Florida State Road 997
State Road 997, also known as Krome Avenue and West 177th Avenue is a 36.83 miles (59.27 km) north–south state highway in western Miami-Dade County, Florida. It runs from U.S. Route 1 (State Road 5) just south of Florida City north across U.S. Route 41 (State Road 90) to U.S. Route 27 (State Road 25) near Opa-locka West Airport, just south of the Broward County line. Its main use is a bypass around the west side of Miami, linking the routes running southwest, west and northwest from that city, running through newer suburbs in the southern third of the road and through the edge of the Everglades in the northern two thirds of the highway.
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