is an emerging international gateway for the Caribbean and Latin America. Miami International Airport and Palm Beach International Airport also serve the city. Waterways Fort Lauderdale is home to Port Everglades, the nation's third busiest cruise port. It is Florida's deepest port, and is an integral petroleum receiving point. Fort Lauderdale is served by a regular international passenger ferry service to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas operated by Baleària Bahamas Express. Roads Broward County is served by three major Interstate Highways (I-75, I-95, I-595) and U.S. Highways, such as U.S. 1, US 27 and US 441. The interchange between I-95 and I-595/SR 862 is known as the Rainbow Interchange. It is also served by Florida's Turnpike and State Highway 869, also known as the Sawgrass Expressway. Healthcare Fort Lauderdale is served by Broward General Medical Center and Imperial Point Medical Center, which are operated by Broward Health, the third-largest hospital consortium in the United States. Broward General is a 716-bed acute care facility that is designated as a Level I trauma center. It is also home to Chris Evert Children's Hospital and a Heart Center of Excellence. The hospital serves as a major training site for medical students from Nova Southeastern University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, as well as nursing and paramedic programs from throughout the area. Imperial Point Medical Center is a 204-bed facility with a hyperbaric medicine program. Holy Cross Hospital, a 571-bed hospital operated by the Sisters of Mercy, was named by HealthGrades as one of the 50 best hospitals in the country for 2007. Sister cities Fort Lauderdale's sister cities are: Agogo, Ghana Belo Horizonte, Brazil Cap-Haïtien, Haiti Duisburg, Germany Gold Coast, Australia Haifa, Israel Kaohsiung, Taiwan Mar del Plata, Argentina Margarita Island, Venezuela Mataró, Spain Medellín, Colombia Muğla, Turkey Panama City, Panama Quepos, Costa Rica Rimini, Italy La Romana, Dominican Republic São Sebastião, Brazil See also List of people from Fort Lauderdale, Florida List of sister cities of Fort Lauderdale, Florida List of tallest buildings in Fort Lauderdale References External links 1911 establishments in Florida Beaches of Broward County, Florida Beaches of Florida Cities in Broward County, Florida Cities in Florida County seats in Florida Gay villages in Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean Populated places established in 1911 Port cities and towns of the Florida Atlantic coast Seaside resorts in Florida