Coral Way (street)
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Florida | |
| Counties | Miami-Dade | |
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Coral Way, co-signed State Road 972 (SR 972) between Douglas Road and US 1 in Miami, is a 16.4-mile-long (26.4 km) primary east-west street that extends from Southwest 157th Avenue in western Miami-Dade County to Brickell Avenue (US 1) in the Brickell neighborhood of Downtown Miami, Florida.
Route description
Coral Way begins as SW 26th Street at Southwest 157th Avenue in unincorporated Miami-Dade County as a mix of a residential street and commercial street. Just west of the
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State Road 972 begins on the intersection between Coral Way/Southwest 22nd Street and
History
The Coral Way Corridor was built in 1922, connecting the city of Miami to Coral Gables with citrus lined streets. A few years later streetcar tracks were laid down the middle. In 1929, a roadside beautification program was started and 1,200 non-native banyan trees were planted along it.[4]
In the years after the merger of Silver Bluff and Miami, Coral Way has been extended many times. Westward from SR 972, it now travels along Southwest 24th Street (Miracle Mile in eastern Coral Gables) until after passing over Florida's Turnpike, rounding a gentle chicane, and following Southwest 26th Street until its current terminus just west of Southwest 162nd Avenue. Although the newer sections of Coral Way west of Coral Gables do not have the scenery or the history of the current SR 972, they form an extremely important commercial link for Miami-Dade County.
SR 972
Coral Way was designated as State Road 956 in 1980[
Major intersections
The entire route is in Miami-Dade County.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Miami line | 0.000 | 0.000 | Southwest 37th Avenue / Douglas Road | Western terminus Coral Way continues west as "Miracle Mile" | |
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| 2.534 | 4.078 |   SR 933 north (Southwest 12th Avenue) | |||
| 3.011 | 4.846 | Pioneers Road / Southwest 26th Road - Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, Marine Labs, Parks & Beaches | |||
| 3.082 | 4.960 |      To I-95 north / US 1 north / Southwest 25th Road / Mary Brickell Road | |||
| 4.164 | 6.701 | Brickell Avenue | Eastern terminus; former US 1 (SR 5) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b Google (March 21, 2013). "Map of Coral Way, Miami metropolitan region, Florida" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ Map of State Road 972 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2013. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "City of Miami – Neighborhood Enhancement Teams". City of Miami. 2004. Archived from the original on December 17, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
