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A key downtown Miami street is about to close forever. Are you ready for it?

CONNECTING MIAMI
Rendering of the planned signature bridge over Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami, part of the reconstruction and redesign of I 395.

Will Miami traffic ever get better? Not until it gets worse.

For now, get ready for a major highway construction project that will shut down a key artery for downtown Miami drivers.

The Florida Department of Transportation and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority are permanently closing Northeast 12th Street from Biscayne Boulevard to Northeast First Avenue. The shutdown on Aug. 12 is for the construction of a new “signature bridge” and other work along Interstate 395.

Read more at our news partner the Miami Herald.

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