Florida State Road 815

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Once a part of the original Dixie Highway, the former State Road 815 was a 4.1-mile-long north-south route that served - and still serves - as a commuter alternative to the nearby Biscayne Boulevard (US 1-SR 5) that was part of the Florida State Roads system for five decades. Located entirely in the city of Miami, Florida, SR 815 was locally known as North Federal Highway, Northeast Second Avenue, Southeast Second Avenue, Northeast First Avenue, and Southeast First Avenue.

The northern terminus of SR 815 was an intersection of North Federal Highway and Northeast 54th Street (presently SR 944, formerly SR 25A) less than one-half block west of Biscayne Boulevard; the original southern terminus was an intersection of Southeast Second Avenue, Southeast Fourth Street, and Brickell Avenue (US 1); after the construction and (1968) opening of Interstate 95 (SR 9A) and the Downtown Distributor (SR 970) changed the downtown Miami traffic patterns, southbound SR 815 would follow North Federal Highway and Northeast Second Avenue until Southeast First Street (formerly SR 968 Eastbound ), but northbound SR 815 traffic first went north on Southeast (and Northeast) First Avenue from Southeast First Street to Northeast 14th Street, then returning to Northeast Second Avenue and North Federal Highway.

Created in the 1945 Florida State Road renumbering, SR 815 started to fade in significance in the 1980s even though it remained a commuting and commercial alternative. First, the designation was removed from the southern half of the route; by 1994 it was barely noted on AAA and Rand McNally road maps; the following year, the Florida Department of Transportation transferred SR 815 maintenance responsibilities to Dade (now Miami-Dade) County control.

Despite the description of SR 815 in the 1941 law defining it, North Federal Highway doesn't intersect with Biscayne Boulevard. Roughly one block to the north of the historic terminus of SR 815, North Federal Highway is separated from US 1 by a sidewalk and curb before the former veers northward and becomes Northeast Fourth Avenue.