Florida State Road 944

State Road 944
North 54th Street
SR 944 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained byFDOT
Length	5.822 mi(9.370 km)
Existed	1950 1983 (as SR 944)–present
Major junctions
West end	US 27inHialeah
Major intersections	US 441inMiami
East end	US 1in Miami
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Miami-Dade
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US State Former Pre‑1945 Toll Scenic
←SR 934 →SR 948

State Road 944(SR 944), locally known asHialeah Driveand North 54th Street, is a 5.822-mile-long (9.370 km) east–west street spanningHialeahandMiami, Florida.The western terminus is an intersection with Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) in Hialeah; its eastern terminus is an intersection with Biscayne Boulevard (U.S. Route 1/SR 5). Along with the north–south Palm Avenue, Hialeah Drive is abaselinefor addresses in the City of Hialeah (most ofMiami-Dade CountyusesFlagler StreetandMiami Avenuefor its baselines).

Route description

SR 944 begins at an intersection withUS 27/SR 25inHialeah,heading east as four-lane undivided Northwest 54th Street/Hialeah Drive. The road passes through commercial areas before heading through a mix of suburban homes and businesses, becoming adivided highwayat the intersection with East 6th Avenue. The state road crossesSR 953and passes more residences and businesses, with the median becoming acenter left-turn lane.SR 944 enters industrial areas and crosses aCSXrailroad line that also carriesAmtrakandTri-Rail.At the intersection with Northwest 36th Avenue, the state road entersMiamiand becomes Northwest 54th Street, passing through urban residential and commercial areas. The road intersectsSR 9,at which point it passes underMetrorail's Green Line. Past this intersection, SR 944 passes through more developed areas as a four-lane undivided road. Farther east, the state road reaches a junction withUS 441/SR 7.A short distance later, SR 944 passes underI-95/SR 9A without an interchange. The road continues east past more urban homes and businesses, becoming Northeast 54th Street at the intersection withNorth Miami Avenue.SR 944 crosses theFlorida East Coast Railwaybefore coming to its eastern terminus atUS 1/SR 5(Biscayne Boulevard).

History

The genesis of today's SR 944 began when FDOT extended US 27 southward fromTallahasseeto Miami in 1949. While the "new" U.S. Highway was routed aroundLake Okeechobeeand southeastward to Miami along the recently redesignated State Road 25 (the road wasSR 26prior to 1945), theFlorida Department of Transportationadded plans for threebypass routesof Miami: the north–south SR 27 (nowSR 997andSR 9336), the east–westSR 826(which morphed into the Palmetto Expressway several years after its opening), and the east–westState Road 25A.

Because it was routed over previously existing streets, SR 25A received its designation in 1950, well ahead of the other two planned bypasses; the configuration of the route has been unchanged since then. In a 1983 renumbering, the FDOT replaced the SR 25A designation with SR 944, the street's new insignia.

Major intersections

The entire route is inMiami-Dade County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Hialeah	0.000	0.000	US 27(Okeechobee Road /SR 25) / Curtiss Parkway –Miami Springs
	0.943	1.518	SR 953(East 8th Avenue / Northwest 42nd Avenue / Le Jeune Road)
​	2.464	3.965	SR 9(Northwest 27th Avenue / Unity Boulevard)
Miami	4.497	7.237	US 441(Northwest 7th Avenue /SR 7)
	4.615	7.427	ToI-95/ Frontage Road / Northwest 6th Avenue
	5.822	9.370	US 1(Biscayne Boulevard/SR 5)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

Template:Attached KML/Florida State Road 944

KML is from Wikidata

• Florida Route Log (SR 944)