Dixie Highway (Broward–Palm Beach)

State Road 811
Dixie Highway
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length	25.1 mi (40.4 km)
Broward County section
South end	SR 838 in Fort Lauderdale
Major intersections	SR 816 in Oakland Park SR 870 in Oakland Park SR 814 in Pompano Beach SR 834 in Pompano Beach
North end	SR 810 in Deerfield Beach
Palm Beach County section
South end	SR 850 in North Palm Beach
Major intersections	SR 786 in Palm Beach Gardens SR 706 in Jupiter
North end	US 1 / CR 707 in Jupiter
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Broward, Palm Beach
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US State Former Pre‑1945 Toll Scenic
← SR 810 → SR 812

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; the other is in Palm Beach County, Florida

Route description

Broward County segment

The 14-mile (23 km) southern segment of SR 811 extends from an intersection with 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 locally known by a variety of names: Northeast 4th Avenue (in Fort Lauderdale), Wilton Drive (in Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors), North Dixie Highway (in Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, and Pompano Beach), Old Dixie Highway (in Oakland Park and Deerfield Beach), and West Dixie Highway (in Pompano Beach).

Parallelling both US 1 to the east and Interstate 95 to the west, 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 Airpark, home base of the Goodyear Blimps.

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.

Palm Beach County segment

The divided northern segment of SR 811 extends 11.1 miles (17.9 km) from an intersection with Northlake Boulevard (SR 850) in North Palm Beach to its northern terminus, an intersection with U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) near Tequesta and Jupiter Inlet Colony and 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 and Old Dixie Highway 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.

History

In the 1990s, the stretch of SR 811 between Commercial Boulevard (SR 870/Northeast 50th Street) and Atlantic Boulevard (SR 814) was signed State Road 840, even though the even-numbered designation was applied to a north–south street.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Broward	Fort Lauderdale	0.00	0.00	SR 838 (Sunrise Boulevard)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Road continues south without designation
	Oakland Park			SR 816 (Oakland Park Boulevard)
				SR 870 (Commercial Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike
	Pompano Beach			SR 814 (Atlantic Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike	Central Pompano Beach
				SR 834 (Sample Road) to I-95 / US 1 / Florida's Turnpike
	Deerfield Beach			SR 810 (Hillsboro Boulevard) to I-95 / US 1 / SR A1A – BeachesModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Northern terminus of Broward County section; Road continues north without designation
Gap in route
Palm Beach	North Palm Beach			SR 850 east (Northlake Boulevard east) / CR 809A west (Northlake Boulevard west) to I-95 / US 1Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Eastern terminus of CR 809A (Former SR 809A); Western terminus of SR 850; Road continues south without designation as 10th Street
	Palm Beach Gardens			SR 786 (PGA Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike	Access via Lake Victoria Gardens and PGA Pass
				I-95 south – West Palm Beach	Southbound flyover ramp only (all other movements via PGA Boulevard)
	Jupiter
				A1A Bridge Jupiter Cove
				To US 1 southModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
				US 1 (SR 5) / CR 707 north (South Beach Road)	Northern terminus of Palm Beach County section; Southern terminus of CR 707
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

Broward County Road 811A (formerly SR 811A)

County Road 811A
Location	Fort Lauderdale

Neither a bypass nor a spur, the former State Road 811A, now Broward 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

The entire route is in Broward County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Fort Lauderdale	0.00	0.00	SR 838 (Sunrise Boulevard)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Road continues south without designation
Oakland Park			SR 816 (Oakland Park Boulevard)
				SR 870 (Commercial Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike
			I-95 south – Miami	Southbound entrance only
Pompano Beach	7.00	11.27	SR 814 (Atlantic Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's TurnpikeModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Road continues north without designation
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

External links

• Florida Route Log (SR 811)