Le Jeune Road
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| West 42nd Avenue / Le Jeune Road | ||||
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| Length: | 11.735 mi (18.886 km) Le Jeune Road extends 17.2 miles (27.7 km) total |
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| Existed: | 1983 (as SR 953) – present | |||
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| South end: |
 US 1 in Coral Gables
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 SR 836 in Miami SR 934 in Hialeah
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| North end: |
 SR 916 in Opa-locka
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| Counties: | Miami-Dade | |||
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Le Jeune Road (pronounced "Luh-JOO-n" Road), also West 42nd Avenue on the greater Miami grid plan, East 8th Avenue in Hialeah, and co-signed State Road 953 (SR 953) from US 1 in Coral Gables to SR 916 in Opa-locka, is a 16.3 miles (26.2 km) long north–south street in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and running a few miles west of central Miami.
Le Jeune Road/W 42nd Avenue begins at Sunset Drive and Cartagena Plaza (Cartagena Circle) at the edge of the Coral Gables Waterway in the city of Coral Gables, connecting with Sunset Drive/South 72nd Street, Old Cutler Road, Cocoplum Road and Ingraham Highway. LeJeune Road heads northwest for 1.4 miles (2.3 km) as a heavily-wooded residential Coral Gables street. At US 1, LeJeune Road picks up the State Road 953 designation and becomes a four lane road.
SR 953 heads north from US 1, through residential areas, the eastern end of Coral Gables High School and the western end of the Village of Merrick Park mall. SR 953 intersects Bird Road and leaves the campus of Coral Gables High School, entering a pure residential area and remains that way until reaching University Drive. At that point, the east side of the road becomes commercial and the west side is residential until close to the intersection with Coral Way (State Road 972). A few blocks north of Coral Way, it resumes with residential housing on the west side of the road and commercial buildings to the east, still in Coral Gables.
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