Galloway Road

Galloway Road southbound as it divides Glenvar Heights on the left with Sunset on the right, just south of Sunset Drive and north of the Snapper Creek Expressway (overhead) and Kendall, July 2008

Galloway Road, equally known as West 87th Avenue, is a north-south street that runs west in Greater Miami, Florida. It exists in several non-contiguous stretches from south Miami-Dade to Miami Lakes.

Route description

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. It is a two-lane road until North Kendall Drive. After crossing South 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 until it becomes Colonial Drive (South 164th Street) near Canal C-100.

It continues north from South 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. 1 (South Dixie Highway) a block north of South 141st Street.

It continues north from South 134th Street in unincorporated Miami-Dade County and at this point it is also known as State Road 973. It is a four-lane roadway for a small section from South 132nd Street to South 128th Street and then it is a two-lane roadway again until it crosses North Kendall Drive (South 88th Street) where it widens to four lanes. At Flagler Street, it expands to six lanes.

As the road enters the city of Doral north of the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836)), it is no longer State Road 973. North of North 36 Street (Florida State Road 948), Galloway narrows down to four lanes as it passes the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. It continues north through the city of Doral until it crosses North 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 two-lane roadway through industrial areas, and north of North 72 Street it becomes a dirt road. It continues as a dirt road until it ends north of its intersection of North 74 Street (also dirt). North of this, West 87 Avenue resumes as a short side street in an industrial part of Medley between North 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 its run through that city. This stretch ends at Miami Lakes Drive (North 154 Street), and is mostly four lanes. The final stretch picks up again in a residential neighborhood near North 162 Street, and continues north, mainly as a 2 lane residential street until it reaches Miami Gardens Drive (North 186 Street). North of there it is a four-lane roadway until it ends at North 197 Terrace in Miami Lakes, just short of the Florida Turnpike and the Broward County line.