Glades Road
State Road 808 | ||||
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| Glades Road | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 7.60 mi[1][2] (12.23 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945 renumbering (definition)–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 441 / SR 7 in Mission Bay | |||
 Florida's Turnpike near Boca West I-95 in Boca Raton | ||||
| East end | Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a nil value). in Boca Raton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Palm Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Road 808, locally known as Glades Road is a 7.6 miles (12.2 km) long east–west divided highway serving southern Palm Beach County, Florida. Its present western terminus is an intersection with US 441 / SR 7) in Mission Bay; its eastern terminus is an intersection with Federal Highway (U.S. Route 1 and unsigned SR 5) in Boca Raton.
Route description
State Road 808 is a major commuter route connecting the four major north–south arteries of Palm Beach County: US 441 / SR 7, Florida's Turnpike (SR 91), Interstate 95 (SR 9), and US 1 (SR 5). In addition, it serves as the northern terminus of SR 845 (Powerline Road). Near the eastern terminus of SR 808 are the main campus of Florida Atlantic University and Boca Raton Airport (the terminal of which can be accessed via Airport Road) 1.2 miles north to Spanish River Boulevard (SR 800).[2]
Planned extension into Broward County
West of US 441, Glades Road continues and turns southward, becoming University Drive (without a State designation), terminating at Palmetto Park Road. According to maps published by Fort Lauderdale-based Dolph Map Company, an extension of the small segment of University Drive has been proposed to connect to the present-day University Drive (State Road 817) in Broward County. No indication is given of whether the extension would be a state or county road or what number designation it would have if any.
History
State Road 808 was established in 1945 in its current route. Prior to the 1945 renumbering, the road was known as State Road 395.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Palm Beach County.
}}| Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Bay | 0.000 | 0.000 |   US 441 / SR 7 to SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) | Western terminus | |
| Boca West | 2.125 | 3.420 | Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) – Miami, Orlando | Exit 75 on Florida's Turnpike | |
| Boca Raton | 3.588 | 5.774 |   SR 845 south (Powerline Road) | Northern terminus of SR 845 | |
| 4.634 | 7.458 |   To CR 809 (Military Trail) | |||
| 5.281 | 8.499 | I-95 (SR 9) – Miami, West Palm Beach | Exit 45 on I-95 | ||
| 5.512 | 8.871 | Airport Road north – Boca Raton Airport | |||
| 7.390 | 11.893 | Dixie Highway | |||
| 7.615 | 12.255 |  US 1 (Federal Highway / SR 5) | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ FDOT GIS data
- ^ a b Map of Florida State Road 808 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Florida Straight-Line Diagrams". Florida DOT. Retrieved 23 January 2013.