Brickell Avenue is the name given to the stretch of U.S. Route 1 in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

 just south of the Miami River

Miami River (Florida)

The Miami River is a river in the United States state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through the Downtown and the city of Miami. The long river flows from the terminus of the Miami Canal at Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay...

. North of the Brickell Avenue Bridge

Brickell Avenue Bridge

The Brickell Avenue Bridge is a bascule bridge in Downtown Miami, Florida, that carries US Route 1 over the Miami River. The original Brickell Avenue Bridge was built in 1915, and replaced in 1995 when it was 64 years old. The Brickell Avenue Bridge was widened by one additional northbound lane in...

, US Route 1 is known as Biscayne Boulevard. Brickell Avenue is the main road through the Brickell

Brickell

Brickell is an urban neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States. A neighborhood of greater Downtown Miami, Brickell is Miami and South Florida's major financial district.-Background:...

 financial district of Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami is an urban residential neighborhood, and the central business district of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and South Florida in the United States...

, and is considered to be one of the most prestigious avenue names, as it is associated with big business, wealth and finances. Brickell Avenue is lined mostly with high-rise office buildings. Miami Avenue and Brickell Bay Drive, west and east of Brickell Avenue respectively are lined mostly with Brickell's high-rise residential towers.

It is an off-grid plan

Grid plan

The grid plan, grid street plan or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid...

 main north–south thoroughfare through the south part of downtown Miami

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

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From the Miami River south it continues south-southwest and upon crossing Broadway

Broadway (Miami)

Broadway is the name given to SW\SE 15th Road in the City of Miami, Florida, United States.It is the south boundary of the Miami Financial District, in Downtown Miami's Brickell neighborhood....

 it curves southwest and continues in that direction until it terminates at Southeast 26th Road/Rickenbacker Causeway, becoming South Federal Highway for a short distance (about 1/4 mile) until it becomes South Dixie Highway.

Restaurants

• The Capital Grille
  The Capital Grille
  The Capital Grille is a national chain of upscale steakhouses; it currently has locations in twenty states and the District of Columbia. It is owned by Darden Restaurants, based in Orlando, Florida, a multi-brand restaurant operator that owns other restaurant brands such as Olive Garden and Red...
  
  
• Gordon Biersch
• La Provence Bakery
• Morton's Steakhouse
• Novecento
• Pasha's
• Pizza Rustica
• Sushi Siam

See also

• Downtown Miami
  Downtown Miami
  Downtown Miami is an urban residential neighborhood, and the central business district of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and South Florida in the United States...
  
  
• Brickell
  Brickell
  Brickell is an urban neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States. A neighborhood of greater Downtown Miami, Brickell is Miami and South Florida's major financial district.-Background:...
  
  
• Biscayne Boulevard
• Miami Avenue
• Flagler Street