Florida State Road 969

State Road 969
Milam Dairy Road West 72nd Avenue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	5.21 mi[1] (8.38 km)
Existed:	1983 (as SR 969) – present
Major junctions
South end:	SR 968 in Miami
	SR 836 near Miami SR 948 near Virginia Gardens
North end:	SR 934 near Medley
Location
Counties:	Miami-Dade
Highway system
Florida State and County Roads Interstate • US • SR (Pre-1945) • Toll • County ← SR 968 SR 970 →

State Road 969, locally known as Milam Dairy Road and West 72nd Avenue, is a 5.21-mile (8.38 km)-long north–south street west of Miami International Airport in western Miami-Dade County, Florida. The southern terminus is currently an intersection with SR 968 (West Flagler Street) in the city of Miami, and its northern terminus is an intersection with SR 934, just south of Medley.

Route description

State Road 969 begins at Flagler Street (SR 968) and heads north through residential areas, quickly intersecting the Dolphin Expressway. North of the Dolphin Expressway, SR 969 borders the Miami International Airport to its east, and airport related business to the west as the road curves around the western end of the airport to accommodate an extended runway. North of the runway, SR 969 resumes in it's cardinal north direction and passes by and through business parks and industrial parks for the remainder of the road. The road intersects State Road 948 near Virginia Gardens, with SR 969 continuing north. Just south of the southern terminus, SR 969 passes through a rail yard operated and maintained by Miami-Dade Transit. The road finally terminates at State Road 934, at the western end of the Hialeah Expressway.^[1][2]

Expect for the curved section of SR 969 at the airport, the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) parallels SR 969 0.5-mile (0.80 km) to the west.

History

Milam Dairy Road received its current SR 969 designation in 1983, when FDOT reassigned numbers to a collection of southeastern Florida streets. Prior to the reassignment, Milam Dairy Road/West 72nd Avenue was signed State Road 919.

In the 1980s, a curve around the airport was extended southward with a bridge over the Dolphin Expressway, removing the portion of North 12th Street from the route. Originally, northbound traffic went north on West 72nd Avenue, and then west on North 12th Street, and then north again on the curved West 72nd Avenue around the airport.

Until 2001, signage indicated that SR 969 actually extended two blocks south into the Flagami section of Miami, to Tamiami Boulevard (only southbound traffic saw the SR 969 reassurance sign just south of Flagler Street).

Major junctions

The entire route is located in Miami-Dade County.

Location[2]	Mile[1]	Destination	Notes
Miami	0.00	SR 968 (Flagler Street)	Western terminus
	0.68	SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway)
	3.10	SR 948 (Doral Boulevard)
	5.21	SR 934 (Hialeah Expressway)	Eastern terminus

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} MapQuest, Inc. (2009). Map of Florida State Road 969 (Map). http://mapq.st/mGST9f. Retrieved 2011-06-14. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Florida Department of Transportation (April 2007). General Highway Map Miami-Dade County, Florida (Map). http://www.dot.state.fl.us/surveyingandmapping/geomap/mida_c.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-25.