Port Everglades to strengthen its landside connections

Port Everglades is partnering with public and private entities on infrastructure improvements to improve connections with South Florida’s major highway and railroad systems.

“Landside congestion plagues many seaports, but Port Everglades is fortunate to have direct interstate highway access and a strong partnership with the Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) that keeps commerce on the move,” said Port Everglades CEO and port director Steven Cernak.

Most recently, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) invested US$42.5m to build the Eller Drive Overpass, which allows vehicles entering Port Everglades to travel unimpeded over two new at-grade rail tracks that lead into the FECR’s new intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF). International cargo goes into the FECR rail yard directly from inside the port, and domestic trucks have a separate entrance under the Eller Drive Overpass.