Florida State Road 948
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State Road 948 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest 36th Street / Doral Boulevard | ||||
 SR 948 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byFDOT | ||||
| Length | 3.998 mi[1](6.434 km) | |||
| Existed | mid-1980s–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 826nearDoral | |||
| East end |  US 27inHialeah | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Miami-Dade | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Locally known as Northwest 36th Street andDoral Boulevard,the 3.998-mile-long (6.434 km)State Road 948(SR 948) is a commercially important east–west highway in centralMiami-Dade County, Florida.Its western terminus is acloverleaf interchangewith thePalmetto Expressway(SR 826) inDoral;its eastern terminus is an intersection withUS 27just east of LeJeune Road (SR 953) in the southern tip ofHialeah,just outside the city limits ofMiami.Some maps incorrectly indicate a continuation of SR 948 to the east of the intersection with US 27. State Road 948 serves as a primary access for the cities ofMiami SpringsandVirginia Gardensand a maintenance and business access forMiami International Airport.
Route description
[edit]To the west of the SR 948 western terminus extends Doral Boulevard, which changes from Northwest 36th Street to Northwest 41st Street as it travels along the southern boundary ofDoral Country Club and Golf Courseand crosses the city of Doral. The western terminus of Doral Boulevard/North 41st Street is adead-endjust to the west of West 147th Avenue, three miles (5 km) to the west of its interchange withFlorida's Turnpike(SR 821). East of the Turnpike, Doral Boulevard is dominated byshopping centersas much is SR 948; to the west, Northwest 41st Street is primary an access road forlimestonequarriesand the wells that supply Miami-Dade County itsdrinking water.
History
[edit]As theDolphin Expressway(SR 836) has become increasingly congested with commuter traffic, SR 948—a much older road—has become (with LeJeune Road) a primary access route to the passenger terminals of the airport, and, as a result, is reaching its carrying capacity on a regular basis. Since the opening of the Dolphin Expressway in 1969, several proposals for creating an SR 948 expressway have been floated to theFlorida Department of Transportationand theMiami-Dade County Commissiononly to be rejected each time.
The current configuration of SR 948 received its number in the mid-1980s, after the designation was removed from a section of North 119th Street inNorth Miami(now part ofSR 924) as a part of a collection of renumberings of Miami-Dade State Roads. Prior to the redesignation, North 36th Street between the Palmetto Expressway and US 27 wasState Road 834(theSR 834designation was subsequently applied to Sample Road inBroward County).
Major intersections
[edit]The entire route is inMiami-Dade County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doral | 0.000 | 0.000 | west end of state maintenance | ||
| | 0.13 | 0.21 |    SR 826toI-75–Airport | interchange | |
| | 0.638 | 1.027 |  SR 969(Milam Dairy Road / Northwest 72nd Avenue) | ||
| Miami Springs | 3.705 | 5.963 |    SR 953(Le Jeune Road) toSR 836–Airport,Rental Car Center, Cell Phone Lot | no left turn from either direction of SR 948 (signs point via Coolidge Drive and South Royal Poinciana Boulevard) | |
| Miami Springs–Hialeahline | 3.9 | 6.3 |    SR 112east toI-95 | eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Hialeah | 3.998 | 6.434 |  US 27south (Northwest 36th Street /SR 25) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
[edit]- ^abFDOT straight line diagramsArchivedMarch 6, 2014, at theWayback Machine,accessed March 2014