Florida State Road 823
State Road 823 is a 20.30-mile (32.67 km) state highway in southeastern Florida, United States, running from US 27 (SR 25) in Hialeah (across the Miami Canal from Miami Springs) north to Interstate 595 (SR 862) and SR 84 in Davie (across the New River Canal from Plantation). The section in Miami-Dade County, through Hialeah and Miami Lakes, is known as Red Road (West Fourth Avenue in Hialeah's street grid and West 57th Avenue in the countywide grid). After crossing into Miramar, in Broward County, it turns northwest and merges into Flamingo Road, which takes it north through Pembroke Pines and Cooper City into Davie.
South of a gap at the Miami International Airport, Red Road is SR 959.
Read more about Florida State Road 823: History, Junction List
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