Florida State Road 973
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| West 87th Avenue / Galloway Road | ||||
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| Length: | 9.505 mi (15.297 km) Galloway Road extends 21.0 miles (33.8 km) total |
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 US 1 in Kendall
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 SR 836 in Fontainebleau
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| Counties: | Miami-Dade | |||
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Galloway Road, also known as West 87th Avenue, is a north-south route through the western areas of suburban Miami-Dade County, Florida, from the Black Point area south of Cutler Bay almost to the Broward County line north of Miami Lakes. It exists in seven different unconnected segments that total 27.5 miles (44.3 km) in length, acting as connecting roads, neighborhood streets, and arterial routes. Approximately 9.5 miles (15.3 km) of Galloway Road, between Pinecrest and Doral, is designated as State Road 973.
Galloway Road, or locally Southwest 87th Avenue (south of Flagler Street), begins at a dead-end across the Black Creek Canal from the Black Point Marina, next to Biscayne National Park, just over a mile south of the town of Cutler Bay in unincorporated Miami-Dade county. After following the canal northwest as a two-laned road for about half a mile, Southwest 87th Avenue turns north and takes on this alignment until the northern reaches of Kendall. As it continues north through undeveloped mangrove forest, Galloway Road parallels a drainage canal to its left, with both the road and canal crossing into Cutler Bay at Southwest 232nd Street. Galloway Road reaches suburbia by Southwest 216th Street, still with the canal beside it as it travels north, passing by schools, gated condominium communities and the backs of residential neighborhoods. A small leftwards chicane on Southwest 87th Avenue marks the northern end of the canal, with the road soon crossing Old Cutler Road and entering older residential neighborhoods on the other side. Although houses now have frontage onto Galloway Road, the road retains an open feel as it passes by retirement communities and a nature preserve. More houses line Galloway Road as it continues north, crossing into the village of Palmetto Bay at Eureka Drive (Southwest 184th Street). The village retains the same residential character as Galloway Road continues north to a roundabout at Richmond Drive (Southwest 168th Street). North of here, Galloway Road continues for one block where its southern-most section terminates at a T-intersection, with the bulk of traffic encouraged to turn left and travel westward along Southwest 164th Street.
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