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{{See also|U.S. Route 1 in Florida|Dixie Highway}}
'''Florida State Road 811''' is the shared [[Florida Department of Transportation]] designation of two separate north-south roads in southern Florida. Both are former alignments of [[Dixie Highway]] (which became [[U.S. Route 1]]) after the route was shifted to the east, closer to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. One segment of SR 811 is in [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]]; the other is in [[Palm Beach County, Florida]]
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|type=SRCR
|route=811
|alternate_name=Dixie Highway
|maint=[[FDOT]], [[Broward County, Florida|Broward Public Works]], [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach E&PW]], and the cities of [[Pompano Beach, Florida|Pompano Beach]], [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]], and [[Delray Beach, Florida|Delray Beach]]
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Segments of SR 811 in red, segments of CR 811 in blue, municipal segment in grey, CR 811A in magenta
|established=
|length_mi=35.981
|length_round=3
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|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=FL|US|1|SR|A1A}} in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|838}} in Fort Lauderdale
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|834}} in [[Pompano Beach, Florida|Pompano Beach]]
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|810}} in [[Deerfield Beach, Florida|Deerfield Beach]]
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|808}} in [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]]
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|710}} in [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]]
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|786}} in [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida|Palm Beach Gardens]]
*{{jct|state=FL|SR|706}} in [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]]
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=FL|US|1|CR|707|county2=Palm Beach}} in [[Tequesta, Florida|Tequesta]]
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'''Dixie Highway''' in [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]] and [[Broward County, Florida|Broward]] counties carries two segments of the '''State Road 811''' ('''SR 811''') designation by [[Florida Department of Transportation]], as well as the local '''County Road 811''' ('''CR 811''') in [[southeast Florida]]. The entire road comprises a section of the [[Dixie Highway]], a [[National Auto Trail]] which eventually became a former routing of [[U.S. Route 1 (Florida)|U.S. Route 1]] after the route was shifted east to Federal Highway. One segment of SR 811 is in [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]] and the other is in [[Palm Beach County, Florida]]. The segments of SR 811 are supplemented by three shorter segments of CR 811, one of which is unsigned.


==Route description==
==SR 811: southern segment==
{{wikisource3|1945 Florida State Road renumbering#811|SR 811's definition in 1945}}
The 14 mile southern segment of '''SR 811''' is locally known by a variety of names: Northeast 4th Avenue (in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]]), Wilton Drive (in Fort Lauderdale and [[Wilton Manors, Florida|Wilton Manors]]), North Dixie Highway (in Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, and [[Pompano Beach, Florida|Pompano Beach]]), Old Dixie Highway (in [[Oakland Park, Florida|Oakland Park]] and [[Deerfield Beach, Florida|Deerfield Beach]]), and West Dixie Highway (in Pompano Beach). The southern terminus of the southern segment is an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 838|SR 838]]) in downtown Fort Lauderdale; the northern terminus is an intersection with Hillsboro Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 810|SR 810]]) in Deerfield Beach.


===Fort Lauderdale to Deerfield Beach===
Parallelling both US 1 and [[Interstate 95]] and being between the two national highways, SR 811 is a major north-south commercial access road for northeastern Broward County cities. While much of the property that lines SR 811 is residential in nature, most of the route is adjacent to [[Florida East Coast Railroad]] tracks. Two hospitals (North Ridge Medical Center and the Pompano Beach Medical Center) are on the southern segment of SR 811, south of [[Pompano Beach Airport]], home base of the [[Goodyear]] [[blimp]]s.
[[File:FL 811 Sign - North of Copans Road (32528585972).jpg|thumb|290px|right|Florida State Road 811 posted on Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach.]]
In Broward County, an unsigned segment of CR 811 begins at an intersection with US 1 and [[SR A1A (FL)|SR A1A]] and travels north along East 3rd Avenue to meet SR 811 at Sunrise Boulevard ([[SR 838 (FL)|SR 838]]), all within the city of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]].


