Brickell City Centre, formerly known and still referred to as Eighth Street, is a Metromover station in the Brickell district of Downtown, Miami, Florida, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Little Havana. This station is located on the Tamiami Trail (Southeast Eighth Street/US 41) near First Avenue. It opened to service May 26, 1994. Eighth Street station and its grounds received significant upgrades as part of Swire Properties' $1.05 billion Brickell City Centre project[1] throughout its closure from August 2014 to November 2015.[2] While the station reopened in 2015, the third floor connection to Brickell City Centre remained closed through October 2016.
Brickell City Centre (Eighth Street) | |||||||||||
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| Metromover people mover station | |||||||||||
_2015.jpg) Looking north to station in 2015, Brickell City Centre under construction. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 59 SE Eighth Street Miami, Florida 33131 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°46′0″N 80°11′31″W / 25.76667°N 80.19194°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Miami-Dade County | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 26, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2014-15 | ||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Musibay, Oscar Pedro (April 20, 2012). "Swire's CitiCentre upgrading Metromover station". South Florida Business Journal. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ Blake, Scott (August 13, 2014). "Swire work closing Metromover stop for year". Miami Today News. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
External links
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Media related to Eighth Street metro station at Wikimedia Commons- MDT – Metromover Stations
- 8th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 7th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
