POA1 - Question about FLL

[iflyrc5]

POA1 - I think you are a resident of FLL. Is I-95 in the Ft Lauderdale/Hollywood area a toll road? Are any of the major roads in the FLL area toll roads? We are coming in early for our cruise on the Oosterdam in Jan and renting a car and need to know if I should get the Sunpass module activated by the rental car agency. Thanks for your help.

[KAKcruiser]

I-95 is not a toll road.

[DkswartzFamily]

95 is free, turnpike is paid (and would use a sunpass) but runs pretty parallel to 95 in that area. You can probably also set your gps to avoid toll roads if you want : ).

[POA1]

The Florida Turnpike (FL SR 91) is a toll road as is the Sawgrass Expressway (FL SR 869)

 

The FL stands for Florida. The SR stands for State Road. You might see the route numbers on a map, but the signage uses the names.

 

The Fort Lauderdale area is mostly free of tolls other than those two roads. The Miami and Orlando areas have a lot more toll roads. As long as you don't need to go on the Turnpike, you should be fine.

Edited December 14, 2015 by POA1

[POA1]

Another tip - if you are planning to park, there's an app called Park by Phone which allows you to pay for your parking with your smartphone. There's no cost for the app, but there is a 35 cent "convenience fee" each time you park. You get email receipts and text alerts when your parking is about to expire.

 

https://paybyphone.com/

 

It's very convenient and you don't need to carry coins or worrying about feeding the meters.

 

In addition to Fort Lauderdale, the app works for parking in:

 

Anchorage

Ann Arbor

Aspen

Boston (MBTA)

Carolina Beach

Cedar Rapids

Chicago

Coral Gables

Croton-on-Hudson

Dallas

Fayetteville

Galveston

Greenwich

Kansas City

Lexington

Lauderdale-By-The-Sea

Medford

Miami

Milwaukee

Minneapolis

Naperville

New Castle

New Orleans

New York City (Bronx)

Oakland

Redwood City

Riverside

Sacramento

San Francisco

Seattle

South Miami

St Paul

Tempe

Wilmington

Wrightsville Beach

New Canaan, CT

Plymouth, MA

 

And in Canada

 

Burnaby

Calgary

Edmonton

Kamloops

London

Nanaimo

Ottawa

Québec

Regina

Richmond

Saskatoon

Toronto

TRois-Rivières (Québec)

Whistler

Winnipeg

Vancouver

 

It also works in the UK and France.