The {{convert|14|mi|km|adj=on}} southern segment of SR 811 extends northward from Sunrise Boulevard ([[State Road 838 (Florida)|SR 838]]) in downtown Fort Lauderdale, going north, and ending at an intersection with Hillsboro Boulevard ([[State Road 810 (Florida)|SR 810]]) in Deerfield Beach. The southern segment of SR 811 is mostly known as Dixie Highway, though it goes by variety of names in certain locales: Northeast 4th Avenue in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]], Wilton Drive in [[Wilton Manors, Florida|Wilton Manors]], and Old Dixie Highway in [[Oakland Park, Florida|Oakland Park]] and [[Deerfield Beach, Florida|Deerfield Beach]]. The segment of road located in Pompano Beach is maintained by the city as of 2016, and is not part of the state highway system.<ref name=pompano>{{Cite web |url=http://pompanobeachfl.gov/assets/docs/db/commission/2016/03.22.16/3_items/24.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703110111/http://pompanobeachfl.gov/assets/docs/db/commission/2016/03.22.16/3_items/24.pdf |archive-date=2016-07-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
While the SR 811 designation ends at Hillsboro Boulevard, Old Dixie Highway continues into Palm Beach County, staying only a few blocks west of US 1 until it intersects with it in [[Delray Beach, Florida|Delray Beach]].


While the SR 811 designation ends at Hillsboro Boulevard, a short signed segment of CR 811 continues north for {{convert|0.4|mi|2}} to a bridge over the [[Hillsboro Canal]], which separates Palm Beach and Broward counties. North of here, Dixie Highway continues north into [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]] and [[Delray Beach, Florida|Delray Beach]] without any state or county designation.
In the [[1990s]], the stretch of SR 811 between Commercial Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 870|SR 870]]/Northeast 50th Street) and Atlantic Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 814|SR 814]]) was signed '''Florida State Road 840''', even though the even-numbered designation was applied to a north-south street.


Parallelling both US 1 to the east and [[Interstate 95 in Florida|Interstate 95]] to the west, Dixie Highway is a major north–south commercial access road for northeastern Broward County cities. While much of the property that lines SR 811 is residential in nature, most of the route is adjacent to [[Florida East Coast Railroad]] tracks. Two hospitals (North Ridge Medical Center and the Pompano Beach Medical Center) are on the southern segment of SR 811, south of [[Pompano Beach Airpark]], home base of the [[Goodyear Blimp]]s.
==SR 811: northern segment==
The divided northern segment of '''SR 811''' extends 11.1 miles from an intersection with Northlake Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 850|SR 850]]) in [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida|Palm Beach Gardens]] to its northern terminus, an intersection with [[U.S. Route 1]] ([[Florida State Road 5|SR 5]]) near [[Tequesta, Florida|Tequesta]] and [[Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida|Jupiter Inlet Colony]] and a mile north of [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]]. While FDOT signs indicating the SR 811 designation are posted alongside the road, street signs (mostly overhead) identify it as '''Alternate A1A''' and Old Dixie Highway the entire length of the route.


===Boca Raton and Delray Beach===
While the completion of I-95 in the late [[1970s]] has diminished the importance of Alternate A1A as a commercial byway, the replacement of forest by the development of suburban residential districts have made SR 811 an important [[commuter]] road in addition to a bypass of US 1.
[[File:CR811nRoadSign-OnBridge (32302329430).jpg|thumb|290px|right|The bridge over the Hillsboro Canal is posted as Broward County Road 811 in Deerfield Beach.]]
As an undesignated local road, Dixie Highway closely parallels the Florida East Coast Railroad and Federal Highway (US 1), serving as an alternate north–south route to nearby roads in [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]]. It continues north into [[Delray Beach, Florida|Delray Beach]], terminating at 10th Street, where Swinton Avenue continues as a de facto extension northward. In Boca Raton, Dixie Highway serves as the border between "east" and west" street designations and addresses.


