{"id":313392,"date":"2026-06-19T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313392\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:06:09","slug":"floridas-turnpike-lanes-closed-in-miami-area-by-brush-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313392\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida\u2019s Turnpike lanes closed in Miami area by brush fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/turnpike southbound June 19 2026 157 pm.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"There\u2019s no traffic on Florida\u2019s Turnpike\u2019s southbound lanes in this Northwest Miami-Dade part near Medley as attempts to fight the brush fire required their closing.\" alt=\"There\u2019s no traffic on Florida\u2019s Turnpike\u2019s southbound lanes in this Northwest Miami-Dade part near Medley as attempts to fight the brush fire required their closing.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        There\u2019s no traffic on Florida\u2019s Turnpike\u2019s southbound lanes in this Northwest Miami-Dade part near Medley as attempts to fight the brush fire required their closing.<\/p>\n<p>            Florida Department of Transportation<\/p>\n<p>Those heading south out of Northwest Miami-Dade on Friday afternoon should cross Florida\u2019s Turnpike off their list of route choices.<\/p>\n<p>As firefighters continue to battle the brush fire that\u2019s been burning since Sunday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol announced southbound turnpike lanes will be closed from U.S. 27, also known as Okeechobee Road, down to Northwest 41st Street in Doral. The northbound lanes remain open.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article316180494.html\">READ MORE: Inside Miami\u2019s hellish week: Wildfires, flying soot, dark clouds, extreme heat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Krome Avenue already has been closed from Okeechobee to Southwest Eighth Street.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781895969_981_695 Miami Herald sig 072115 Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David J. Neal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David J. Neal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Since 1989, David J. Neal\u2019s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no traffic on Florida\u2019s Turnpike\u2019s southbound lanes in this Northwest Miami-Dade part near Medley as attempts to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-313392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}