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Florida State Road 959

State highway in Florida, United States

Summary

State highway in Florida, United States

Field	Value
state	FL
type	SR
route	959
alternate_name	West 57th Avenue / Red Road
map
map_custom	yes
map_notes	SR 959 highlighted in red
maint	FDOT
length_mi	5.381
length_round	3
length_ref
established	1980
direction_a	South
terminus_a	in South Miami-Coral Gables
{{jct	state	FL	US	41}} in Coral Gables-West Miami

{{jct	state	FL	Toll	836}} near Miami International Airport
direction_b	North
terminus_b	Perimeter Road at Miami International Airport
previous_type	SR
previous_route	953
next_type	SR
next_route	960

in Coral Gables-West Miami

near Miami International Airport State Road 959 (SR 959), known locally as West 57th Avenue and Red Road, is a 5.381 mi north-south Florida state highway located in south Miami-Dade County west of Downtown Miami. It runs from U.S. 1 at the south end at the South Miami-Coral Gables border to Perimeter Road, just south of the runway of the Miami International Airport at its north end.

Route description

State Road 959 begins at the intersection with Red Road and US 1 (South Dixie Highway), with SR 959 heading north, going through the southwestern end of the University of Miami campus, and then through residential areas, as it acts as the dividing line between Coral Gables to its east and South Miami and patches of unincorporated Miami-Dade County to the west between US 1 and SR 976 (Bird Road). North of Bird Road, Red Road continues through the residential sections of Coral Gables, and enters the residential areas of West Miami, crossing US 41 (Tamiami Trail). SR 959 then enters Miami, intersecting SR 968 (Flagler Street). North of NW 5th Street, Red Road becomes more commercial as it approaches the airport area, with a major shopping center and hotel at the intersection with NW 7th Street. Following that, SR 959 then crosses a canal and has an interchange with the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), with the road terminating just north of the interchange at a dead end intersection with North 12th Street/Perimeter Road, just south of the Miami International Airport runway.

History

This section of Red Road received its FDOT of SR 959 designation in 1980. Its original configuration was 2.7 mi longer as it stretched southward to the intersection of Red Road and Southwest 111th Street (Killian Drive), where it met the eastern end of SR 990 just outside the parking lot of the original Parrot Jungle, a major tourist attraction. Between 1995 and 2001, FDOT truncated several State Roads in Miami-Dade County, and both SR 959 and SR 990 were cut back to terminate at US 1.

Major intersections

References

[http://www.southmiamifl.gov/clientuploads/PDFs_Planning/South%20Miami%20Zoning%20Map.pdf City of South Miami Map]{{dead link. (April 2018)
(2009). "Map of State Road 959". MapQuest, Inc..
[http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/Straight-linesOnlineGIS/ FDOT straight line diagrams] {{webarchive. link. (March 6, 2014 , accessed March 2014)

Wikipedia Source

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