==SR 811A, now County Road 811A==
===West Palm Beach to Jupiter===
[[File:FL786 East - FL811 Alternate A1A Sign (31026326368).jpg|thumb|290px|right|Florida State Road 811 posted as "Alternate A1A" on [[Florida State Road 786|PGA Boulevard]] in Palm Beach Gardens]]
An unsigned segment of CR 811 begins at an intersection with 45th Street (unsigned [[County Road 702 (Palm Beach County, Florida)|CR 702]]) and Greenwood Avenue, traveling north along Greenwood, which later becomes the President Barack Obama Highway. Both of these roads closely parallel the Florida East Coast Railroad, and are renamed segments of Dixie Highway. In [[Lake Park, Florida|Lake Park]], it jogs across the railroad tracks to 10th Street, and transitions to SR 811 at an intersection with [[Northlake Boulevard]], which carries the [[SR 850 (FL)|SR 850]] designation to the east and the [[County Road 809A (Palm Beach County, Florida)|CR 809A]] designation to the west.


The divided northern segment of SR 811 extends {{convert|11.1|mi|km}} from Northlake Boulevard in [[North Palm Beach, Florida|North Palm Beach]] to its northern terminus, an intersection with [[U.S. Route 1 (Florida)|U.S. Route 1]] near [[Tequesta, Florida|Tequesta]] and [[Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida|Jupiter Inlet Colony]], a mile north of [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]]. While FDOT signs indicating the SR 811 designation are posted alongside the road, street signs (mostly overhead) identify it as Alternate A1A or Old Dixie Highway for the entire length of the route.
Neither a bypass nor a spur, the former '''Florida State Road 811A''', now '''Broward County Road 811A,''' is a seven-mile-long stretch of North Andrews Avenue in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]]. The southern terminus is an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 838|SR 838]]) and the northern terminus is an intersection with Atlantic Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 814|SR 814]]). It provides an alternative north-south [[commuter]] route whenever I-95 is clogged with a [[traffic jam]].


While the completion of I-95 in the late 1970s has diminished the importance of Alternate A1A as a commercial byway, the replacement of forest by the development of suburban residential districts have made SR 811 an important [[commuter]] road in addition to a bypass of US 1.
With Broward Boulevard ([[State Road 842 (Florida)|SR 842]]), Andrews Avenue provides a [[baseline (surveyal)|baseline]] from which all Fort Lauderdale addresses are determined. Just west of the northern terminus of CR 811A is the [[harness racing|Pompano Park Raceway]], the only harness racing track in southern Florida. Within nine six blocks of the southern terminus are Fort Lauderdale and Broward County governments, all of which within a block of the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Art and a campus of [[Broward Community College]].


{{Wikisource|1945 Florida State Road renumbering#811|SR 811's definition in 1945}}
State Road 811A does not intersect with its "parent"; however, in the [[1960s]], State Road 811 extended along Andrews Avenue southward from SR 838 to US 1. Had SR 811A been in existence at that time, the two roads would have branched out from Sunrise Boulevard and North Andrews Avenue, but no road map - commercial or governmental - has ever indicated the concurrent existence of SR 811A and the SR 811 extension.
{{-}}
==Major intersections==
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{{FLint
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==County Road 811A==
{{flsr box|before=810|beforeother=|title=811|after=814|afterother=}}
<!--termini are both sketchy - from old maps it doesn't look like SR 811A made it all the way to either - and then it becomes Military Trail, so perhaps it would make the most sense to combine this with SR/CR 809, which also has a sketchy south end-->
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|location=[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]]
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}}
Neither a bypass nor a spur, the former '''State Road 811A''', now '''County Road 811A,''' is a seven-mile-long stretch of North Andrews Avenue in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]]. The southern terminus is an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard ([[State Road 838 (Florida)|SR 838]]) and the northern terminus is an intersection with Atlantic Boulevard ([[State Road 814 (Florida)|SR 814]]). It provides an alternative north&ndash;south [[commuter]] route whenever I-95 is clogged with a [[traffic jam]].


