Alton Rd, West Avenue

Alton Rd runs from Allison Island all the way to South Pointe. As far as traffic goes, it is one of the best north-south thoroughfares to drive while in Miami Beach. Alton Rd provides easy access to the McArthur Ramp in South Beach, and to Collins Avenue and North Miami Beach. Alton Rd has long stretches of both commercial and residential zoning. Housing is mostly on the expensive side, though small affordable apartments can be obtained during low season. The utilities can seem to run on the higher end, though; and cable tv and broadband internet service are offered by Atlantic Broadband instead of Comcast. Alton Rd has plenty of interesting Art Deco architecture to look at; and for all its traffic, it is constantly kept crime free by the Miami Beach PD.

Alton Rd. is nothing to see for itself. It's mostly residential. It runs north to south the whole length of Miami Beach.

It's useful because it's the only other major-ish north south road. When A1A (Collins / Ocean / Washington) gets ridiculously croweded... which is almost always... you can use Alton to go from one end of the island to the other.