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Florida State Road 970

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State Road 970 marker

State Road 970

Downtown Distributor
Map
Route information
Maintained byFDOT
Length0.563 mi[1](906 m)
Existed1968–present
Major junctions
West endI-95inMiami
East endUS 1in Miami
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesMiami-Dade
Highway system
SR 969SR 972

State Road 970(SR 970), also known as theDowntown Distributor,[2]is a short 0.563-mile (0.906 km) elevatedfreewayconnectingInterstate 95andBiscayne BoulevardinDowntown Miami.As of June 20, 2014, the entirety of the road cosigns withUS 1/SR 5.

Route description

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Aerial view in 2011

The expressway is twolaneswide in each direction, and had anannual average daily trafficvolume of 34,000 according to a 2007 report, with an estimated volume of 37,500 in 2015.[3]

In addition to the entrance and exit at US 1, SR 970 also has entrance and exit ramps at Miami Avenue, three blocks to the west. Eastbound drivers also can exit to SE 1st Avenue near theJames L. Knight Centerand theMiami Tower.

This route is mostly unsigned. On the Interstate, there is no recognition of the State Road status of the Downtown Distributor, as exit signs in both directions indicate "Biscayne Boulevard, US 1". On the Distributor, both at the eastern end and roughly 0.2-mile (0.32 km) from the Interstate, State Road 970 shields are present, but without directional indicators.

History

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The Downtown Distributor in May 2008

The Downtown Distributor opened simultaneously with the adjacent stretch of I-95 in 1968.

The freeway was to be the start of theBayshore Looparound Downtown Miami in 1956, running along what is now U.S. Highway 1 and Interstate 395.

Exit list

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The entire route is inMiami,Miami-Dade County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000I-95AirportExit 2A on I-95
0.40.64Miami Avenue –DowntownEastbound exit from I-95 exit 2C and westbound entrance
0.50.80Southeast 1st AvenueEastbound exit (from I-95 north only) and westbound entrance
0.5630.906US 1(Southeast 2nd Avenue) / Southeast 3rd Street toBrickell Avenue/Biscayne BoulevardAt-grade intersection;continues as SE 3rd Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^abFDOT straight line diagramsArchivedMarch 6, 2014, at theWayback Machine,accessed March 2014
  2. ^"Access Management Class Summary: FDOT District VI - Miami-Dade County"(PDF).Florida Department of Transportation.September 8, 2009. p. 1.Retrieved2009-09-16.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^"Arterial Grid Analysis Study"(PDF).Miami-Dade CountyMetropolitan Planning Organization. March 2007. p. 88.Retrieved2009-09-16.
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