Traffic alert: A stretch of State Road 836 will be shut down this weekend

Traffic admin October 9, 2026 0 Comments

Traffic alert: A stretch of State Road 836 will be shut down this weekend

All eastbound lanes on the Dolphin Expressway will be closed at Northwest 17th Avenue on Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

The closings on State Road 836 will begin at 11 p.m. Saturday and end at 10 a.m. Sunday. The stretch is shutting down for construction of a reinforcing steel cage to support a bridge over the roadway.

Drivers going east on the Dolphin can detour by exiting at Northwest 17th Avenue, then continuing south across Northwest Seventh Street. Drivers will then turn left at Southwest First Street, continue east and turn right at South Miami Avenue. Turn right to access the I-95 north or south ramps.

Drivers going to Biscayne Boulevard and the MacArthur Causeway can continue east on Southwest First Street, then turn left on Biscayne Boulevard to connect with the MacArthur entrance ramp at Northeast 11th Terrace.

Also, all westbound lanes on I-395 continuing onto the westbound Dolphin Expressway will be closed at I-95 from 11:59 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday. The I-395 ramps to northbound and southbound I-95 will remain open.

Drivers can access the southbound I-95 ramp, exit at Southwest Seventh Street/Brickell Avenue, then turn left at Southwest Eighth Street. Enter the northbound I-95 ramp, then exit at the westbound Dolphin Expressway ramp.

The Florida Department of Transportation is also temporarily changing the drawbridge schedule on the Southwest First Street and West Flagler Street bridges across the Miami River.

Under the new schedule, on Sunday, Oct. 11, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., the bridges will open on the hour and half-hour.

Here is a list of other road projects drivers should know about across Miami-Dade and Broward counties:

Miami-Dade County

The Hammocks: At the intersection of Kendall Drive/Southwest 88th Street and 157th Avenue, at least one lane will close on weekends from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Additional closings are Sunday through Thursday from 9:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., and Friday through Saturday from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
South Miami: On Sunday through Thursday, lanes on the Sunset Drive/Southwest 72nd Street southbound off-ramp of the Palmetto Expressway will close. The closings on the southbound Palmetto Expressway are from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Westbound lanes on Sunset Drive can close from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and from 9:30 p.m. to 7 a.m., eastbound lanes can close from 9:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Opa-locka: On Northwest 135th Street from Northwest 47th to 30th avenues, at least one lane will close from 9:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. every day.
Coral Gables: On Bird Road/Southwest 40th Street from east of Laguna Street to west of Southwest 38th Avenue, and on LeJeune Road from South Dixie Highway to Altara Avenue, lanes will be closed. On Bird Road, at least one eastbound lane will close weekdays from 8:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. At least one westbound lane will close from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. On LeJeune Road, at least one lane will close from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every day, and from 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights and from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights.
Virginia Gardens: At the intersection of Northwest 72nd Avenue and 36th Street, lanes will close from 8:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. weekdays, and from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. weekends.

Broward County

Fort Lauderdale: The northbound I-95 Express Lanes and inside general-purpose lane from Hollywood Boulevard to north of Sunrise Boulevard will close from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. as needed from Sunday, Oct. 11 through Sunday, Oct. 25. The entrance north of Stirling Road will also be closed, and drivers must exit north of Hollywood Boulevard.
Fort Lauderdale: The Sunrise Boulevard south bridge over the Intracoastal will remain closed to traffic through early 2027. The sidewalk on the south bridge will also be closed. Eastbound and westbound traffic has been shifted to the north bridge, with two lanes in each direction. During this construction, left turns from westbound Sunrise Boulevard to southbound Northeast 26th Avenue aren’t allowed.
Davie: Westbound I-595 at University Drive and the northbound University Drive entrance ramp to westbound I-595 will be fully closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. as needed from Sunday, Oct. 11 through Thursday, Oct. 15. Three inside lanes of westbound I-595 between Davie Road and Southwest 136th Avenue will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. as needed from Wednesday. Oct. 14 through Wednesday, Oct. 21, and the I-595 Express Lanes will completely close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. as needed from Wednesday, Oct. 14 through Wednesday, Oct. 21. Additionally, three outside lanes of westbound I-595 between Davie Road and Southwest 136th Avenue, as well as Ramps Q3, P1, L2, J, F, and B, will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. as needed from Sunday, Oct. 18 through Sunday, Oct. 25. No two consecutive ramps will be closed simultaneously.
Parkland: Loxahatchee Road from Parkside Drive to U.S. 441 will be completely closed through this fall for construction. Traffic can detour via Parkside Drive, Holmberg Road and U.S. 441.
Lauderhill: To construct additional pedestrian crosswalks, two lanes on Broward Boulevard from Northwest 34th Avenue to Southwest 28th Avenue may close from 7:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. and from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.