Florida State Road 710
State Road 710 (SR 710) is a 57-mile (92 km) northwest-southeast route connecting SR 70 near Okeechobee, three miles (5 km) from the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee in south central Florida, to Old Dixie Highway (CR 811) in Riviera Beach. Most of the route is also known as Bee-Line Highway and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, as it parallels the railroad tracks maintained by CSX Transportation (their Auburndale Subdivision) and used by Amtrak; and doesn’t have a turn or curve in the 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Sherman, except for a small bend northwest of North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport. Near the middle of the highway, where Indiantown is located, the route is also known as Warfield Boulevard, named after S. Davies Warfield, the president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad who originally built the adjacent railroad tracks.
State Road 710 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 56.871 mi[1] (91.525 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end |  SR 70 near Okeechobee | |||
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| East end |  CR 811 in Riviera Beach | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
The Bee-Line Highway traverses the woodlands and wetlands north and east of Lake Okeechobee, with an occasional farm near its northwestern end. It is a popular truck route that is used as an alternative to US 441/US 98/SR 700. Along the way, SR 710 passes through Indiantown (near the St. Lucie Canal and midway along the Bee Line stretch) and West Palm Beach.
History
The road was first built in 1924 by New York businessman William "Fingy" Conners as a toll road to carry people to his properties at Okeechobee and Connersville.[2]
For a year in the 1940s, Bee Line Highway was part of State Road 66 before the number was changed to 710.
Future
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) conducted a Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study to evaluate improvement alternatives for SR 710 from US 441 in Okeechobee County to CR 714 (SW Martin Highway) in Martin County. The PD&E Study received Location and Design Concept Acceptance on March 16, 2017, from the FDOT Office of Environmental Management. This allowed the project to move to the next stage of development.[3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Okeechobee | | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 70 – Okeechobee, Fort Pierce | |
| | 5.832 | 9.386 |   CR 15A south (Southeast 86th Boulevard) | Northern terminus of CR 15A | |
| | 9.520 | 15.321 |  CR 15B south (Southeast 126th Boulevard) | Northern terminus of CR 15B | |
| Martin | | 9.950 | 16.013 |   CR 714 east (Martin Highway) | Western terminus of CR 714 |
| Indiantown | 24.867 | 40.020 |   CR 609 north (Southwest Allapattah Road) | Southern terminus of CR 609 | |
| 26.562 | 42.747 |  CR 726 east (Citrus Boulevard) – Big Mound Park | Western terminus of CR 726 | ||
| St. Lucie Canal (Okeechobee Waterway) | 26.96 | 43.39 | Big John Monahan Bridge | ||
| | 27.411 | 44.114 |   To SR 76 – Port Mayaca, Stuart | Grade-separated interchange | |
| Palm Beach | Apix | 34.905 | 56.174 |      CR 706 east to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike – Jupiter | Western terminus of CR 706 and Indiantown Road |
| | 39.612 | 63.749 | Pratt Whitney Road (CR 711 north) / Innovation Drive | Southern terminus of CR 711; access Beeline Corporate Park | |
| | 44.095 | 70.964 |  North County General Aviation Airport | Access via Aviation Boulevard | |
| Palm Beach Gardens | 46.737 | 75.216 |   SR 786 east (PGA Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike – Juno Beach | Western terminus of SR 786 | |
| West Palm Beach–Palm Beach Gardens line | 50.276 | 80.911 |  CR 809A (Northlake Boulevard) to I-95 – J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area | Western terminus of CR 809A (former SR 809A) | |
| 51.521 | 82.915 | Jog Road to Florida's Turnpike | SunPass-only interchange; exit 107 on Turnpike | ||
| Riviera Beach | 53.364 | 85.881 |  SR 708 east to I-95 – VA Hospital | Western terminus of SR 708 | |
| 53.804 | 86.589 |  SR 809 (Military Trail) to Florida's Turnpike | |||
| 55.143 | 88.744 |  Congress Avenue – Tri-Rail | |||
| 56.231 | 90.495 |  CR 704A (Australian Avenue) | Former SR 704A | ||
| 56.871 | 91.525 | CR 811 (President Barack Obama Highway) – Port of Palm Beach | Former routing of Dixie Highway | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- Transportation and Data Analytics Office (July 6, 2016). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- Craig Pittman. OH, Florida!. p. 87.
- "419344-3 SR 710 Extension from US 441 to the L-63N Interceptor Canal". www.swflroads.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
External links
Media related to Florida State Road 710 at Wikimedia Commons