Sunrise Boulevard (Broward County)

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Sunrise Boulevard

State Road 838 and County Road 838
SR 838 in red, CR 838 in blue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT and Broward Public Works
Length15.602 mi[1][2] (25.109 km)
10.202 mi (16.419 km) as SR 838
Major junctions
West end SR 817 in Plantation
Major intersections
East end SR A1A in Fort Lauderdale
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyBroward
Highway system
SR 836 SR 842

Sunrise Boulevard is a 15.6 miles (25.1 km) long east–west highway serving central Broward County mostly designated State Road 838 (SR 838). The road begins at an interchange with the Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869) in Sunrise and continues east to North Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A) in Fort Lauderdale, next to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.[3] For 0.91 miles (1.46 km) in downtown Fort Lauderdale, SR 838 overlaps U.S. Route 1.[4]

The westernmost 5.4 miles (8.7 km) of Sunrise Boulevard carries the unsigned designation of County Road 838[5] along with its state road designation.

Route description

Sunrise Boulevard has its western terminus at the Sawgrass Expressway. On the northwest corner of its intersection with Flamingo Road is Sawgrass Mills, one of the nation's largest malls. After it passes the mall, SR 838 passes through mainly residential areas until its intersection with University Drive, where the state road designation begins.

About 2 miles (3.2 km) down the road is Plantation High School, followed by interchanges with Florida's Turnpike and US 441 (SR 7), with the latter intersection at the border between Plantation and Lauderhill. Central Broward Regional Park and the Swap Shop border the road to the north after the interchange with US 441 as it enters the Dillard Park neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale. An interchange with I-95 soon follows.[6][7][8]

After its intersection with Powerline Road, SR 838 becomes concurrent with US 1 (Federal Highway) for about 1 mile (1.6 km). After it passes by The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale east of the second intersection with Federal Highway, it crosses over the Intracoastal Waterway and from here to its eastern terminus at SR A1A, Sunrise Boulevard forms the southern border of Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Broward County.

Locationmi[1][2]kmDestinationsNotes
Sunrise0.00.0
SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) to I-75 – Miami, Orlando
Tolled interchange; exit 1 on SR 869
1.82.9Flamingo Road (CR 823)
Plantation5.4
0.000
8.7
0.000
SR 817 (University Drive)Transition from CR 838 to SR 838
3.1655.094 Florida's Turnpike – Orlando, MiamiExit 58 on Turnpike
PlantationLauderhill line4.036.49 US 441 / SR 7Diamond interchange
Fort Lauderdale6.19.8 I-95 – West Palm Beach, MiamiExit 29 on I-95 (unsigned SR 9)
7.05011.346
SR 845 north (Powerline Road)
Southern terminus of SR 845
7.40911.924Andrews Avenue (CR 811A north)Southern terminus of CR 811A (former SR 811A)
8.16113.134
US 1 south (Federal Highway)
Western terminus of US 1 (unsigned SR 5) concurrency
9.01114.502
US 1 north (Federal Highway)
Eastern terminus of US 1 concurrency
9.831–
9.900
15.821–
15.933
Intracoastal Waterway drawbridge
10.20216.419 SR A1A (Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
  2. ^ a b Google (January 4, 2020). "County Road 838" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Google (7 February 2013). "Florida 838" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. ^ Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (US 1) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 27 December 2011. p. 1 of 4. Retrieved 7 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ General Highway map of Broward County, Florida (PDF) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  6. ^ Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (SR 838) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 22 December 2011. p. 1 of 2. Retrieved 7 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (SR 838) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 22 December 2011. p. 2 of 2. Retrieved 7 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (SR 838) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2013.[permanent dead link]

External links

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