next two exits. After the tollway forms the western end of the [[Florida International University]] campus, it meets the [[Tamiami Trail]] ([[U.S. Route 41 in Florida|US 41]]) at exit 25, and then SR 836 ([[Dolphin Expressway]]) at exit 26 in [[Fontainebleau, Florida|Fontainebleau]],<ref name="CensusMapFLMiDa056">{{cite map |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/cou_blk/st12_fl/c12086_miami-dade/PL10BLK_C12086_056.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |title=P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL |date=January 7, 2011 |author= U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |sheet=56 |format=PDF |access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> which provides access to [[Miami International Airport]] eastbound.<ref name="SLDMiDa" /><ref name="homepike"/><ref name="Google Maps">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NE+1st+Ave&daddr=Florida's+Turnpike%2FRonald+Reagan+Turnpike&geocode=FYhXhAEdaAw0-w%3BFZpsjAEdD8o3-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=25.900306,-80.310402&sspn=0.148551,0.220757&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10 |title=Map of Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike |access-date=April 16, 2010}}</ref><ref name="dade map">{{cite map|publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]] |title=General Highway Map Miami-Dade County, Florida |url=http://www.dot.state.fl.us/surveyingandmapping/geomap/mida_c.pdf |edition=May 2010 |year=April 2007 |author=Florida Department of Transportation Surveying and Mapping Office |format=PDF |access-date=June 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616123300/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/surveyingandmapping/geomap/mida_c.pdf |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Homestead Map">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/maps/UpdatedMaps2011/HEFT.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711011900/http://www.floridasturnpike.com/maps/UpdatedMaps2011/HEFT.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |title=Florida's Turnpike System Homestead Extension Map |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation |date=December 9, 2011 |access-date=May 17, 2013 }}</ref>

North of this interchange, the Turnpike Extension enters a stretch where it forms the border between undeveloped Miami-Dade County to the west and residential developments to the east for the rest of its journey in the county, its width varying between six and eight lanes, with exits at Northwest 12th Street at mile 26, Northwest 41st Street at mile 29, and at Northwest 74th Street at mile 31. Half a mile north of Northwest 74th Street lies the Okeechobee Toll gantry, with the HEFT then intersecting Northwest 106th Street/Beacon Station Boulevard at mile 34. The tollway starts to curve in a north-easterly direction and comes to exit 35 with [[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|US 27]]. Afterwards, the expressway fully enters an undeveloped portion of Miami-Dade County until the next exit at [[Interstate 75 in Florida|I-75]] northbound at exit 39, which is a northbound only exit, with the southbound direction of the Turnpike Extension receiving some traffic from I-75 south.<ref name="dade map"/> North of the I-75 interchange, the HEFT becomes a four-laned highway again. It crosses the [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]] line, entering the suburban community of [[Miramar, Florida|Miramar]],<ref name="CensusMapFLBrow66">{{cite map |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/cou_blk/st12_fl/c12011_broward/PL10BLK_C12011_066.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |title=P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Broward County, FL |date=January 7, 2011 |author= U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |sheet=66 |format=PDF |access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> and then curves eastward. The expressway has an interchange with [[Florida State Road 823|SR 823]] (Red Road) at exit 43, after which the Turnpike Extension is just one block north of the Miami-Dade County line for the remainder of the tollway's length. Residential and commercial developments line both sides of the HEFT through here. The next exit is with [[Florida State Road 817|SR 817]] (University Drive) at exit 46, allowing access to [[Hard Rock Stadium]] and the [[Calder Race Course]]. The Miramar Toll gantry then follows the interchange before the Turnpike Extension ends four miles north of the [[Golden Glades Interchange]] at the mainline of Florida's Turnpike.<ref name="homepike"/><ref name="Google Maps"/><ref name="Homestead Map"/><ref name="broward map">{{cite map |publisher = Broward County, Florida |title = Municipal Boundaries 2009 |url = http://gis.broward.org/maps/webPDFs/Cities/bcmuni24x24.pdf |year = 2009 |cartography= Broward County GIS |format=PDF |access-date = 15 April 2010}}</ref>

