Florida State Road 704
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East end | SR A1A in Palm Beach | |
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Country | United States | |
State | Florida | |
Counties | Palm Beach | |
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State Road 704 (SR 704), also known as Okeechobee Boulevard, is a 10.199-mile-long (16.414 km) east–west boulevard in the
Route description
State Road 704 begins at the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and State Road 7, with commercial areas surrounding three of the corners. SR 704 heads east through the suburban West Palm Beach area known as
West of the western terminus of SR 704, Okeechobee Boulevard continues for another 6.73 miles (10.83 km), acting as the main east-west road of Royal Palm Beach and Loxhatchee Groves, until an intersection with Seminole Pratt Whitney Road in
History
SR 704 was established in the 1945 renumbering. The road was not designated as a state road in the pre-1945 system, and only known as a local road called Okeechobee Road.[5]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Palm Beach County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Royal Palm Beach–West Palm Beach line | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 7 to SR 80 / US 441 / US 98 / Okeechobee Road west | Road continues west without designation | |
Jog Road | |||||
| 3.954 | 6.363 | Florida's Turnpike | Exit 99 on Turnpike | |
SR 809 (Military Trail ) | |||||
West Palm Beach | 6.214 | 10.000 | Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard (CR 716 east) | Western terminus of CR 716 | |
7.075 | 11.386 | Congress Avenue | |||
7.730 | 12.440 | Miami | Exit 70 on I-95 | ||
8.37 | 13.47 | Australian Avenue (CR 704A) – Airport | Interchange; former SR 704A | ||
9.011 | 14.502 | US 1 north (Quadrille Boulevard) | Western terminus of concurrency with US 1 | ||
9.106 | 14.655 | Dixie Highway) – Norton Museum | Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 1 | ||
Lake Worth Lagoon | 9.493– 9.704 | 15.278– 15.617 | Royal Park Bridge | ||
Palm Beach | 10.199 | 16.414 | SR A1A (County Road) | Road continues east for one block without designation | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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County Road 704A
Location | West Palm Beach–Riviera Beach |
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Length | 7.4 mi[6] (11.9 km) |
County Road 704A (CR 704A) is the official designation of Australian Avenue, a partially
The southernmost 1.4 miles (2.3 km) serve
Major intersections
Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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SR 807 south (Congress Avenue ) | Northern terminus of SR 807 | ||||
Southern Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike | Interchange | ||||
0.6 | 0.97 | Turnage Boulevard – Palm Beach International Airport | |||
0.8 | 1.3 | Belvedere Road to I-95 – Air Cargo | |||
2.0 | 3.2 | SR 704 (Okeechobee Boulevard) – Downtown | North-to-east and south-to-west exit ramps and full entrance ramps | ||
3.4 | 5.5 | Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard (CR 716) | |||
CR 702) to I-95 | Former SR 702 | ||||
Riviera Beach | 6.6 | 10.6 | SR 710 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) | ||
7.4 | 11.9 | SR 708 (Blue Heron Boulevard) to I-95 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (July 26, 2016). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ "WPTV Story: Okeechobee Boulevard crossing "extraordinarily dangerous"". WalkableWPB. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Marohn, Chuck. "The Stroad". Strongtowns. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Map of State Road 704 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Routes 700-709 Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 April 2010[self-published source?]
- ^ a b Google (January 1, 2017). "County Road 704" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 1, 2017.