Douglas Road, also West 37th Avenue on the greater

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and West 89th Avenue in Miramar and Pembroke Pines, is a north–south

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running west of

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Miami in

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and

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. The road is instead named Pine Island Road in Broward County north of Sheridan Street and Coral Springs Road in

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Route description

Douglas Road begins as Southwest 37th Avenue at Edgewater Drive in

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, immediately west of the city of Miami in

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, headed north toward South Dixie Highway (

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). Soon after crossing US 1, it crosses Bird Road (SR 976), straddling the border of Miami and Coral Gables. Going northward, it crosses

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(SR 972) and the

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(

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) before crossing Miami grid baseline

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(SR 968). Douglas Road continues northward as Northwest 37th Avenue, crossing a

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of the Miami River before ending at Northwest South River Drive on the south bank of the Miami River, near

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. The second segment begins at Northwest North River Drive on the north bank of the Miami River, continuing through Northwest 79th Street ( SR 934) and ending again just beyond 79th Street at the Miami Amtrak station. The road begins briefly again in a small segment between Northwest 103rd Street and Northwest 106th Street, just east of

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. The final segment of Douglas Road begins at Ali Baba Avenue in Opa-locka, briefly forming the eastern border of the Miami–Opa Locka Executive Airport and continuing northward through

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, interchanging with the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) and crossing Miami Gardens Drive (SR 860). After passing under the

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without an interchange, the road crosses into

and Miramar, becoming Southwest 89th Avenue. The road continues north through Miramar and Pembroke Pines, becoming Northwest 89th Avenue north of Pines Boulevard (SR 820). Upon crossing Sheridan Street and leaving Pembroke Pines, it becomes Pine Island Road and continues through Cooper City and Davie, interchanging with Interstate 595 and SR 84 at the border of Davie and

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. It then continues north through Plantation and

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, intersecting Broward Boulevard, to Tamarac and then

, where it changes names again to Coral Springs Drive. After crossing under the Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869), the road changes names back to Pine Island Road and enters Parkland, where it ends at Nob Hill Road.

History

Forming the eastern boundary of

, George Merrick used the

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of the home of John Douglas as the north–south road junction into the city from

in September 1923.

References

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Route description

History

See also

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