Route Description
Galloway Road begins at a dead-end near the Black Point Marina, between Black Creek Canal and Biscayne National Park at Biscayne Bay just south of the town of Cutler Bay. It leaves Cutler Bay as the road crosses South 232nd Street through North Kendall Drive (SR 94) as a two-lane road. The road continues north as Colonial Drive (SW 164th Street) near Canal C-100.
It continues to the north east of U.S. 1 (South Dixie Highway) a block north of South 141st Street at Canal C-100-C in Palmetto Bay, a block north of South 141st Street, where it continues south until it dead ends at South 163rd Terrace at Canal C-100.
North of US 1 (South Dixie Highway), Galloway becomes State Road 973 in unincorporated Miami-Dade County as South 132nd Street for one block before joining with Galloway Road northbound as a 4-lane roadway from South 132nd Street to South 128th Street and then it is a two-lane roadway, passing through residential housing, with an intersection with Killian Parkway (SR 990), until it crosses Kendall Drive (SR 94) where it widens to four lanes.
It continues through housing for several more blocks until it reaches the interchange with the Snapper Creek Expressway (SR 878), where it borders Glenvar Heights to the east with Sunset to the west and becomes a commercial street dotted with housing. It then has an intersection with Sunset Drive (SR 986) before passing under the Don Shula Expressway (SR 874) without an interchange. Immediately after, it passes a water treatment plant, followed by a cemetery to the west, with houses lining the east side of the road. North of the intersection with Southwest 56th Street, the road becomes almost purely residential from here to the northern terminus, with shops at major intersections.
Galloway continues as SR 973 continues north with an intersection with Bird Road (SR 976), followed by Banyan Park a few blocks north, then an intersection with Coral Way (SR 972). Continuing north, the road then passes by a high school, quickly intersecting Tamiami Trail and approaching Miami Grid baseline, Flagler Street. Upon crossing West Flagler Street (SR 968) it becomes Northwest 87th Avenue, and widens to six lanes. It enters the city of Doral after crossing the Dolphin Expressway, the northern terminus of SR 973.
North of SR 973's northern terminus, Galloway Road goes through a large business center, followed by an intersection with Doral Boulevard/NW 36 Street (Florida State Road 948). Afterwards, Galloway narrows down to 4 lanes as it crosses the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. It continues north through the city of Doral until it crosses Northwest 58th Street, where it divides the city of Doral to the west with unincorporated Miami-Dade County to the east.
It continues north of 58th as a 2 lane roadway through industrial areas, and north of NW 72 Street it becomes a dirt road. It continues as a dirt road until it ends north of its intersection of NW 74 Street (also dirt). North of this, NW 87 Avenue resumes as a short side street in an industrial part of Medley between NW 95 Street and South River Drive.
Two far-northern, discontiguous stretches of this roadway also exist. The first picks up at the Okeechobee Service Road (which parallels Okeechobee Road / US 27) in Hialeah Gardens, and continues north into Hialeah, where it picks up the additional designation of West 28th Avenue during its run through that city. This stretch ends at Miami Lakes Drive (NW 154 Street), and is mostly 4 lanes. The final stretch picks up again in a residential neighborhood near NW 162 Street, and continues north, mainly as a 2 lane residential street until it reaches Miami Gardens Drive (NW 186 Street). North of there it is a 4 lane roadway until it ends at NW 197 Terrace in Miami Lakes, just short of the Florida's Turnpike and the Broward County line.
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