Interstate 195 (I-195) is a 4.4-mile-long (7.1 km) spur freeway connecting Miami with I-95 (its parent route) in the west to Miami Beach with FL 907A in the east. It crosses Biscayne Bay by traveling over the Julia Tuttle Causeway, named after Miami founder Julia Tuttle.
It is part of the longer State Road 112 (FL 112), which continues to the west as the Airport Expressway and to the east as Arthur Godfrey Road (41st Street).
As part of a pilot program, the Florida Department of Transportation has painted the shoulders as bike lanes east of US 1. Pedestrians are still prohibited.
Route description[]
I-195 begins at the eastern end of the I-95 and FL 112 interchange, heading east with interchanges with Miami Avenue and U.S. Route 1 (US 1) before heading onto the Julia Tuttle Causeway, where the interstate crosses Biscayne Bay. At the eastern end of the causeway in Miami Beach, it has an interchange with FL 907 before terminating at the intersection of FL 907A and Arthur Goodfrey Road, about a mile west of FL A1A.
History[]
On December 23, 1961, three signed roads along the route of FL 112 were opened: the 36th Street Tollway (now the Airport Expressway), I-195, and I-195 Spur, along with a stretch of I-95 in Miami. I-195 Spur was the surface portion of the west–east state road along Arthur Godfrey Road in Miami Beach, connecting I-195 and FL A1A east of the causeway. The I-195 Spur signs disappeared from the road shortly after the designation was decommissioned by the newly formed United States Department of Transportation in the late 1960s.
In popular culture[]
Famously, in early 1975, the rhythm of their car on this road was the inspiration for the Bee Gees' song "Jive Talkin'".
Exit list[]
The entire route is in Miami-Dade County.