With Broward Boulevard ([[State Road 842 (Florida)|SR 842]]), Andrews Avenue provides a [[baseline (surveying)|baseline]] from which all Fort Lauderdale addresses are determined. Just west of the northern terminus of CR 811A is the [[Pompano Park Raceway]], the only [[harness racing]] track in southern Florida. Within nine six blocks of the southern terminus are Fort Lauderdale and Broward County governments, all of which within a block of the [[Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Art]] and a campus of [[Broward Community College]].
[[Category:Florida State Roads|811]]
[[Category:Dixie Highway|811]]


State Road 811A does not intersect with its "parent"; however, in the 1960s, State Road 811 extended along Andrews Avenue southward from SR 838 to US 1. Had SR 811A been in existence at that time, the two roads would have branched out from Sunrise Boulevard and North Andrews Avenue, but no road map - commercial or governmental - has ever indicated the concurrent existence of SR 811A and the SR 811 extension.
{{Florida-State-Road-stub}}

===Major intersections===
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{{FLint
|location=Fort Lauderdale
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|838|name1=Sunrise Boulevard}}
|notes=Road continues south without designation}}
{{FLint
|location1=Wilton Manors
|location2=Oakland Park
|mile=2.1
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|816|name1=Oakland Park Boulevard}}
}}
{{FLint
|location=Oakland Park
|lspan=2
|mile=3.6
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|870|name1=Commercial Boulevard}}
}}
{{FLint
|mile=4.4
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=FL|I|95|dir1=south|city1=Miami}}
|notes=Southbound exit only; other movements can be made via CR 840 (I-95 exit 33)
}}
{{FLint
|location=Fort Lauderdale<!--CR 840 to the east is in Oakland Park but properties on both sides are in Fort Lauderdale-->
|mile=4.7
|road=Cypress Creek Road ([[County Road 840 (Broward County, Florida)|CR 840]])
}}
{{FLint
|location=Pompano Beach
|mile=6.9
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|814|name1=Atlantic Boulevard}}
|notes=Road continues north without designation}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=incomplete}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Attached KML}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dixie Highway (Broward-Palm Beach)}}
[[Category:State highways in Florida|811]]
[[Category:Dixie Highway]]
[[Category:State Roads in Broward County, Florida|811]]
[[Category:State Roads in Palm Beach County, Florida|811]]
[[Category:County roads in Palm Beach County, Florida|811]]
[[Category:County roads in Broward County, Florida|811]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 1]]

Latest revision as of 17:40, 16 March 2024

See also: U.S. Route 1 in Florida and Dixie Highway

State Road 811 and County Road 811 marker State Road 811 and County Road 811 marker

State Road 811 and County Road 811

Dixie Highway
Map
Segments of SR 811 in red, segments of CR 811 in blue, municipal segment in grey, CR 811A in magenta
Route information
Maintained by FDOT, Broward Public Works, Palm Beach E&PW, and the cities of Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, and Delray Beach
Length35.981 mi[1][2][3][4][5][6] (57.906 km)
23.581 miles (37.950 km) as SR 811
7.2 miles (11.59 km) as CR 811
8.8 miles (14.16 km) without designation
Major junctions
South end US 1 / SR A1A in Fort Lauderdale
Major intersections
North end US 1 / CR 707 in Tequesta
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesBroward, Palm Beach
Highway system
← SR 810→ SR 812

Dixie Highway in Palm Beach and Broward counties carries two segments of the State Road 811 (SR 811) designation by Florida Department of Transportation, as well as the local County Road 811 (CR 811) in southeast Florida. The entire road comprises a section of the Dixie Highway, a National Auto Trail which eventually became a former routing of U.S. Route 1 after the route was shifted east to Federal Highway. One segment of SR 811 is in Broward County and the other is in Palm Beach County, Florida. The segments of SR 811 are supplemented by three shorter segments of CR 811, one of which is unsigned.

Route description[edit]

Fort Lauderdale to Deerfield Beach[edit]

Florida State Road 811 posted on Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach.

In Broward County, an unsigned segment of CR 811 begins at an intersection with US 1 and SR A1A and travels north along East 3rd Avenue to meet SR 811 at Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838), all within the city of Fort Lauderdale.

The 14-mile (23 km) southern segment of SR 811 extends northward from Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838) in downtown Fort Lauderdale, going north, and ending at an intersection with Hillsboro Boulevard (SR 810) in Deerfield Beach. The southern segment of SR 811 is mostly known as Dixie Highway, though it goes by variety of names in certain locales: Northeast 4th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, and Old Dixie Highway in Oakland Park and Deerfield Beach. The segment of road located in Pompano Beach is maintained by the city as of 2016, and is not part of the state highway system.[7]

While the SR 811 designation ends at Hillsboro Boulevard, a short signed segment of CR 811 continues north for 0.4 miles (0.64 km) to a bridge over the Hillsboro Canal, which separates Palm Beach and Broward counties. North of here, Dixie Highway continues north into Boca Raton and Delray Beach without any state or county designation.

