Florida State Road 826

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Florida State Road 826 road sign
Basic data
Overall length:  29.99 mi / 48.26 km
Opening:  1961
State: Florida
Starting point:  Pinecrest
End point:  Sunny Isles Beach
County:  Miami dade

The Florida State Road 826 is a state highway in the US state of Florida , which almost entirely highway-like expanded and as locally Palmetto Expressway is known. It runs for a good 30 miles from Pinecrest to Sunny Isles Beach within Miami-Dade County . The road is operated by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

Route

SR 826 begins in Pinecrest, southwest of Miami , where it branches off US Highway 1 , and then crosses State Road 94 . After it then crosses the Snapper Creek Expressway (SR 878) without crossing, it crosses the State Road 986 . As it continues north, the Don Shula Expressway (SR 874) joins the State Road; this then successively crosses State Roads 976 , 90 ( US 41 ), 968 , 836 , 948 , 934 , US Highway 27 and State Road 932 . Then branches off State Road 924 and Interstate 75 at a freeway intersection , before the road at Miami Lakes curves to the right in an eastward direction. Eventually the road crosses State Roads 823 and 817 before meeting the Golden Glades Interchange , 5 miles north of Miami, where it loses its status as an expressway. It then continues on its last 10 km as a normal city street via North Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach , where it meets and ends on State Road A1A .

history

The expressway in southern direction at the exit for SR 948 near Doral

In 1956, several plans to build an expressway network in Miami-Dade County were presented, including the Palmetto Expressway . Construction of the road finally began in 1958 under the direction of the FDOT. Many landowners had to cede their property in favor of the new expressway.

In June 1961, the expressway opened at a cost of about $ 30 million. This made the street (apart from Florida's Turnpike ) the first expressway to open in Miami-Dade County. Completion of the Palmetto Expressway , along with the construction of Interstate 95, was the cornerstone for the construction of the Golden Glades Interchange, which is also the southern endpoint of the turnpike and is also passed by US Highway 441 and State Roads 7 and 9 .

The expressway, which in the early days mostly ran through rural areas, contributed to the urbanization of the area in the greater Miami area over the years. In the 1970s in particular, due to the increasing volume of traffic, several junctions were made to crossings. In 1974 the Homestead Extension (SR 821) was built further to the north and west as a relief of the expressway, which leads around Miami in a further arc around 6 km and thus represents a tangent of the tangent, so to speak.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Florida Department of Transportation (April 2007). General Highway Map Miami-Dade County, Florida [map]. Archived from the original on (November 15, 2016). Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Questions on Expressway? - Here Are Some Answers" . The Miami News, Dec. 19, 1956: 21A. Retrieved April 16, 2010
  3. ^ "Florida Pushes Road Improvements". New York Times, December 8, 1957: XX13
  4. ^ "Palmetto Road Suit Enters Final Stages" . The Miami News, March 3, 1957: 22A. Retrieved April 16, 2010
  5. ^ "Florida's New Palmetto Expressway". New York Times, June 18, 1961: XX23
  6. ^ "Miami's Highways Set". The Evening Independent, June 16, 1961: 2