Flagler Street
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| East end | West 2nd Avenue in Miami | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Miami-Dade | |||
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Flagler Street is a 12.4-mile (20.0 km) main east–west road in
Between
Route description
State Road 968 begins at
At the northwest corner of the intersection with
Beyond SR 968's western terminus, West Flagler Street extends west to
History
Before the street was named Flagler Street, it was originally named 12th Street; it was renamed in 1920 after the establishment of the Challie Street Plan, a plan which renumbered Miami's streets to their current arrangement. [5]
Formerly State Road 954, Flagler Street received its current Florida Department of Transportation designation in 1983, when FDOT reassigned route numbers to various streets in southeastern Florida and removed the SR 968 designation from North Miami Boulevard (now State Road 922).
SR 968's original western terminus was at an intersection with SR 985 (Avenue of the Americas/West 107th Avenue). In 1987, FDOT truncated the westernmost two miles of the route to its current configuration. SR 968's original eastern terminus was at Biscayne Boulevard (US 1) in Miami, until FDOT turned over the section between US 1 and SW 2nd Avenue to the city of Miami.
As a condition for the relinquishment of Brickell Avenue (US 1) to the city of Miami, FDOT plans to adopt both SE 1st Street and NE 1st Street in downtown Miami as part of SR 968 and re-connect the route to Biscayne Boulevard.[6]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Miami-Dade County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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SR 973 (West 87th Avenue / Galloway Road) | Western terminus; Flagler Street continues westbound | ||||
| 0.99 | 1.59 |  SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway) | interchange | ||
Miami | 1.498 | 2.411 |   SR 969 north (West 72nd Avenue / Milam Dairy Road) | ||
| 3.018 | 4.857 |  SR 959 (West 57th Avenue / Red Road) | |||
| 4.551 | 7.324 |  SR 953 (West 42nd Avenue / LeJeune Road) | |||
| 6.089 | 9.799 |  SR 9 (West 27th Avenue / Unity Boulevard) | |||
| 7.640 | 12.295 |  SR 933 (West 12th Avenue) | |||
| 8.074 | 12.994 |  SR 7 ) | |||
| 8.51 | 13.70 | First Street Bridge (eastbound) / Flagler Street Bridge (westbound) over Miami River | |||
| 8.64 | 13.90 |    SR 925 (Northwest 3rd Avenue) to I-95 | westbound access only | ||
| 8.699 | 14.000 | West 2nd Avenue | east end of state maintenance | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
- Downtown Miami
- Brickell
- Brickell Avenue
- Miami Avenue
- Biscayne Boulevard
- Transportation in South Florida
Gallery
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Flagler Street on August 15, 1945, 20 minutes after the announcement of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. -
La Época Department Store, a local Miami department store in the historic 1930s Walgreens Building at 200 E Flagler Street -
101 East Flagler Street -
The Flagler Street Bridge over the Miami River is adrawbridge.
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References
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ Map of State Road 968 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ Map of State Road 968 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ General Highway Map Miami-Dade County, Florida (PDF) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ "1907 - the Dade County Courthouse on 12th Street (Later Flagler Street) in downtown Miami by Don Boyd".
- ^ City of Miami Legislation Resolution. File Number: 13-00581
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