Locally, it was known as Southwest 232nd Street, Silver Palm Drive, and Bailes Road.

Its western terminus was an intersection with Country Club Road (Southwest 202nd Avenue) in Redland; its eastern terminus was an intersection with Galloway Road (Southwest 87th Avenue) midway between Cutler Bay and Black Point.

All but 1.3 miles (2.1 km) of SR 908 was on Silver Palm Drive—the section just east of South Dixie Highway (U.S. Route 1) was bypassed by using US 1 and Bailes Drive in Goulds.

With the exception of the segment in Goulds, a suburb of Miami, SR 908 passed through agricultural areas (primarily landscape nurseries, cornfields, tomato farms, and elephant ear fields).

One mile south of the eastern terminus of the former SR 908, Black Point has evolved from a popular fishing spot to the site of a major Miami-Dade County marina and a primary access to Biscayne National Park.