==Tolls==
The HEFT is an all-electronic toll road. Tolls are only accepted via [[SunPass]] transponders or by toll-by-plate billing at a higher cost. Cash is not accepted. The toll gantries are located at the former toll plazas, which closed on February 19, 2011.<ref name="plazas close"/> As of July 1, 2015, the total cost for a two-axled vehicle to drive the whole length of the Turnpike Extension is $4.24 with SunPass and $5.28 via the toll-by-plate system.<ref name="Homestead Map"/><ref name="electric tolling"/><ref name="2015fdottollrates">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/TRI/2015/Toll%20Rates%20Booklet%20-%20South%20Florida%2007-2015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714174238/http://floridasturnpike.com/TRI/2015/Toll%20Rates%20Booklet%20-%20South%20Florida%2007-2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |title=Toll Rates for Florida Turnpike System and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Toll Facilities – South Florida |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise |date=July 1, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2015 }}</ref> The HEFT has a toll gantry approximately every {{convert|12|mi|km}}.<ref name="exitnumber">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_interchanges.cfm |title=Interchanges and Mileage |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation |year=2005 |access-date=August 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815023321/http://www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_interchanges.cfm |archive-date=August 15, 2009 }}</ref> In addition to the mainline toll gantries, most interchanges have individual toll gantries for entering or exiting vehicles; typically, these can be found either on the northbound entry and southbound exit, or the southbound entry and northern exit. Most of these gantries charge $0.53 via SunPass or $0.79 via toll-by-plate per entry or exit, but the Allapattah Road, Northwest 74th Street and Northwest 27th Avenue interchanges charge $0.79 via SunPass or $1.06 via toll-by-plate.<ref name="2015fdottollrates" />

==Services==
The Snapper Creek service plaza is the lone service plaza on the HEFT, located at mile 19 in the median of the expressway. It is accessible from both directions. The service plaza is open 24 hours a day, featuring a gas station and a convenience store.<ref name="Service Plazas"/>

==History==
After the Turnpike mainline was completed in 1964, the Turnpike Authority (precursor to [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise]]) explored several extensions to the Turnpike system, including an expressway in western [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade County]] from Florida City to the Turnpike mainline at the [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade]]/[[Broward County, Florida|Broward]] county line.<ref name="turnpike50th">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/downloads/50thBookFinal.pdf |title=Florida's Turnpike 50 Year Celebration |year=2007 |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation |access-date=July 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922230023/http://floridasturnpike.com/downloads/50thBookFinal.pdf |archive-date=September 22, 2010 }}</ref> Construction on the tollway began in July 1971.<ref>{{cite news |title=Extension Set For Turnpike |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=July 5, 1971 |page=3B}}</ref> The northernmost thirteen miles of the tollway between [[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|US 27]] and the Turnpike mainline was open to traffic on May 1, 1973, at a cost of $22 million and a $0.40 toll to motorists.<ref name="westdade">{{cite news |title=West Dade Expressway section ready to open |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |date=April 28, 1973 |page=3A}}</ref> During the first half of 1974, the expressway between Campbell Drive (SW 312th Street) and US 27 was opened in five stages, with the road running uninterrupted from the Turnpike in Miramar to Homestead on May 20, 1974, with the last section to Florida City connecting to US 1 completed later in 1974. The total toll of the expressway was $0.80.<ref name="turnpike50th"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Turnpike Lengthened: Section Cuts Travel Time to Homestead |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |date=May 21, 1974 |page=1B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Verne. |title=West Dade Expressway link may open within two weeks |newspaper=The Miami News |date=January 15, 1974 |page=5B}}</ref> The HEFT has used mile-based [[exit number]]s and an [[open toll collection]] system since its opening; both concepts that were implemented on the Turnpike mainline in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=No More Ticket to Ride Change in Store for Turnpike Drivers |newspaper=Miami Herald |date=August 18, 1990 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name="exitchange">{{cite news |last=Madigan |first=Nick |title=State's Exit Amnesia Has Inns In An Uproar |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |date=March 1, 1989 |page=1A}}</ref>

