Commercial Boulevard is a 15.2-mile-long (24.5 km)[1] highway serving northern Broward County, Florida, mostly designated as State Road 870 (SR 870). The road extends from its western terminus in Sunrise at SR 869, the Sawgrass Expressway, and serves as a major commercial route through Oakland Park, and Fort Lauderdale, intersecting Florida's Turnpike, U.S. Route 441 (US 441), Interstate 95 (I-95) and US 1 before reaching its eastern terminus at SR A1A (Ocean Boulevard) in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida.
State Road 870 and County Road 870 | ||||
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| Commercial Boulevard | ||||
 SR 870 in red, CR 870 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT and Broward Public Works | ||||
| Length | 15.193 mi[1][2] (24.451 km) 12.493 mi (20.106 km) as SR 870[1] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 869 in Sunrise | |||
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| East end |  SR A1A in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| County | Broward | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The westernmost 2.7 miles (4.3 km) of Commercial Boulevard are designated, but not signed, as County Road 870 (CR 870).[2]
Route description edit
Commercial Boulevard begins at exit 5 of the Sawgrass Expressway, with SR 870 beginning at SR 817 (University Drive). The road heads east, with an interchange with the Turnpike, followed by an intersection with US 441. Entering Fort Lauderdale, SR 870 intersects with Powerline Road, and then enters Oakland Park, passing by Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Lockhart Stadium, and Fort Lauderdale Stadium before an interchange with Interstate 95. Continuing east, SR 870 intersects with State Road 811 before reentering Fort Lauderdale, intersecting with US 1. It then enters Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and reaches its eastern terminus at an intersection with State Road A1A (Ocean Boulevard).
Major intersections edit
The entire route is in Broward County.
| Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Sunrise | 0.0 | 0.0 |   SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) to I-75 – Miami, Orlando | Tolled interchange; exit 5 on SR 869 | |
| Sunrise–Tamarac line | 2.7 0.000 | 4.3 0.000 |  SR 817 (University Drive) | Transition from CR 870 to SR 870 | |
| Tamarac | 2.60 | 4.18 |  Florida's Turnpike – Orlando, Miami | Exit 62 on Turnpike | |
| 3.220 | 5.182 |   US 441 / SR 7 | |||
| Fort Lauderdale–Oakland Park line | 6.248 | 10.055 |  SR 845 (Powerline Road) | ||
| Oakland Park | 6.45 | 10.38 |  I-95 – West Palm Beach, Miami | Exit 32 on I-95 (unsigned SR 9) | |
| 6.758 | 10.876 | Andrews Avenue (CR 811A) | Former SR 811A | ||
| 7.587 | 12.210 |  SR 811 (Dixie Highway) | |||
| Fort Lauderdale | 8.758 | 14.095 |  US 1 (Federal Highway) | Road is unsigned SR 5 | |
| Intracoastal Waterway | 9.479– 9.545 | 15.255– 15.361 | Drawbridge | ||
| Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | 12.493 | 20.106 | SR A1A (Ocean Drive) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ a b c d FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ a b c Google (January 4, 2020). "County Road 870" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Florida State Road 870 at Wikimedia Commons
