Florida State Road 913
- See also Rickenbacker Causeway, a causeway that forms part of the current alignment of SR 913
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State Road 913 is an access road between the village of Key Biscayne on the island of Key Biscayne and I-95 in Miami on the western end of Biscayne Bay.
The only part of the road that is state maintained is South 26th Road;
Route description
Crandon Boulevard starts at the entrance to Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, and serves as a main artery for the village of Key Biscayne. North of the village, the road cuts through Crandon Park, passing by Crandon Beach and the Tennis Center at Crandon Park before it crosses Bear Cut onto Virginia Key, where the road becomes three lanes wide. Bear Cut also marks the southern terminus of the Rickenbacker Causeway and northern terminus of Crandon Boulevard.
After arriving on Virginia Key, the road passes by the
Toll on the Rickenbacker Causeway for southbound automobiles is $1.75 for drivers without a C-Pass; northbound vehicles do not stop to pay toll.
History
Originally, there was no
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the railroad tracks were removed and houses along Southwest First Avenue between Southwest 15th Road and Southwest 12th Avenue were demolished to make room for
On the other hand, motorists leaving the Rickenbacker Causeway has had direct access with northbound I-95 and southbound US 1 (Brickell Avenue) with flyover ramps since 1967.
In the mid-1980s, newly built sections Southwest and Southeast 26th Road, plus the two flyover ramps, were designated an unsigned State Road 913 and maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation as a state highway.[6][7][8][9] FDOT now inventories the causeway and Crandon Boulevard as County Road 913.[2]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Miami-Dade County.
Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Key Biscayne | 0.000 | 0.000 | Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park | ||
0.4[10] | 0.64 | West Mashta Drive | |||
1.3[10] | 2.1 | Harbor Drive | |||
Crandon Park Virginia Key | 3.6[10]– 4.1 | 5.8– 6.6 | Bear Cut Bridge over Bear Cut | ||
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ) | |||||
6.9[10]– 7.0 | 11.1– 11.3 | West Bridge over Biscayne Bay | |||
7.113 | 11.447 | Rickenbacker Causeway Toll Plaza ($1.75 toll southbound) south end of state maintenance | |||
7.145 | 11.499 | I-95 north (SR 9A) / US 1 (SR 5) – Downtown Miami, Airport, Coral Gables | northbound exit; flyover | ||
7.264 | 11.690 | Brickell Avenue, South Dixie Highway | former US 1/SR 5, no left turn northbound onto South Dixie Highway | ||
7.341 | 11.814 | South Miami Avenue - Vizcaya Museum & Gardens | |||
7.44 | 11.97 | I-95 north (SR 9A) / US 1 north (SR 5) / Southwest 25th Road – Downtown Miami, Airport, Coral Gables | I-95 exit 1A; SR 913 is one-way southbound through the I-95 interchange | ||
7.486 | 12.048 | Southwest 1st Avenue | north end of state maintenance | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ a b c FDOT GIS data Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014
- U.S. Census Bureau. "2009 Boundary and Annexation Survey Maps". Retrieved June 4, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Google (11 January 2013). "Bear Cut" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ "William M. Powell Bridge". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ FDOT GIS data Archived June 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Florida Department of Transportation, Official Florida Transportation Map (1989)
- ISBN 0-525-98289-2
- ISBN 1-57396-072-1
- ^ a b c d e f Google Maps distance