- Rainbow Interchange
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state=FL
highway_name=Rainbow Interchange
maint=Florida Department of Transportation
established=1989 [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0OQD/is_4_5/ai_100500821 Find articles-Rainbow Interchange] ]
cities=Fort Lauderdale, Florida
commons=One of two named interchanges in southeastern Florida (the other being Miami'sGolden Glades Interchange ), the Rainbow Interchange is a four-levelstack interchange nearFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport inFort Lauderdale, Florida . The local media dubbed the interchange between Interstate 95 (State Road 9) and Interstate 595 (SR 862) Rainbow because eachoverpass bridge is painted in a different color.While the eastern segment of I-595 was officially opened on October 21,
1989 , and I-595 was given Interstate highway status, on June 11,1990 , the Rainbow Interchange was not completed until March 22,1991 (cost of building the interchange: $121 million).In 1990, which the interchange was still under construction, the "
Miami Herald " ran a contest in which its readers were requested to submit names for the soon-to-be important connection between twoInterstate highway s. The winning name was the "Lauderloop", an ironic choice as four-level stack interchanges do not incorporate loops in their design. The contest was a short-term joke as virtually nobody in the local media referred to "Lauderloop" in their articles and reports involving the interchange, choosing the Rainbow moniker instead. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012055753/www.southfloridaroads.com/595.html History of Interstate 595] ]The Rainbow Interchange marks the southern end of a segment of I-95 that sees traffic levels of roughly 300,000 automobiles per day in its 14 lanes, making it the busiest stretch of highway in the State of
Florida [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012070326/www.southfloridaroads.com/95.html History of Interstate 95 in South Florida] ] ; Interstate 595 carries half that load in its eight lanes just west of the colorful junction of two Interstate highways.References
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