State Road 985, locally known as West 107th Avenue, FIU Avenue, and Avenue of the Americas, is a 7.604 miles (12.2 km)-long north–south street in western Miami-Dade County, Florida

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...

, serving the communities of 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....

, University Park

University Park, Florida

According to the census of 2000, there were 26,538 people, 8,646 households, and 6,501 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 6,535.1 people per square mile . There were 9,047 housing units at an average density of 2,227.9/sq mi...

, Sweetwater, and Doral

Doral, Florida

Doral is a city located in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. A suburb of Miami, it lies north-west of Miami International Airport. It takes its name from the famous golf and spa resort located within its municipal boundaries. The Doral Golf Resort & Spa was originally built...

.

Route description

SR 985 begins at an intersection with SR 990

State Road 990 (Florida)

A long east–west road near Kendall, State Road 990 currently extends from an interchange between the Don Shula Expressway and West 107th Avenue to South Dixie Highway...

 next to the Killian Parkway interchange of the Don Shula Expressway

State Road 874 (Florida)

State Road 874, also known as the Don Shula Expressway, is an electronic toll road extending , connecting the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike and SR 826 in central Miami-Dade County, Florida. Despite its even number designation, the divided limited access toll road runs...

 (SR 874) near the Kendall Campus of Miami-Dade College. It ends at an interchange with the Dolphin Expressway

State Road 836 (Florida)

State Road 836, locally known as the Dolphin Expressway, is a 19-mile-long six-lane divided expressway, with the westernmost 14 miles being a tollway, currently extending from just north of the intersection of Southwest 137th Avenue and U.S...

 (SR 836) just south of Miami International Mall in Doral. For the entire length of SR 985, Florida's Turnpike

Florida's Turnpike

Florida's Turnpike , designated as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike, and originally known as the Sunshine State Parkway is a north–south toll road that runs through 11 counties in the Florida peninsula, from U.S...

 (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

State Road 94 (Florida)

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 and South Dixie Highway ....

), Bird Road (SR 976

State Road 976 (Florida)

State Road 976, locally known as Bird Road, is a commercially important route extending westward from U.S. Route 1 in Miami to the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike in Westwood Lakes, Florida...

), Tamiami Trail

Tamiami Trail

The Tamiami Trail is the southernmost of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 in Miami. The road also has the hidden designation of State Road 90....

 (US 41), and the Dolphin Expressway.

It passes through residential neighborhoods with apartment complexes, strip mall

Strip mall

A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...

s, and 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...

 Park

Park

A park is a protected area, in its natural or semi-natural state, or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas. Many parks are legally protected by...

s (Tamiami Park at Coral Way

Coral Way

Coral Way is a primarily east-west street that begins in the Brickell neighborhood of Downtown, Miami, Florida, United States, ending in Westchester.-Route description:...

, Kendall Indian Hammocks Park between SR 94

State Road 94 (Florida)

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 and South Dixie Highway ....

 and SR 986

State Road 986 (Florida)

State Road 986, also known as Sunset Drive and Southwest 72nd Street, is a long east–west road serving Kendall and South Miami, Florida. Currently, it runs from SW 127th Avenue to an intersection with U.S...

). It is also a primary access route for two major regional malls

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 on its northern end.

History

Constructed in the 1940s as an access road for the original Tamiami Airport (now the site of Florida International University

Florida International University

Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...

), SR 985 has become an important commercial highway and an alternative for the increasingly clogged Turnpike for commuters.

Major intersections