State Road 826 | ||||
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Palmetto Expressway North Miami Beach Boulevard |
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length: | 29.937 mi (48.179 km) 24.405 miles (39.276 km) expressway section |
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Existed: | 1945 June 1961 (freeway) – present |
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Major junctions | ||||
South end: | US 1 in Kendall | |||
SR 836 in Fontainebleau I-75 / SR 924 in Miami Lakes Turnpike / I-95 / US 441 / SR 9 in Miami Gardens |
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East end: | SR A1A in Sunny Isles Beach | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Miami-Dade | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Location | Volume | ||||
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2008 | 2010 | 2011 | |||
SR 94 (Kendall Dr) – SR 986 (Sunset Dr) | – | – | 83,500 | ||
SR 976 (SW 40th St) – Coral Way | – | – | 180,500 | ||
Coral Way – US 41 | – | 176,500 | 195,500 | ||
SR 836 (Dolphin Expwy) – SR 948 (Doral Blvd) | – | 219,000 | – | ||
NW 58th St – SR 934 (Hialeah Expwy) | – | 254,000 | – | ||
SR 934 (Hialeah Expwy) – US 27 (Okeechobee Rd) | – | 210,000 | – | ||
NW 122nd St – I-75/SR 924 (Gratigny Pkwy) | – | 197,500 | – | ||
NW 154th St – NW 37th Ave | – | 138,500 | – | ||
NW 12th Ave – Golden Glades Interchange | – | 164,000 | – | ||
Golden Glades Interchange – SR 915 (NE 6th Ave) | 64,500 | – | – | ||
NE 18th Ave – US 1 | 53,500 | – | – | ||
NE 35th Ave – SR A1A | 46,000 | – | – | ||
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State Road 826 (SR 826) is a bypass route around the greater Miami area, extending approximately 30 miles (48 km) in a northeasterly arc from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Pinecrest to its terminus at State Road A1A in Sunny Isles Beach. Between its southern terminus and the Golden Glades Interchange, State Road 826 is known as the Palmetto Expressway, a heavily traveled freeway with portions of the road carrying in excess of 250,000 vehicles a day. Unlike many of the other expressways in Miami-Dade County, the Palmetto Expressway is untolled. East of the interchange, State Road 826 is a surface road connecting North Miami and North Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach over the Intracoastal Waterway.
State Road 826 begins at an interchange with US 1 in Pinecrest, just south of the Dadeland Mall, and heads north as the Palmetto Expressway into Kendall. The first interchange, less than a mile (1.6 km) north of US 1, is with Kendall Drive (SR 94), which provides access to the mall. SR 826 continues north, crossing under the Snapper Creek Expressway (SR 878) without an interchange before meeting Sunset Drive (SR 986) at a diamond interchange. It then leaves Kendall, continuing into Glenvar Heights with an interchange with Southwest 56th Street/Miller Drive, which provides access to the University of Miami. About half a mile (0.8 km) later, the Don Shula Expressway (SR 874) merges with the Palmetto Expressway at its northern terminus, with a southbound exit and a northbound entrance point. Between this interchange and the next (at Bird Road/SR 976), SR 826 forms the border between Glenvar Heights and Olympia Heights; past it, the expressway marks the boundary between Westchester and Coral Terrace. After an exit with Southwest 24th Street/Coral Way, the expressway meets the Tamiami Trail (US 41), providing access to Florida International University. This interchange also marks the Tamiami Trail's entrance into incorporated Miami, the boundary of which lies on the eastern side of the expressway.