The Roads
| The Roads | |
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| Neighborhood of Miami | |
Entrance to The Roads neighborhood
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 The Roads neighborhood within the City of Miami |
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| Coordinates: 25°45′22″N 80°12′18″W / 25.756°N 80.205°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Miami-Dade County |
| City | Miami |
| Government | |
| • City of Miami Commissioner | Frank Carollo |
| • Miami-Dade Commissioner | Bruno Barreiro |
| • House of Representatives | Luis R. Garcia, Jr. (D) |
| • State Senate | Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (R) |
| • U.S. House | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,327 |
| • Density | 12,687/sq mi (4,898/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-05) |
| ZIP Code | 33129 |
| Area code(s) | 305, 786 |
| Website | The Roads Association |
The Roads is a neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is a triangular area located south of SW 11th Street, between SW 12th Avenue and SW 15th Road, just west of Brickell.
The Roads is known for its old homes, historic public schools, and its tree-covered streets. The Roads is very close to Downtown and Brickell, but is a historically residential neighborhood. It is also off the normal Miami street grid, and thus all the streets in The Roads are named roads, instead of streets and avenues, as is the case in the rest of Miami. Since 1986, the Miami Roads Neighborhood Civic Association has worked on a variety of projects to support the neighborhood.
The Roads neighborhood is served by the Miami Metrorail at the Vizcaya station to the south and by the Brickell station to the north.
The Roads, originally called "Brickell Hammock" was designed, platted and developed by Mary Brickell in January 1922 days before her death. Mary Brickell had designed the Roads as a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, with wide streets with median parkways and roundabouts with native Miami plants. Mary Brickell gave the streets, parkways, sidewalks, and electric lighting to the City of Miami in 1922. All the properties were sold in a single day on February 1, 1923.
Although the homes in the Roads were originally planned to be affordable for Miamians, homes in the Roads were popular early on and quickly became one of Miami's most prestigious neighborhoods.
It is located at 25°45′22″N 80°12′18″W / 25.756°N 80.205°W, with an elevation 13 feet (4.0 m), making it one of the higher areas in the city.
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