Route description Flagler Street



flagler street runs through oldest part of downtown miami


state road 968 begins @ galloway road in fontainebleau, takes 6 lane flagler street east through commercial area residential housing dotting street approaches mall of americas (formerly midway mall) north , interchange palmetto expressway @ eastern end of mall. 7 blocks east of interchange, road enters city of miami proper after crossing tamiami canal 1 block west of intersection milam dairy road , becomes 4 lane road here until reaching i-95. @ nw 67th court, divided highway comes 4 lane road continuing east, business lining both sides of street. following red road (west 57th avenue), reaches flagler memorial park north, road continues east through more businesses , apartment complexes. road intersects lejeune road (west 42nd avenue), provides access miami international airport, sr 968 continuing east towards central miami.



the eastern terminus of flagler street @ biscayne boulevard bayfront park in foreground


at northwest corner of intersection west 27th avenue (sr 9) sits miami-dade auditorium concert hall, flagler street continues east 3 more blocks, until @ nw 24th avenue, road becomes 1 way pair, flagler street going westbound, , sw 1st street going eastbound , both roads featuring commercial businesses , parks. road intersects west 17th avenue few blocks south of marlins park, sr 968 enters central miami. 12th avenue west miami river, flagler street features 1 eastbound lane 3 westbound lanes, intersection 441/sr 7 (west 7th street) 4 blocks west of miami river drawbridges. after, reaches i-95, access via nearby streets. rest of road features government , business skyscrapers , metro rapid transit trackage towering on road. @ sw 2nd avenue, sr 968 meets eastern terminus, , flagler street (former sr 968) once again two-way street, 1 lane in each direction. @ miami avenue, flagler street forms center of miami, miami avenue represents baseline east , west. road becomes east flagler street continues through central miami, terminating @ biscayne boulevard (u.s. route 1), bayfront park, featuring scenic view of biscayne bay east of end of flagler street.


beyond sr 968 s western terminus, west flagler street extends west state road 985 end @ intersection west 118th avenue in tamiami, west of homestead extension.









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