On April 27, 1986, the Okeechobee toll plaza opened with a $.25 toll, with this the toll plaza at the US 27 exit was removed. Tolls at the Miramar plaza were also lowered from $.40 to $.25.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Toll Plaza Will Open Tonight on Turnpike Near Okeechobee Road |newspaper=Miami Herald |date=April 25, 1986 |page=1C}}</ref>

On February 2, 1989, tolls on the Expressway doubled from $1.00 to $2.00, with $.50 being charged at each toll plaza.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bee Line Expressway tolls to rise on Thursday |newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner |date=February 2, 1989 |page=2B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Toll Booth Wars Thousands In Dade Find Cheaper Routes |newspaper=Miami Herald |date=March 5, 1989 |page=1A}}</ref> Toll hikes, raising the cost of travelling the expressway from $2 to $3 were supposed to take effect on the Homestead Extension in 1993 to match the rest of the Turnpike, but Hurricane Andrew's impact in the area in 1992 had the state delay toll hikes on the highway until July 9, 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Florida Turnpike tolls to increase today |newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner |date=July 11, 1993 |page=4B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Carrillo |first=Lynn. |title=Toll Change To Cost More Change |newspaper=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=July 8, 1995 |page=3B}}</ref>

In 1997, the Bird Road toll plaza was reconfigured to a two part form to accommodate the then-bottleneck section of the expressway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Turnpike Toll Plaza To Expand Bird Road Work Begins Monday |newspaper=Miami Herald |date=May 16, 1997 |page=1B}}</ref>

In 1998, the road, like with the mainline, was designated as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike.

The [[SunPass]] [[electronic toll collection]] system was implemented during 1999, with the toll plazas being reconfigured to allow lanes dedicated to transponder users.<ref name="ftehistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/about_history.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060607050246/http://www.floridasturnpike.com/about_history.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2006 |title=Florida's Turnpike: Providing Transportation Alternatives for 55 Years! |publisher=Florida's Turnpike Enterprise |year=2005 |access-date=May 25, 2013 }}</ref>

A toll hike took effect on March 7, 2004, increasing the toll rate for non SunPass users to $4 for a full-length trip, with SunPass users still using the 1995 toll rates.<ref>{{cite news |last=McGinness |first=Chuck |title=Plan To Hike Toll On Turnpike Rapped |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |date=January 8, 2004 |page=7B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Turnbell |first=Michael |title=Drivers Dash To Get SunPass Before Toll Increases Kick In |newspaper=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=March 6, 2004 |page=1B}}</ref>

The portion of the HEFT between Exits 11 (Cutler Ridge Boulevard) and 16 ([[Florida State Road 992|State Road 992]]) was designated the "[[John F. Cosgrove]] Highway" in 2008 by the Florida Legislature, following his death in 2006. A lawyer and former legislator, Cosgrove was also the first mayor of [[Cutler Bay, Florida|Cutler Bay]], a city along the HEFT. He was instrumental in passing legislation to keep insurers from leaving the state following [[Hurricane Andrew]].<ref name="homepike"/>

