 Coral Reef Drive | ||||
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| State Road 992 Southwest 152nd Street | ||||
 SR 992 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byFDOT | ||||
| Length | 9.6 mi[1] (15.4 km) 2.642 miles (4.252 km) as SR 992[2] | |||
| Existed | 1983 (as SR 992)[citation needed]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Southwest 162nd Avenue inRichmond West | |||
| Major intersections |  Florida's Turnpike Extension inPalmetto Estates | |||
| East end |  US 1 inPalmetto Bay | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Miami-Dade | |||
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Coral Reef Drive, also known asSouthwest 152nd Street, is a 9.6-mile-long (15.4 km)[1] main east–west road south ofMiami inMiami-Dade County,Florida,United States. It serves to connect thecommunities ofCountry Walk andRichmond Heights withPalmetto Bay.State Road 992 (SR 992) is designated along the 2.462-mile-long (3.962 km)[2] section of Coral Reef Drive between theHomestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike andUS 1.[1]
Coral Reef Drive begins along the southern edge of a housing estate at Southwest 162nd Avenue inCountry Walk,[3] though an unmarked dirt road continues west toSR 997 through agricultural fields. After crossing Southwest 157th Avenue, Coral Reef Drive forms the boundary between Country Walk andRichmond West.[4] Here, it also becomes apalm-lined road, travelling along the back of houses on either side, increasing in width to four lanes after crossing Naranja Road (Southwest 147th Avenue). After crossing a canal, Coral Reef Drive continues to pass in between neighborhoods until it reaches a couple of small shopping malls and Lindgren Road (Southwest 137th Avenue), a northern portion of which is designated asSR 825. East of here, Coral Reef Drive passes along the southern boundary ofThree Lakes; while to its south lies the formerNaval Air Station Richmond site, now taken up by the South Campus of theUniversity of Miami,[5] theGold Coast Railroad Museum andZoo Miami. After passing a shopping mall at Three Lakes' eastern end, Coral Reef Drive meets the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike, gaining the SR 992 designation.[1]
State Road 992 begins at the interchange of Coral Reef Drive with the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike, and proceeds east as a four-laned divided road, immediately forming the boundary betweenRichmond Heights andPalmetto Estates,[6] and continues on through residential neighborhoods. In sections along Coral Reef Drive's northern side liefrontage roads, allowing access to side streets and some residential properties; however, most houses continue to back on to the road like in areas to the west of the Turnpike. In eastern Richmond Heights, SR 992 passes theCoral Reef Senior High School, and then forms the northern boundary of the Palmetto Golf Course as it leaves Richmond Heights on its left and meets the southernmost tip ofKendall.[6] After passing the Jackson South Community Hospital (formerly known as Deering Hospital), SR 992 crosses theSouth Miami-Dade Busway and terminates at US 1, with Coral Reef Drive extending eastwards beyond the highway intoPalmetto Bay.[2][1][6][7]
As Coral Reef Drive crosses US 1, it enters the village of Palmetto Bay,[6] and continues eastwards as a two-laned suburban street through residential areas. After a couple of miles, Coral Reef Drive intersects withOld Cutler Road, and then continues a short distance to terminate at the southern end ofLudlam Road, with its pavement extending east as Paradise Point Drive into a gated community on the shores ofBiscayne Bay.[1] The oolitic limestone & coral rock wall from 89th Ave. to 86th Ave. on the southern side, was built in 1919. It is a historic landmark designated by Miami-Dade County's Office of Historic Preservation.[8]
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SR 992 was signed in 1983.[citation needed]
In 2018, theFlorida Department of Transportation (FDOT) completed a project which improved the road from the Turnpike toU.S. Route 1.[9]
The entire route is inMiami-Dade County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Richmond West | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southwest 162nd Avenue | Continues west as a dirt road | |
| Richmond West–Three Lakes line | 2.6 | 4.2 |  SR 825 (Lindgren Road) | Southwest 137th Avenue | |
| Three Lakes | 4.6 | 7.4 | Southwest 117th Avenue | West end of SR 992 | |
| Palmetto Estates–Richmond Heights line | 4.7 | 7.6 | Florida's Turnpike Extension –Orlando,Homestead | Exit 16 on Turnpike Extension | |
| Palmetto Estates–Kendall– Palmetto Bay tripoint | 7.1 | 11.4 | US 1 (Dixie Highway) | East end of SR 992 | |
| Palmetto Bay | 9.0 | 14.5 | Old Cutler Road | ||
| 9.6 | 15.4 | Southwest 67th Avenue | Continues east to a dead end | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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