Sunset Drive

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Glenvar Heights
East end US 1 in South Miami
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesMiami-Dade
Highway system
SR 985 SR 989

Sunset Drive, also known as Southwest 72nd Street is a 12.5-mile-long (20.1 km) east–west

US 1
.

Route description

Western section

State Road 986 westbound west of SR 826

Southwest 72nd Street begins as a private dirt road accessing farmland in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, north of The Hammocks and west of Kendall West.[3] The road heads east and, upon reaching 167th Avenue, it becomes a paved four-laned divided road. Sunset Drive then continues east past residential neighborhoods for one mile (1.6 km), reaching a collection of neighborhood shopping centers and the western edge of the Kendall West community at Southwest 157th Avenue. From here to its eastern terminus, Southwest 72nd Street is given the designation of Marjory Stoneman Douglas Sunset Drive.[4]

After another mile (1.6 km), and after passing by more residential neighborhoods, Sunset Drive crosses Southwest 147th Avenue and enters the unincorporated

Miami Sunset Senior High. After crossing Southwest 127th Avenue, Sunset Drive's character changes as it passes by churches, schools, large-lot houses and market gardens until it reaches the HEFT.[2]

State Road 986 section

The locations of both termini of State Road 986 are unclear, with some commercial mapping

East of the HEFT underpass, SR 986 leaves Kendale Lakes and enters the

Galloway Road (SR 973) and enters the community of Glenvar Heights.[8] East of Galloway Road, SR 986 gains a leafy residential character, reaching the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) interchange after one mile (1.6 km). SR 986 carries on east through more leafy neighborhoods for another 0.7 miles (1.1 km). Here, the SR 986 designation stops at Southwest 69th Avenue,[1] the boundary between Glenvar Heights and the incorporated city of South Miami.[9] Like at its western terminus, the FDOT inventory recognises Sunset Drive as far east as Red Road (approximately 1.3 miles (2.1 km)) as lying off the State Highway System.[1][6]

Eastern section

Sunset Drive continues east from SR 986's eastern terminus through leafy neighborhoods of western South Miami. The road's character changes once it passes Southwest 63rd Avenue, as Sunset Drive begins to enter South Miami's

South Miami Metrorail station, and immediately meets the South Dixie Highway (US 1) at an oblique intersection.[2][7]

East of US 1, Sunset Drive scales down to become an undivided two-laned shopping street for the next two blocks, reaching Red Road (Southwest 57th Avenue) after 14 mile (400 m). On the other side, Sunset Drive leaves South Miami and forms the boundary between

LeJeune Road's southern terminus and Old Cutler Road's northeastern terminus.[2]

History

In 1996, the

Florida State Legislature passed a resolution renaming SR 986 as Marjory Stoneman Douglas Sunset Drive.[4]

Until 1997, its eastern terminus was three blocks further to the east of US 1 at Red Road, to intersect with a since-truncated

SR 959 on the South Miami-Coral Gables boundary.[citation needed
]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Miami-Dade County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Kendale Lakes0.0000.000west end of state maintenance
Kendall1.1131.791 SR 985 (Southwest 107th Avenue)
SR 973
(Southwest 87th Avenue / Galloway Road)
Glenvar Heights4.166.69 SR 826 – International Airportinterchange
Glenvar HeightsSouth Miami line4.8957.878Southwest 69th Avenueeast end of state maintenance
SR 5
)
no left turn eastbound (signs point via Southwest 62nd Avenue and Southwest 70th Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed March 2014
  2. ^ a b c d Google (September 26, 2013). "Map of Sunset Drive, Miami-Dade County, Florida" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau
    . January 7, 2011. Sheet 83. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Roberta C. Martin (September 13, 2012). "2012 Listing of Designated Roads in Florida" (PDF). FDOT - Transportation Statistics Office. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  5. ^ P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Geography Division. U.S. Census Bureau. January 7, 2011. Sheet 84. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Google (September 26, 2013). "Map of State Road 986" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  7. ^ a b General Highway Map Miami-Dade County, Florida (PDF) (Map) (May 2010 ed.). Cartography by Surveying and Mapping Office, State of Florida, Department of Transportation. Florida Department of Transportation. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  8. ^ a b c P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Geography Division. U.S. Census Bureau. January 7, 2011. Sheet 85. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  9. ^ a b P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Geography Division. U.S. Census Bureau. January 7, 2011. Sheet 86. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  10. ^ P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Geography Division. U.S. Census Bureau. January 7, 2011. Sheet 72. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  11. ^ P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Miami-Dade County, FL (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Geography Division. U.S. Census Bureau. January 7, 2011. Sheet 73. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
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