In November 2009, plans were announced to convert the road to all electronic tolling. By February 19, 2011, the implementation was entirely complete.<ref name="plazas close">{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Turnbell|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=February 14, 2011|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-02-14/news/fl-turnpike-toll-by-plate-20110214_1_debit-card-or-cash-cash-collection-open-road-tolling|title=Turnpike to stop taking cash on Homestead Extension Feb. 19|access-date=2012-03-12|archive-date=2013-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927161826/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-02-14/news/fl-turnpike-toll-by-plate-20110214_1_debit-card-or-cash-cash-collection-open-road-tolling|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nocash">{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Turnbell |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-02-18/news/fl-turnpike-missed-tolls-20110218_1_electronic-tolling-toll-gantries-homestead-extension |title=Florida's Turnpike might lose $6 million a year when it switches to no-cash tolls on Homestead Extension |publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=18 Feb 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-date=2011-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222191141/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-02-18/news/fl-turnpike-missed-tolls-20110218_1_electronic-tolling-toll-gantries-homestead-extension |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/tolls-go-electronic-on-47-mile-stretch-of-florida-turnpike/1052806 |title=Tolls go electronic on 47-mile stretch of Florida Turnpike |publisher=St. Petersburg Times |date=November 19, 2009 |access-date=November 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607064441/http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/tolls-go-electronic-on-47-mile-stretch-of-florida-turnpike/1052806 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref> The staffed toll plazas were converted into all electronic toll gantries, and the only ways to pay are either by [[SunPass]] transponders or billing by the toll-by-plate program.<ref name="electric tolling">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/all-electronictolling/about.html |title=All-Electronic Open Road Tolling |publisher=Florida's Turnpike Authority |year=2011 |access-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712120048/http://www.floridasturnpike.com/all-electronictolling/about.html |archive-date=July 12, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="sunpike">{{cite news |last=Turnbell |first=Michael |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/sfl-turnpike-sunpass-102609,0,157792.story |title=Florida's Turnpike to go cashless as it switches to electronic tolling |publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=October 26, 2009 |access-date=November 28, 2009 |archive-date=December 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212004334/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/sfl-turnpike-sunpass-102609,0,157792.story |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2007, legislation was passed in Florida to index toll rates across the state to the national [[Consumer price index]] (CPI), to be enacted by the end of June, 2012. As a result, the toll rates on the HEFT were raised on June 24, 2012,<ref name="2012fdottollrates">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/pdfs/tollrates2012/Indexed%20Toll%20Rates%20Booklet%20-%20South%20Florida.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710195331/http://floridasturnpike.com/pdfs/tollrates2012/Indexed%20Toll%20Rates%20Booklet%20-%20South%20Florida.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |title=Indexed Toll Rates for Florida Turnpike System and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Toll Facilities – South Florida |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise |date=June 24, 2012 |access-date=May 25, 2013 }}</ref> an increase of 11.7% to reflect the previous five years. In keeping with the legislation, SunPass and toll-by-plate rates were then raised again on July 1, 2013, by 2.1%.<ref name="abouttollrates">{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_tollrateslisting.cfm |title=Traveler Information {{pipe}} Toll Rates |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation |access-date=September 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926040550/http://www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_tollrateslisting.cfm |archive-date=September 26, 2013 }}</ref> Since the indexing of tolls to the national CPI, the entry and exit toll rates have risen by approximately 30 cents, in some cases more than double their pre-2012 rates.<ref name="Homestead Map" /><ref name="2015fdottollrates" />

Construction was completed in 2018 on a project to add Express Lanes from Eureka Drive to the Don Shula Expressway.

