Canceled expressways in Florida

There have been plans in Florida for expressways, but some were never constructed due to financial problems, community opposition and environmental issues.

Southeast Florida

In the 1970s, most proposed new expressways in South Florida were cancelled after voters chose to direct funding away from roads toward mass transit projects and the planned Miami Metrorail. Hialeah in particular was anti-expressway, as proposals for expressways near or through the city have been cancelled amid local opposition.

Cypress Creek Expressway

The Cypress Creek Expressway would have been an east-west expressway that would have run along the present-day Cypress Creek Road, serving Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, North Lauderdale, and Tamarac. The Cypress Creek Expressway would have begun at State Road A1A (SR A1A) at the Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach border, and run along what is presently the eastern disjointed section of McNab Road. West of Old Dixie Highway, the road would have dipped south and run along present-day Cypress Creek Road (west of Florida's Turnpike it connects with the western disjointed section of McNab Road), until terminating at the proposed University–Deerfield Expressway (now the Sawgrass Expressway). There was no projected interchange with the Florida's Turnpike. It was to be four lanes for its entire length, and its total cost was slated at $22.6 million. It was never built due to funding and opposition.

Dolphin Expressway Airport Spur

The Dolphin Expressway was originally planned to be built on Northwest 20th Street, instead of its current alignment more or less paralleling Northwest 14th Street.