 State Road 985 | ||||
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| West 107th Avenue | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byFDOT | ||||
| Length | 7.604 mi[1] (12.237 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   SR 990 /SR 874 inKendall | |||
| Major intersections |  US 41 inUniversity Park | |||
| North end |  SR 836 inFontainebleau | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Miami-Dade | |||
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State Road 985 (SR 985), locally known asWest 107th Avenue, FIU Avenue, and Avenue of the Americas, is a 7.604-mile (12.237 km) long north–south street in westernMiami-Dade County, Florida, serving the communities ofKendall,University Park,Sweetwater,Fontainebleau, andDoral.
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SR 985 begins at an intersection withSR 990 next to the Killian Parkway interchange of theDon Shula Expressway (SR 874) near the Kendall Campus ofMiami-Dade College. It ends at an interchange with theDolphin Expressway (SR 836) just south of Miami International Mall in Doral. For the entire length of SR 985,Florida's Turnpike (SR 821) runs parallel to it, lying one mile (1.6 km) to the west, with access to it via the Don Shula Expressway, Kendall Drive (SR 94), Bird Road (SR 976),Tamiami Trail (US 41), and the Dolphin Expressway.[2]
It passes through residential neighborhoods withapartment complexes,strip malls, andMiami-Dade CountyParks (Tamiami Park atCoral Way, Kendall Indian Hammocks Park betweenSR 94 andSR 986). It is also a primary access route for two major regionalmalls on its northern end.
Constructed in the 1940s as an access road for the originalTamiami Airport (now the site ofFlorida International University), SR 985 has become an important commercial highway and an alternative for the increasingly clogged Turnpike for commuters.
The entire route is inMiami-Dade County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Kendall | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SR 990 east (Killian Parkway) /SR 874 | Southwest 104th Street; western terminus of SR 990 | |
| 1.050 | 1.690 |  SR 94 (Kendall Drive) | Southwest 88th Street | ||
| 2.022 | 3.254 |  SR 986 (Sunset Drive) | Southwest 72nd Street | ||
| Westwood Lakes–Westchester line | 4.170 | 6.711 |    SR 976 (Bird Road) toFlorida's Turnpike Extension | Southwest 40th Street | |
| Westchester | 5.161 | 8.306 | Coral Way | Southwest 24th Street | |
| 6.170 | 9.930 | US 41 (Southwest 8th Street) | Tamiami Trail | ||
| Sweetwater | 6.663 | 10.723 | Flagler Street | Former western terminus of SR 968 | |
| Fontainebleau–Doral line | 7.50 | 12.07 |  SR 836 toFlorida's Turnpike Extension –Airport | ||
| Doral | 7.604 | 12.237 | Northwest 107th Avenue north | Continues north without designation | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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