Route Description
Sunset Drive begins as a local street at Southwest 167th Avenue in western Miami-Dade County), and heads east. It gains the SR 986 designation at West 127th Avenue, 4.0 miles (6.4 km) later.
The SR 986 section of Sunset Drive is mostly a residential street, with a few businesses and strip malls lining the street at major intersections. Sunset Drive heads east from West 127th Avenue towards the West Dade Expressway, without an interchange, and then intersects West 117th Avenue 150 yards east of the HEFT. SR 986 continues east through residential areas, crossing under the Don Shula Expressway without an interchange before an intersection with SR 973 (Galloway Road). East of Galloway Road, SR 986 passes through exclusive residential areas for the rest of its journey. It then has an interchange with the Palmetto Expressway, and continues east, leaving unincorporated Miami-Dade County and entering the city of South Miami between West 69th Court and West 68th Court. SR 986 passes by the South Miami Hospital just two blocks before it terminates at US 1 (South Dixie Highway), where Sunset Drive continues as a local road.
Sunset Drive then continues a further 1.8 miles (2.9 km) eastwards, immediately leaving Coral Gables, crossing South Miami at Red Road, before terminating at Cartagena Plaza where it connects with Old Cutler Road, Cocoplum Road, LeJeune Road and Ingraham Highway.
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