Alligator Alley
Everglades Parkway
Length: 84.28 mi[1] (135.64 km)
Formed: 1969
West end: CR 951 in East Naples, FL
Major
junctions: US 27 near Weston, FL
SR 29 near Immokalee, FL
East end: SR 869/I-595 near Davie, FL
Alligator Alley (also known as Everglades Parkway[2]) is a section of Interstate 75 (State Road 93) and State Road 84 extending from Naples on the west coast of Florida to Weston on the east. First opened in 1969,[3] most of the highway traverses the Everglades.
The name was given by the American Automobile Association during planning; they believed it would be a useless road, an "alley for alligators." However, since alligators often frequent the waterways beside the road, the nickname has a somewhat literal meaning. READ MORE AT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_Alley
