Florida State Road 934

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A major east-west highway in the Miami metropolitan area, State Road 934 currently extends from a point west of the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) in Medley to SR A1A in Miami Beach, and construction of an extension westward to the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821) is in the early stages. State Road 934 is known by a variety of names as it crosses Hialeah Gardens, Hialeah, Liberty City, Miami, North Bay Village, and Miami Beach: Northwest 74th Street, Hialeah Expressway, West 21st Street, East 21st Street, East 21st Street, Northwest 79th Street, Northeast 79th Street, Northwest 82nd Street, Northeast 82nd Street (79th and 82nd Streets form a one-way pair in Miami), 79th Street Causeway, John F. Kennedy Causeway, Normandy Drive, and 71st Street (the last two form a one-way pair on Normandy Isle in Miami Beach). State Road 934 crosses Biscayne Bay on the John F. Kennedy Causeway.

Despite its name, the Hialeah Expressway, a limited access stretch of SR 934 between Northwest 72nd Avenue (SR 969) and Red Road (West 4th Avenue), doesn’t have any complete interchanges. Between at-grade intersections at the end of the Expressway, its “interchanges” include a single westbound off ramp onto Northwest 74th Street near Northwest 69th Avenue, a half diamond with US 27 (SR 25) and an at-grade intersection with West 12th Avenue. Signage along Hialeah Expressway is minimal as only the westbound off ramp onto US 27 (Okeechobee Road) has a sign with the destination street on it.

Notable places along SR 934 east of the Hialeah Expressway include Hialeah Park (the former Hialeah Race Track) and Hialeah Hospital, while most of the street is lined with businesses. Two Metrorail stations (Hialeah and Tri-Rail) are adjacent to SR 934, and two more (Okeechobee and Palmetto) are located within three blocks of the state highway. From Northwest 79th Street/West 25th Street, the Miami Amtrak station can be accessed via Northwest 37th Avenue (Douglas Road).

The SR 934 designation was assigned to the road in 1983; prior to that, the portion between Interstate 95 (SR 9A) and SR A1A was signed State Road 828.

Florida State Roads
Preceded by 933	State Road 934	Succeeded by 944