Parallelling both US 1 to the east and Interstate 95 to the west, Dixie Highway is a major north–south commercial access road for northeastern Broward County cities. While much of the property that lines SR 811 is residential in nature, most of the route is adjacent to Florida East Coast Railroad tracks. Two hospitals (North Ridge Medical Center and the Pompano Beach Medical Center) are on the southern segment of SR 811, south of Pompano Beach Airpark, home base of the Goodyear Blimps.

Boca Raton and Delray Beach[edit]

The bridge over the Hillsboro Canal is posted as Broward County Road 811 in Deerfield Beach.

As an undesignated local road, Dixie Highway closely parallels the Florida East Coast Railroad and Federal Highway (US 1), serving as an alternate north–south route to nearby roads in Boca Raton. It continues north into Delray Beach, terminating at 10th Street, where Swinton Avenue continues as a de facto extension northward. In Boca Raton, Dixie Highway serves as the border between "east" and west" street designations and addresses.

West Palm Beach to Jupiter[edit]

Florida State Road 811 posted as "Alternate A1A" on PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens

An unsigned segment of CR 811 begins at an intersection with 45th Street (unsigned CR 702) and Greenwood Avenue, traveling north along Greenwood, which later becomes the President Barack Obama Highway. Both of these roads closely parallel the Florida East Coast Railroad, and are renamed segments of Dixie Highway. In Lake Park, it jogs across the railroad tracks to 10th Street, and transitions to SR 811 at an intersection with Northlake Boulevard, which carries the SR 850 designation to the east and the CR 809A designation to the west.

The divided northern segment of SR 811 extends 11.1 miles (17.9 km) from Northlake Boulevard in North Palm Beach to its northern terminus, an intersection with U.S. Route 1 near Tequesta and Jupiter Inlet Colony, a mile north of Jupiter. While FDOT signs indicating the SR 811 designation are posted alongside the road, street signs (mostly overhead) identify it as Alternate A1A or Old Dixie Highway for the entire length of the route.

While the completion of I-95 in the late 1970s has diminished the importance of Alternate A1A as a commercial byway, the replacement of forest by the development of suburban residential districts have made SR 811 an important commuter road in addition to a bypass of US 1.

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Major intersections[edit]

CountyLocationmi[1][2][3]
[4][5][6]		kmDestinationsNotes
BrowardFort Lauderdale0.000.00 US 1 (Federal Highway) / SR A1A (Southeast 17th Street)Southern terminus of CR 811
0.701.13 SR 736 (Davie Boulevard)
1.702.74 SR 842 (Broward Boulevard)
2.70
0.000		4.35
0.000

 SR 838 (Sunrise Boulevard) to I-95 / SR A1A – Beaches		Route transition from CR 811 to SR 811
Oakland Park2.3383.763
 SR 816 (Oakland Park Boulevard) to I-95
3.9296.323

 SR 870 (Commercial Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike
Oakland Park–Fort Lauderdale line4.9467.960
 Cypress Creek Road (CR 840) to I-95
Pompano Beach5.1218.241Bridge over C-14 CanalSouthern terminus of city maintenance[7]
6.93611.162



 SR 814 (Atlantic Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike / SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) / US 1
8.99114.470 Copans Road to I-95 / US 1
Pompano Beach–Deerfield Beach line10.02116.127


 SR 834 (Sample Road) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike / US 1		Northern terminus of city maintenance[7]
Deerfield Beach12.12819.518 South 10th Street to I-95 / SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) / US 1Former routing of SR 869
13.124
0.00		21.121
0.00


