Galloway Road (Miami)
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Galloway Road, locally known as either Galloway Road and Northwest or Southwest 87th Avenue, is a north-south street that runs west of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It exists in several non-contiguous stretches from deep South Miami-Dade to Miami Lakes.
The southern terminus is a dead-end near Black Creek Marina, between Black Creek Canal and Biscayne National Park at Biscayne Bay just south of the town of Cutler Bay.
From this point it continues north as Southwest 87th Avenue, and all stretches are 2 lanes wide until North Kendall Drive. After crossing Southwest 232 Street it enters the town of Cutler Bay. It continues north through Cutler Bay until it crosses Eureka Drive and enters into the village of Palmetto Bay where it continues north till it becomes Colonial Drive (Southwest 164th Street) near Canal C-100.[1]
It continues north from Southwest 163rd Terrace on the other side of Canal C-100 through Palmetto Bay until it dead-ends at Canal C-100-C near U.S. Route 1 (South Dixie Highway) a block north of Southwest 141st Street.[2]
It continues north from Southwest 134th Street in unincorporated Miami-Dade County and at this point it is also known as State Road 973. It is a 4-lane roadway for a small section from Southwest 132nd Street to Southwest 128th Street and then it is a 2-lane roadway again until it crosses North Kendall Drive (SW 88 St / Florida State Road 94) where it widens to 4 lanes.
Upon crossing West State Road 968 (Florida)/(Flagler Street) it becomes Northwest 87th Avenue, and widens to 6 lanes.
It enters the city of Doral after crossing the Dolphin Expressway (State Road 836). At this point it is no longer State Road 973.
North of Doral Boulevard/NW 36 Street (Florida State Road 948), Galloway narrows down to 4 lanes as it crosses the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. It continues north through the city of Doral until it crosses Northwest 58th Street, where it divides the city of Doral to the west with unincorporated Miami-Dade County to the east.
It continues north of 58th as a 2 lane roadway thru industrial areas, and north of NW 72 Street it becomes a dirt road. It continues as a dirt road until it ends north of it's intersection of NW 74 Street (also dirt). North of this, NW 87 Avenue resumes as a short side street in an industrial part of Medley between NW 95 Street and South River Drive.
Two far-northern, discontiguous stretches of this roadway also exist. The first picks up at the Okeechobee Service Road (which parallels Okeechobee Road / US 27) in Hialeah Gardens, and continues north into Hialeah, where it picks up the additional designation of West 28th Avenue during it's run thru that city. This stretch ends at Miami Lakes Drive (NW 154 Street), and is mostly 4 lanes. The final stretch picks up again in a residential neighborhood near NW 162 Street, and continues north, mainly as a 2 lane residential street until it reaches Miami Gardens Drive (NW 186 Street). North of there it is a 4 lane roadway until it ends at NW 197 Terrace in Miami Lakes, just short of the Florida Turnpike and the Broward County line.
