Florida State Road 969
State Road 969 | ||||
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| Milam Dairy Road Northwest 72nd Avenue | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byFDOT | ||||
| Length | 5.228 mi[1](8.414 km) | |||
| Existed | 1983 (as SR 969)–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 968inMiami | |||
| North end | Northwest 74th Street in Medley | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Miami-Dade | |||
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State Road 969(SR 969), locally known asMilam Dairy RoadandWest 72nd Avenue,is a 5.2-mile-long (8.4 km) north–south street west ofMiami International Airportin westernMiami-Dade County, Florida.The southern terminus is currently an intersection withSR 968(Flagler Street) in the city ofMiami,and its northern terminus is an intersection withSR 934,just south ofMedley.
Route description[edit]
State Road 969 begins at Flagler Street (SR 968) and heads north through residential areas, quickly intersecting theDolphin Expressway.North of the Dolphin Expressway, SR 969 borders the Miami International Airport to its east, and airport-related business to the west as the road curves around the western end of the airport to accommodate an extendedrunway.North of the runway, SR 969 resumes in its cardinal north direction and passes by and throughbusiness parksandindustrial parksfor the remainder of the road. The road intersectsState Road 948near Virginia Gardens, with SR 969 continuing north. Just south of the southern terminus, SR 969 passes through arail yardoperated and maintained byMiami-Dade Transit.The road finally terminates atState Road 934,at the western end of the Hialeah Expressway.[2][3]
Except for the curved section of SR 969 at the airport, thePalmetto Expressway(SR 826) parallels SR 969 0.5-mile (0.80 km) to the west.
History[edit]
Milam Dairy Road received its current SR 969 designation in 1983, when FDOT reassigned numbers to a collection of southeastern Florida streets. Prior to the reassignment, Milam Dairy Road/West 72nd Avenue was signedState Road 919.
In the late 1980s, a curve around the airport was extended southward with a bridge over theDolphin Expressway,removing the portion of North 12th Street from the route. This curve was implemented after the airport runway was extended during the early 1980s, and the bridge was removed during the post-2011 expansion of theDolphin Expressway.Originally, northbound traffic went north on West 72nd Avenue, and then west on North 12th Street, and then north again on the curved West 72nd Avenue around the airport.
Until 2001, signage indicated that SR 969 actually extended two blocks south into the Flagami section of Miami, to Tamiami Boulevard (only southbound traffic saw the SR 969 reassurance sign just south of Flagler Street).
Major intersections[edit]
The entire route is inMiami-Dade County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 968(Flagler Street) | ||
| | 0.72 | 1.16 |      SR 836toSR 826/Florida's Turnpike Extension–Key West | ||
| | 3.081 | 4.958 |  SR 948(Doral Boulevard) toSR 826 | Northwest 36th Street Extension | |
| | 5.191 | 8.354 |  SR 934(Hialeah Expressway) | Northwest 74th Street Connector | |
| Medley | 5.228 | 8.414 | Northwest 74th Street / Milam Dairy Road north | Continues north without state designation | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abFDOT straight line diagramsArchivedMarch 6, 2014, at theWayback Machine,accessed March 2014
- ^Map of State Road 969(Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009.Retrieved2011-06-14.
- ^General Highway Map Miami-Dade County, Florida(PDF)(Map).Florida Department of Transportation.April 2007. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-06-16.Retrieved2010-06-25.
External links[edit]
Media related toFlorida State Road 969at Wikimedia Commons
