LeJeune Road proper begins at a traffic circle with
Sunset Drive and
Old Cutler Road in the city of
Coral Gables, but the state designation actually begins north at an intersection with
U.S. Route 1 (
Dixie Highway). SR 953 heads north from US 1 as a four-lane road through residential areas, the eastern end of
Coral Gables Senior High School, and the western end of the
Village of Merrick Park mall. SR 953 intersects
Bird Road and leaves the campus of Coral Gables High School, entering a pure residential area and remains that way until reaching University Drive. At that point, the east side of the road becomes commercial and the west side is residential until close to the intersection with
Coral Way (
State Road 972). A few blocks north of Coral Way, it resumes with residential housing on the west side of the road and commercial buildings to the east, still in Coral Gables. At Zamora Avenue, LeJeune Road divides Coral Gables to the west with unincorporated Miami-Dade County to the east, and enters unincorporated Miami-Dade County just one block north at Mendoza Avenue, becoming purely a residential street again. At Southwest 8th Street (
US 41/
Tamiami Trail), LeJeune Road enters the city of Miami, and becomes a divided road, with two lanes in each direction. LeJeune continues north through Miami, remaining a residential street for six blocks before becoming a commercial road. It continues north through Miami as a commercial street until an interchange with the
Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), where the road becomes a divider between the
International Links Miami-Melreese golf course to the east and a parking lot to the west. It reenters unincorporated Miami-Dade County after crossing the
Tamiami Canal just south of the entrance to
Miami International Airport and its interchange with the southern terminus of the
Airport Expressway (SR 112). Between SR 953's entrance of the airport and the next major interchange north,
State Road 948, it creates the eastern boundary of the airport, with airport related business to the east of LeJeune Road. Just two blocks north of SR 948, SR 953 crosses canal C-6 and crosses US 27 (
Okeechobee Road), entering
Hialeah as their Southeast 8th Avenue and no longer a divided road. It continues north as a residential street, crossing
State Road 944, becoming East 8th Avenue, the easternmost major street in Hialeah, with some commercial business at East 9th Street,
State Road 934, East 41st Street and
State Road 932. North of East 57th Street, it passes by a truck distribution center to the east, and a park to the west. SR 953 then splits off to the LeJeune/
Douglas Road Expressway Connection, providing nearby access to
State Road 924, followed by an intersection with East 65th Street at the south end of
Amelia Earhart Park, leaving Hialeah and entering
Opa-locka where it is again West 42nd Avenue. North of SR 924, LeJeune Road is a purely commercial road, servicing truck distribution centers as SR 953 heads towards its northern terminus of
State Road 916 (North 135th Street). North of SR 916, LeJeune Road continues for , towards a dead-end inside
Opa-locka Airport. North of the airport, Northwest 42nd Avenue continues north to a
dead end beyond North 204th Street. ==History==