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Collins Avenue

Road in Miami-Dade, Florida / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Collins Avenue, partly co-signed State Road A1A, is a major thoroughfare in South Florida, United States. The road runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean in Miami Beach, Florida, one block west. It also runs through the cities of Surfside and Sunny Isles Beach to the north. Collins Avenue was named for John S. Collins, a developer who, in 1913, completed Miami’s first bridge, Collins Bridge, connecting Miami Beach to the mainland across Biscayne Bay.

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Collins Avenue
Florida_A1A.svg
A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Highway
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View of Collins Boulevard in South Beach
TypeSR
Maintained byFDOT
Length13.1 mi (21.1 km)[1]
LocationMiami-Dade
South endSouth Pointe Drive in Miami Beach
North endFlorida_856.svgFlorida_A1A.svg SR 856 (William Lehman Causeway) / SR A1A in Sunny Isles Beach
Construction
Inauguration1945 renumbering (definition)
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