A major east–west commercial artery in northern
Miami-Dade County
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, State Road 932 (SR 932) is a four-lane highway connecting
U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in
Hialeah Gardens
Hialeah Gardens is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 19,297 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 21,744, with a population density of 6690.1 per mi2, made u ...
and
SR 915 in
Miami Shores, just south of the campus of
Barry University
Barry University is a private Catholic university in Miami Shores, Florida. Founded in 1940 by the Adrian Dominican Sisters, it is one of the largest Catholic universities in the Southeast and is within the territory of the Archdiocese of Mia ...
. Locally, SR 932 is also known as North 103rd Street in greater
Miami
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, and as 49th Street or Palm Springs Mile in Hialeah.
Route description
The western portion of SR 932 in Hialeah Gardens and
Hialeah from US 27 to
SR 823 is almost completely lined with commercial establishments (next to its interchange with the
Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) is
Westland Mall, one of the oldest enclosed
shopping center
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The first known collec ...
s in Florida; across the street is
Miami Dade College – Hialeah Campus). East of Red Road/
SR 823 (West 4th Avenue in Hialeah), SR 932 is almost entirely lined with
suburb
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an developments, crossing the
Miami Canal, passing by
Medley
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, and ending at SR 915.
Liberty City and
Biscayne Park are within a quarter mile of the eastern terminus.
History
Originally State Road 850, SR 932 received its current designation from the
Florida Department of Transportation in 1983 as part of a statewide reassignment of
state road
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numbers.
State Road 932’s connection with the Palmetto Expressway has similarly evolved from a little-used at-grade intersection in the early-1960s to a
diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road.
Design
The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the ...
in the 1970s that was often overwhelmed in the 1990s and augmented by a
flyover ramp in the 2000s. In contrast to the now-congested western end, the eastern end of SR 932 hasn’t seen significant change in traffic since the 1960s.
Major intersections
References
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