Florida State Road 714
State Road 714 (SR 714) is a 12.4-mile-long (20.0 km) east–west highway serving northern Martin County, Florida, running from just west of Interstate 95 (I-95) near Palm City to an intersection with Southeast Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A and County Road A1A or CR A1A) in Stuart. The route is known locally as Martin Highway, Martin Downs Boulevard, and Southeast Monterey Road.
State Road 714 | ||||
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SR 714 in red, CR 714 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 12.384 mi[1] (19.930 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945 renumbering (definition)–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-95 near Palm City | |||
 US 1 in Stuart | ||||
| East end |  SR A1A in Stuart | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Martin | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
State Road 714 begins about 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west of I-95, where the road transitions from County Road 714 to meet with the interchange with I-95.
West of State Road 76, SR 714 was primarily a rural road passing near Palm City before entering the wetlands between Lake Okeechobee and the coast; east of SR 76, State Road 714 is primarily a commercial road, passing near Witham Field, an airport near the eastern end of the route and just outside the Stuart city limit.
To the east of the Turnpike interchange, Martin Highway is another section of County Road 714.
History
In the 1945 renumbering, SR 714 was formed using the older State Road 111, with the route running from SR 710 to US 1.[2] At one point, the western terminus was truncated to Florida's Turnpike (SR 91), five miles (8 km) to the east of the current western terminus, and extended to SR A1A at the eastern end.
SR 714 has recently been connected with Port St. Lucie Boulevard, extending north from the Citrus Boulevard (County Road 76A) intersection.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Martin County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SR 710 (Southwest Warfield Boulevard) – Okeechobee, Indiantown | ||
| | 12.195[3] | 19.626 |  CR 609 (Southwest Allapattah Road) – Indiantown, Fort Pierce, Martin Correctional Institution | ||
| | 17.417 | 28.030 | west end of state maintenance | ||
| | 17.84 | 28.71 | I-95 (SR 9) – Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach | I-95 exit 110 | |
| | 22.218 | 35.756 |   CR 76A south (Southwest Citrus Boulevard) | ||
| Palm City | 23.349 | 37.577 |      Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) / CR 714 east (Martin Highway) to I-95 south | Turnpike exit 133 | |
| 24.312 | 39.126 |  CR 713 south (Southwest High Meadow Avenue) to I-95 south | |||
| 25.824 | 41.560 | Mapp Road (CR 714 west) | |||
| 26.41 | 42.50 | Palm City Bridge over St. Lucie River South Fork (Okeechobee Waterway) | |||
| Stuart | 26.891 | 43.277 |  SR 76 (Kanner Highway) to I-95 – Downtown Stuart | ||
| 27.949 | 44.980 | US 1 (Southeast Federal Highway / SR 5) | |||
| 28.191 | 45.369 |  CR A1A (Dixie Highway) | |||
| 29.801 | 47.960 |  SR A1A east (East Ocean Boulevard / CR A1A west) – Hutchinson Island, Beaches | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- FDOT straight line diagrams Archived 6 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
- Routes 710–719 Archived 12 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 March 2011
- FDOT GIS data Archived 11 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014