Florida State Road 9

Infobox road
state=FL
type=SR
route=9
maint=FDOT


length_mi=13.69
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm FDOT GIS data] ]
length_notes=(continues north with I-95)
established=August 1946 [FDOT Memorandum, August 5, 1946]
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
previous_type=SR
previous_route=7
next_type=SR
next_route=9A

State Road 9 is mainly the "hidden" state road number for Interstate 95 from the Georgia state line in Nassau County south to the Golden Glades Interchange near Miami. From the Golden Glades Interchange, SR 9 heads southwest to Unity Boulevard (NW 27th Avenue) near Opa-Locka. From there, SR 9 travels south on Unity Boulevard to terminate at about a mile south of South Dixie Highway (US 1/SR 5) at South Bayshore Drive in Miami's Coconut Grove southwest of downtown Miami and just east of Coral Gables.

The remainder of I-95 south of the Golden Glades Interchange is "hidden" SR 9A, not to be confused with the full beltway (also I-295 on the west side) around Jacksonville.

The part from Unity Boulevard northeast into Broward County was planned before the Interstate Highway System as a bypass to US 1. It was built next to CSX's Miami Subdivision.

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