The Roads, Miami, Florida
- The Roads, Miami, Florida
The Roads is a neighborhood within the city 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 Broadway.
The Roads is also an entire off-grid plan section of the city of Miami. The streets and avenues in Miami-Dade County are aligned to a grid, where streets run east-west and avenues run north-south. The roads that run from Broadway to SW 32nd Road are roughly 45 degrees out of alignment with the grid-plan. The avenues running perpendicular to these roads are also 45 degrees out of alignment with their respective avenues coming from the north. The avenues in this section run northeast-southwest rather than the standard north-south that the ones in the rest of the county follow. This causes an abrupt change in numerical designation as they cross SW 12th Avenue (SW 5th Avenue turns west and becomes SW 18th Street, SW 4th Avenue turns west and becomes SW 20th Street, SW 2nd Avenue turns west and becomes SW 22nd Street, etc.) The most well known example of this confusion is when historic Coral Way being SW 3rd Avenue, makes a 45 degree turn onto SW 22nd Street as it crosses over SW 12th Avenue. [ [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=15&ll=25.757923,-80.207963&spn=0.017741,0.028925 Google Maps - A Section of Miami not aligned with grid plan] ]
Geography
It is located at coord|25.756|-80.205, with an elevation convert|13|ft|m, making it one of the higher areas in the city. [ [http://florida.hometownlocator.com/FL/Miami-Dade/The-Roads.cfm The Roads, FL Community Profile] ]
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