==Exit list==
Despite being designated by the [[Florida Department of Transportation]] as a separate route (SR 821) from the main portion of Florida's Turnpike (SR 91), the HEFT's exit numbers are regarded to be a continuation of the Turnpike's mainline.<ref name="exitnumber" /><ref name="2008fdotir" />
{{jcttop|exit|state=FL|county_ref=<ref name="Homestead Map"/>|location_ref=<ref name="broward map"/><ref>{{cite map |title=e-Maps Viewer |map=Municipalities<!-- name of map layer referenced --> |url=http://gisweb.miamidade.gov/emaps/ |publisher=Miami-Dade County |access-date=October 18, 2015}}</ref>|length_ref=<ref name="2008fdotir">{{cite web|last=Hatcher |first=Tina |url=http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/hwydata/interchange.pdf |title=Florida Department of Transportation Interchange Report |date=November 24, 2008 |publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]] |page=16 |access-date=July 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208015944/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/hwydata/interchange.pdf |archive-date=February 8, 2012 }}</ref>|exit_ref=<ref name="2008fdotir"/>|notes_ref=<ref name="2015fdottollrates" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Operations/exitnumb/exitnumb.shtm |title=Florida's Interstate Exit Numbers |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation |access-date=August 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529102924/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/trafficoperations/Operations/exitnumb/exitnumb.shtm |archive-date=May 29, 2009 }}</ref>
{{FLint|exit
|county=Miami-Dade
|cspan=26
|location=Florida City
|mile=0.000
|exit=1
|road={{jct|state=FL|US|1|city1=Florida City|city2=Key West}}
|notes=Southern Terminus of Turnpike, HEFT, and SR 821
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Homestead
|mile=3.133
|exit=2
|type=etc
|road={{jct|extra=hospital}}Campbell Drive&nbsp;/ Southwest 312th Street&nbsp;– [[Homestead, Florida|Homestead]]
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance; Access to Homestead Hospital and [[Homestead-Miami Speedway]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Leisure City<!--CDP; partially -->
|mile=5.274
|exit=5
|type=etc
|road=Biscayne Drive&nbsp;/ Southwest 288th Street
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Princeton
|lspan=3
|mile=6.124
|exit=6
|road=Speedway Boulevard&nbsp;/ Southwest 137th Avenue
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; Access to [[Homestead-Miami Speedway]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=9.199
|exit=9
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|989|name1=Southwest 112th Avenue}}
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance; signed as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north) southbound
}}
{{FLint|exit
|type=etc
|mile=10.5<!--estimated-->
|place=Homestead Gantry
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Cutler Bay
|lspan=2
|mile=11.787
|exit=11
|road=Southwest 216th Street&nbsp;/ Cutler Ridge Boulevard
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=12.529
|exit=12
|road=Caribbean Boulevard&nbsp;/ Southwest 200th Street
|notes=Access to US 1 via Caribbean Boulevard; access to [[Southland Mall (Miami)|Southland Mall]]
}}
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=South Miami Heights
|mile=13.902
|exit=13
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|994|name1=Quail Roost Drive|road|Eureka Drive}}
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Richmond Heights
|mile=16.241
|exit=16 (NB)<br>18 (SB) 
|type=etc
|road={{jct|extra=hospital|state=FL|SR|992|name1=Southwest 152nd Street|road|Southwest 117th Avenue}}
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance; access to Jackson South Medical Center and [[Zoo Miami]] via Southwest 152nd Street
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Kendall
|lspan=4
|type=incomplete
|mile=17.907
|exit=17
|road={{jct|state=FL|Toll|874|name1=Don Shula Expressway|dir1=north|to2=yes|SR|826|city1=Miami}}
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; south end of SR&nbsp;874 (tolled road)
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=18.448
|exit=19
|type=etc
|road=Southwest 120th Street
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=18.845
|mile_ref=<ref name="SLDMiDa" />
|place=Snapper Creek Service Plaza
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=20.459
|exit=20
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|94|name1=Kendall Drive&nbsp;/ Southwest 88th Street}}
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Kendale Lakes
|mile=22.0<!--approximate-->
|type=etc
|place=Bird Road Gantry
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location1=Westchester
|location2=Tamiami
|location3=Westwood Lakes
|mile=23.755
|exit=23
|type=etc
|road={{jct|extra=hospital|state=FL|SR|976|name1=Southwest 40th Street}}
|notes=Tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance; northbound exit and entrance is via Southwest 117th Avenue; access to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=25.762
|location1=Westchester
|location2=Tamiami
|location3=Sweetwater
