Sunrise Boulevard (Broward County)
Sunrise Boulevard is a 15.6 miles (25.1 km) long east–west highway serving central Broward County mostly designated State Road 838 (SR 838). The road begins at an interchange with the Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869) in Sunrise and continues east to North Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A) in Fort Lauderdale, next to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.[3] For 0.91 miles (1.46 km) in downtown Fort Lauderdale, SR 838 overlaps U.S. Route 1.[4]
Sunrise Boulevard | ||||
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| State Road 838 and County Road 838 | ||||
SR 838 in red, CR 838 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT and Broward Public Works | ||||
| Length | 15.602 mi[1][2] (25.109 km) 10.202 mi (16.419 km) as SR 838 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 817 in Plantation | |||
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| East end |  SR A1A in Fort Lauderdale | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| County | Broward | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The westernmost 5.4 miles (8.7 km) of Sunrise Boulevard carries the unsigned designation of County Road 838[5] along with its state road designation.
Route description
Sunrise Boulevard has its western terminus at the Sawgrass Expressway. On the northwest corner of its intersection with Flamingo Road is Sawgrass Mills, one of the nation's largest malls. After it passes the mall, SR 838 passes through mainly residential areas until its intersection with University Drive, where the state road designation begins.
About 2 miles (3.2 km) down the road is Plantation High School, followed by interchanges with Florida's Turnpike and US 441 (SR 7), with the latter intersection at the border between Plantation and Lauderhill. Central Broward Regional Park and the Swap Shop border the road to the north after the interchange with US 441 as it enters the Dillard Park neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale. An interchange with I-95 soon follows.[6][7][8]
After its intersection with Powerline Road, SR 838 becomes concurrent with US 1 (Federal Highway) for about 1 mile (1.6 km). After it passes by The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale east of the second intersection with Federal Highway, it crosses over the Intracoastal Waterway and from here to its eastern terminus at SR A1A, Sunrise Boulevard forms the southern border of Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.
Major intersections
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 1 on SR 869 | |
| 1.8 | 2.9 | Flamingo Road (CR 823) | |||
| Plantation | 5.4 0.000 | 8.7 0.000 | SR 817 (University Drive) | Transition from CR 838 to SR 838 | |
| 3.165 | 5.094 |  Florida's Turnpike – Orlando, Miami | Exit 58 on Turnpike | ||
| Plantation–Lauderhill line | 4.03 | 6.49 |   US 441 / SR 7 | Diamond interchange | |
| Fort Lauderdale | 6.1 | 9.8 |  I-95 – West Palm Beach, Miami | Exit 29 on I-95 (unsigned SR 9) | |
| 7.050 | 11.346 |   SR 845 north (Powerline Road) | Southern terminus of SR 845 | ||
| 7.409 | 11.924 | Andrews Avenue (CR 811A north) | Southern terminus of CR 811A (former SR 811A) | ||
| 8.161 | 13.134 |   US 1 south (Federal Highway) | Western terminus of US 1 (unsigned SR 5) concurrency | ||
| 9.011 | 14.502 | US 1 north (Federal Highway) | Eastern terminus of US 1 concurrency | ||
| 9.831– 9.900 | 15.821– 15.933 | Intracoastal Waterway drawbridge | |||
| 10.202 | 16.419 | SR A1A (Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard) | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- Google (January 4, 2020). "County Road 838" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- Google (7 February 2013). "Florida 838" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (US 1) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 27 December 2011. p. 1 of 4. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- General Highway map of Broward County, Florida (PDF) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (SR 838) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 22 December 2011. p. 1 of 2. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (SR 838) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 22 December 2011. p. 2 of 2. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory (SR 838) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
External links
Media related to Florida State Road 838 at Wikimedia Commons