State Road 94 (Florida)
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State Road 94, locally known as Kendall Drive or South 88th Street, serves as a primary east–west route in Miami-Dade County, and the primary commuter route in Kendall. Its current endpoints are Krome Avenue
State Road 997 (Florida)
State Road 997, also known as Krome Avenue and West 177 Avenue is a north–south state highway in western Miami-Dade County, Florida. It runs from U.S. Route 1 just south of Florida City north across U.S. Route 41 to U.S. Route 27 near Opa-locka West Airport, just south of the Broward...

 (SR 997) and South Dixie Highway (US 1).

Route description

The road begins at SR 997 in western Miami-Dade County, heading east. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike
Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike
Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike , designated as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike, and originally known as the West Dade Expressway is a north–south free-flow toll road southern extension of the tolled Florida's Turnpike...

 provides an interchange near the western end of the road just west of 117th Avenue, followed by an interchange with the Palmetto Expressway just west of the Dadeland Mall
Dadeland Mall
Dadeland Mall is a large enclosed shopping mall located in the Miami suburb of Kendall, Florida, in the Dadeland district. The mall, originally developed by the Joseph Meyerhoff Company of Baltimore, opened October 1, 1962 as a , open-air complex of sixty stores and services...

 before ending at US 1.

SR 94 is not to be confused with the defunct US 94 -- itself SR 90 -- which was absorbed by US 41 in 1949. SR 94 should also not be confused with Loop Road, a roadway formerly known as SR 94, which connects to US 41 in two different locations forming a loop in Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Cypress National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in southern Florida, about 45 miles west of Miami. The Big Cypress, along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, became the first national preserves in the United States National Park System when they were...

. Loop Road, is currently managed by the National Park Service and no longer has any numbered designation.

History

Until a series of truncations throughout the system of State Roads by the Florida Department of Transportation, SR 94 extended eastward to SR 959 at the intersection of Kendall Drive and Red Road
Red Road (Miami)
Red Road, also known as West 57th Avenue, is a north-south street that runs west of downtown Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida and into Broward County. Red Road is signed as State Road 959 from U.S. 1 to the Dolphin Expressway, and State Road 823 from U.S...

 (South 88th Street and West 57th Avenue) in Pinecrest
Pinecrest, Florida
Pinecrest is a suburban village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States of America. The population was 19,055 as of the census of 2000. Pinecrest is governed by a five-member Village Council and operates under the Council-Manager form of government....

; both State Roads were cut back to US 1 by 2001.

Major junctions

The entire route is located in Kendall
Kendall, Florida
Kendall is a suburban neighborhood of metropolitan Miami, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census, the area had a total population of 75,226....

, Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2,496,435, making it the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States...

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Mile Destination Notes
0.00 Western terminus
5.68
7.13
8.05
9.15
10.18
10.72 Eastern terminus
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