 SR 810 (Hillsboro Boulevard) to I-95 / US 1 / SR A1A – Beaches		Route transition from SR 811 to CR 811
Hillsboro Canal0.40
0.00		0.64
0.00		Bridge (northern terminus of CR 811)
Palm BeachBoca Raton0.100.16Northeast 2nd Avenue – Deerfield BeachInterchange; southbound exit only
2.103.38
 Palmetto Park Road (CR 798) to I-95		Former SR 798
2.904.67 SR 808 (Glades Road)
4.607.40Spanish River BoulevardFormer SR 800
5.208.37 SR 794 (Yamato Road)
Delray Beach8.3013.36Linton Boulevard (CR 782)Former SR 782
8.8014.16South 10th StreetNorthern terminus of southern Dixie Highway segment
Gap in route
West Palm Beach0.000.00
 45th Street (CR 702) to I-95		Southern terminus of CR 811 and northern Dixie Highway segment
Riviera Beach1.101.77
 SR 710 north (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)		Southern terminus of SR 710
2.103.38
 SR 708 (Blue Heron Boulevard) to I-95
Lake Park–North Palm Beach line4.10
0.000		6.60
0.000



 SR 850 east / CR 809A west (Northlake Boulevard) to I-95 / US 1		Route transition from CR 811 to SR 811;
western terminus of SR 850; eastern terminus of CR 809A (former SR 809A)
Palm Beach Gardens2.774.46

 SR 786 (PGA Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike		Grade-separated interchange

 I-95 south – West Palm Beach		Southbound direct flyover ramp only; other movements via SR 786
Palm Beach Gardens–Jupiter line5.4698.802 Donald Ross Road to I-95
Jupiter9.00414.491


 SR 706 (Indiantown Road) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike / US 1
9.853–
10.072		15.857–
16.209		Pete Damon Memorial Bridge over Loxahatchee River
10.16716.362 Riverside Drive to US 1 south
10.36816.686Old Dixie HighwayRoad continues north to a dead-end
Jupiter–Tequesta line10.45716.829
 US 1 / CR 707 north (Beach Road)		Northern terminus of SR 811 and northern Dixie Highway segment;
southern terminus of CR 707 (former SR 707)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

County Road 811A[edit]

County Road 811A marker

County Road 811A

LocationFort Lauderdale

Neither a bypass nor a spur, the former State Road 811A, now County Road 811A, is a seven-mile-long stretch of North Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. The southern terminus is an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838) and the northern terminus is an intersection with Atlantic Boulevard (SR 814). It provides an alternative north–south commuter route whenever I-95 is clogged with a traffic jam.

With Broward Boulevard (SR 842), Andrews Avenue provides a baseline from which all Fort Lauderdale addresses are determined. Just west of the northern terminus of CR 811A is the Pompano Park Raceway, the only harness racing track in southern Florida. Within nine six blocks of the southern terminus are Fort Lauderdale and Broward County governments, all of which within a block of the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Art and a campus of Broward Community College.

State Road 811A does not intersect with its "parent"; however, in the 1960s, State Road 811 extended along Andrews Avenue southward from SR 838 to US 1. Had SR 811A been in existence at that time, the two roads would have branched out from Sunrise Boulevard and North Andrews Avenue, but no road map - commercial or governmental - has ever indicated the concurrent existence of SR 811A and the SR 811 extension.

Major intersections[edit]

The entire route is in Broward County.

Locationmi[8]kmDestinationsNotes
Fort Lauderdale0.00.0 SR 838 (Sunrise Boulevard)Road continues south without designation
Wilton Manors–Oakland Park line2.13.4 SR 816 (Oakland Park Boulevard)
Oakland Park3.65.8 SR 870 (Commercial Boulevard)
4.47.1
 I-95 south – Miami		Southbound exit only; other movements can be made via CR 840 (I-95 exit 33)
Fort Lauderdale4.77.6Cypress Creek Road (CR 840)
Pompano Beach6.911.1 SR 814 (Atlantic Boulevard)Road continues north without designation
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (May 17, 2018). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (October 18, 2017). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Google (January 1, 2018). "Broward County Road 811" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Google (January 1, 2018). "Broward County Road 811" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Google (January 1, 2018). "Dixie Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Google (January 1, 2018). "Palm Beach County Road 811" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2016-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Google Maps distance

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