Editing Interstate 75 (section)

==History==
This limited access highway that was planned in the 1950s roughly follows the general route of many older at-grade highways, including [[U.S. Route 2|US&nbsp;2]], [[U.S. Route 27|US&nbsp;27]], [[U.S. Route 25|US&nbsp;25]], and [[U.S. Route 41|US&nbsp;41]], among others. Some of these older US Highways (several of which are still in existence) previously had replaced the eastern route of the old [[Dixie Highway]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

I-75 was planned to end in [[Tampa, Florida]],<!--actually, I-4 was the interstate that was planned to end in st. pete, I-75 was to end in tampa at the interchange with I-4, I-4 was truncated in 1971 when I-75 was being extended--> in the original plan for {{convert|41,000|mi|km}} of Interstate Highways. However, beginning in the 1960s, there was a huge growth in the population of [[Southwest Florida]] ([[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]], [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]], [[Naples, Florida|Naples]], [[Cape Coral, Florida|Cape Coral]], etc.), hence the need for new highways, especially a north–south freeway, as well as one connecting Florida's Gulf Coast to [[South Florida]].<ref>{{cite news |title= West Coast Turnpike Study Ordered By Kirk |work= St. Petersburg Times |date= April 20, 1967 |page= 1B}}</ref> At first, Florida state legislators proposed a toll in the new highway, and, by 1968, it was decided that the federal government would pay 90&nbsp;percent toward the extension of I-75 to southwestern and southeastern Florida.<ref>{{cite news |title= I-75 Extension Should Kill Toll Road - Cramer |work= Daytona Beach Morning Journal |date= August 16, 1968 |page= 16}}</ref> This included subsuming a toll highway from Naples to the [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]] area, the [[Alligator Alley]], and furthermore to connect this expressway with I-95 in [[North Miami]]—though due to some [[freeway revolt|local opposition]], I-75 presently ends a few miles short of I-95.<!--there's more info about why I-75 is on alligator alley, which is detailed on the florida page-->

I-75 was completed in Kentucky in 1970. The last segment in Michigan opened to traffic on November 1, 1973.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21756812/around_the_state_west_branch/ |title = Around the State: West Branch |work = [[Traverse City Record-Eagle]] |agency = [[United Press International]] |date = November 2, 1973 |page = 3 |access-date = July 10, 2018 |oclc = 30098364 |via = Newspapers.com |archive-date = July 11, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180711065438/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21756812/around_the_state_west_branch/ |url-status = live }}</ref> The last section of I-75 in Tennessee was completed on December 20, 1974.<ref>{{cite news |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title = Dunn Opens 96 Interstate Miles |url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/111605241/ |page = 32 |work = The Tennessean |location = Nashville |date = December 21, 1974 |access-date = April 18, 2018 |via = Newspapers.com |archive-date = June 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190614103543/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/111605241/ |url-status = live }}</ref> On December 21, 1977, I-75 was completed from Tampa to Sault Ste. Marie with its final segment opening between northern [[Marietta, Georgia]], and [[Cartersville, Georgia]]. It was estimated to have cost $3.5&nbsp;billion in 1977 dollars (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|3500000000|1977}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}) to build the original section.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ayres |first=B. Drummond |date=December 22, 1977 |title=I-75 Link Opens First Full Interstate Route |page=14 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/22/archives/i75-link-opens-first-full-interstate-route.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=December 4, 2021 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204103657/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/22/archives/i75-link-opens-first-full-interstate-route.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The final stretch of I-75 in South Florida was completed in 1986 in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]] and [[Broward County, Florida|Broward]] counties, and the last stretch to receive the signs for I-75 was the reconstructed (rebuilt and widened) Alligator Alley on November 25, 1992.<ref>{{cite web |author= Staff |url= https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/interstate-system/50th-anniversary |title= Previous Interstate Facts of the Day |work= Celebrating the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= May 11, 2010 |archive-date= April 26, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060426084506/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/previousfacts.cfm |url-status= live }}</ref>

On September 7, 2024, the [[Interstate 75 Kentucky Shooting]] occurred near [[London, Kentucky]] in which multiple shots were fired at cars passing by, injuring 5.