|ctdab3=Miami-Dade
|exit=25
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|US|41|name1=[[Tamiami Trail|Southwest 8th Street]]}}
|notes=Tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance; southbound signed as exits 25A (west) and 25B (east); access to [[Florida International University]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location1=Fontainebleau
|location2=Tamiami
|location3=Doral
|lspan=3
|mile=26.774
|exit=26
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|Toll|836|name1=Dolphin Expressway|dir1=east|SR|826|to2=yes|city1=Miami|location2=[[Miami International Airport]]|extra=airport}}
|notes=Dolphin Expressway is tolled; Southbound connects to westbound Dolphin Expressway via exit 27
}}
{{FLint|exit|exit=27|espan=2|mile=27.225|notes=Southbound to westbound connection via shared southbound exit ramp with Northwest 12th Street; No northbound connection to westbound 836; Dolphin Expressway is tolled; Opened October 23rd, 2024|road={{jct|state=FL|Toll|836|name1=Dolphin Expressway|dir1=west}}|type=incomplete}}{{FLint|mile=27.225
|type=etc
|road=Northwest 12th Street
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance; access to [[Dolphin Mall]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Doral
|lspan=3
|mile=29.257
|exit=29
|type=etc
|road=Northwest 41st Street
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=31.222
|exit=31
|type=etc
|road=Northwest 74th Street
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance; opened 2010;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasturnpike.com/PressReleases/2010/Turnpike-NW%2074%20St%20Open.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923022823/http://floridasturnpike.com/PressReleases/2010/Turnpike-NW%2074%20St%20Open.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 23, 2010 |title=Turnpike/NW 74th Street interchange in Miami-Dade to open at 6 a.m. Wednesday, April 28 |publisher=Florida's Turnpike Authority |date=April 27, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref> to [[Florida State Road 934|SR 934]]
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=31.8<!--approximate-->
|type=etc
|place=Okeechobee Gantry
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=none<!--Exit lies well outside of Medley's borders -->
|mile=33.280
|exit=34
|type=etc
|road=Flagler Station Boulevard&nbsp;/ Northwest 106th Street
|notes=Tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location=Hialeah Gardens
|lspan=2
|mile=35.408
|exit=35
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|US|27|name1=Okeechobee Road}}
|notes=Tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=37
|exit=37
|type=unbuilt
|road=Northwest 170th Street
|notes=New interchange under construction; will be tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|county1=Miami-Dade
|county2=Broward
|cspan=7
|location1=Hialeah
|location2=Miramar
|lspan=2
|type=incomplete
|mile=39.491
|mspan=2
|exit=39
|espan=2
|road={{jct|state=FL|I|75|dir1=north|city1=Naples}}
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 5 on I-75
}}
{{FLint
|mile=none
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=FL|I|75|SR|860|to2=yes|city1=Naples|city2=Miami}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; other movements via exit 35; exit 5 on I-75; exit opened early 2019
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location1=Miramar
|location2=Country Club
|mile=43.369
|exit=43
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|823|name1=[[Red Road (Miami)|Red Road]]&nbsp;/ Northwest 57th Avenue}}
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|location1=Miramar
|location2=Miami Gardens
|lspan=4
|mile=46.355
|exit=47
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|817|SR|852|name1=University Drive&nbsp;/ Northwest 27th Avenue|name2=Northwest 215th Street / County Line Road}}
|notes=Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=47.2<!--approximate-->
|type=etc
|place=Miramar Gantry}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=47.458
|exit=–
|road={{jct|state=FL|FLTP||dir1=south|to2=yes|I|95|SR|826|US|441|name4=[[SR 7 (FL)|SR&nbsp;7]]|location1=[[Miami International Airport|Airport]]|extra=airport|location2=[[Hard Rock Stadium|Stadium]]|city2=Miami}}
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance to Turnpike Stub; exit 4X on Florida's Turnpike
}}
{{FLint|exit
|mile=47.856
|type=trans
|exit=–
|road={{jct|state=FL|FLTP||dir1=north|city1=Orlando}}
|notes=Transition from HEFT to mainline Turnpike continues north; northern terminus of SR 821
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=etc,incomplete,trans}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Florida|U.S. roads}}
* [[Florida's Turnpike]]
* [[John F. Cosgrove]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100922145103/http://floridasturnpike.com/about_system.cfm#2#2 Homestead Extension Description] at Florida's Turnpike Authority 
*[http://www.southeastroads.com/fl-tpk_na.html Homestead Extension North] in Florida at SouthEastRoads
*[http://www.southeastroads.com/fl-tpk_sd.html Homestead Extension South] in Florida at SouthEastRoads

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