State Road 811 (Florida)
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State Road 811 is the shared Florida Department of Transportation
designation of two separate north–south roads in southern Florida. Both are former alignments of Dixie Highway
(which became U.S. Route 1) after the route was shifted to the east, closer to the Atlantic Ocean
. One segment of SR 811 is in Broward County
; the other is in Palm Beach County, Florida
) in downtown Fort Lauderdale, going north, and ending at an intersection with Hillsboro Boulevard (SR 810
) in Deerfield Beach. The southern segment of SR 811 is locally known by a variety of names: Northeast 4th Avenue (in Fort Lauderdale
), Wilton Drive (in Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors
), North Dixie Highway (in Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, and Pompano Beach
), Old Dixie Highway (in Oakland Park
and Deerfield Beach
), and West Dixie Highway (in Pompano Beach).
Parallelling both US 1 to the east and Interstate 95
to the west, SR 811 is a major north–south commercial access road for northeastern Broward County cities. While much of the property that lines SR 811 is residential in nature, most of the route is adjacent to Florida East Coast Railroad tracks. Two hospitals (North Ridge Medical Center and the Pompano Beach Medical Center) are on the southern segment of SR 811, south of Pompano Beach Airpark
, home base of the Goodyear Blimp
s.
While the SR 811 designation ends at Hillsboro Boulevard, Old Dixie Highway continues into Palm Beach County, staying only a few blocks west of US 1 until it intersects with it in Delray Beach
.
In the 1990s, the stretch of SR 811 between Commercial Boulevard (SR 870
/Northeast 50th Street) and Atlantic Boulevard (SR 814
) was signed State Road 840, even though the even-numbered designation was applied to a north–south street.
) in Palm Beach Gardens
to its northern terminus, an intersection with U.S. Route 1 (SR 5
) near Tequesta
and Jupiter Inlet Colony
and a mile north of Jupiter
. While FDOT signs indicating the SR 811 designation are posted alongside the road, street signs (mostly overhead) identify it as Alternate A1A
and Old Dixie Highway the entire length of the route.
While the completion of I-95 in the late 1970s has diminished the importance of Alternate A1A as a commercial byway, the replacement of forest by the development of suburban residential districts have made SR 811 an important commuter road in addition to a bypass of US 1.
. The southern terminus is an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838
) and the northern terminus is an intersection with Atlantic Boulevard (SR 814
). It provides an alternative north–south commuter route whenever I-95 is clogged with a traffic jam.
With Broward Boulevard (SR 842
), Andrews Avenue provides a baseline
from which all Fort Lauderdale addresses are determined. Just west of the northern terminus of CR 811A is the Pompano Park Raceway
, the only harness racing track in southern Florida. Within nine six blocks of the southern terminus are Fort Lauderdale and Broward County governments, all of which within a block of the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Art and a campus of Broward Community College
.
State Road 811A does not intersect with its "parent"; however, in the 1960s, State Road 811 extended along Andrews Avenue southward from SR 838 to US 1. Had SR 811A been in existence at that time, the two roads would have branched out from Sunrise Boulevard and North Andrews Avenue, but no road map - commercial or governmental - has ever indicated the concurrent existence of SR 811A and the SR 811 extension.
Florida Department of Transportation
The Florida Department of Transportation is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment, maintenance, and regulation of public transportation in the state of Florida. The department was formed in 1969. It absorbed the powers of the Florida State Road Department...
designation of two separate north–south roads in southern Florida. Both are former alignments of Dixie Highway
Dixie Highway
The Dixie Highway was a United States automobile highway, first planned in 1914 to connect the US Midwest with the Southern United States. It was part of the National Auto Trail system, and grew out of an earlier Miami to Montreal highway. The final result is better understood as a small network of...
(which became U.S. Route 1) after the route was shifted to the east, closer to the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. One segment of SR 811 is in Broward County
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...
; the other is in Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County is the largest county in the state of Florida in total area, and third in population. As of 2010, the county's estimated population was 1,320,134, making it the twenty-eighth most populous in the United States...
SR 811: southern segment
The 14 miles (22.5 km) southern segment of SR 811 extends from an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838State Road 838 (Florida)
Locally known as Sunrise Boulevard, State Road 838 is a 14.7-mile-long east–west highway serving central Broward County. The western terminus is at an intersection with the Sawgrass Expressway in Sunrise; the eastern terminus is at intersection with North Ocean Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale,...
) in downtown Fort Lauderdale, going north, and ending at an intersection with Hillsboro Boulevard (SR 810
State Road 810 (Florida)
State Road 810, locally known as Hillsboro Boulevard, is east–west street in Broward County, Florida. The road is within one mile south of neighboring Palm Beach County throughout its entire route...
) in Deerfield Beach. The southern segment of SR 811 is locally known by a variety of names: Northeast 4th Avenue (in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
), Wilton Drive (in Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors
Wilton Manors, Florida
Wilton Manors is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 11,632. Wilton Manors is part of the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010 census. Although the city is...
), North Dixie Highway (in Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, and Pompano Beach
Pompano Beach, Florida
Pompano Beach ) is a city in Broward County, Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean just to the north of Fort Lauderdale. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 99,845...
), Old Dixie Highway (in Oakland Park
Oakland Park, Florida
Oakland Park is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally named Floranada , the town was forced into bankruptcy after the hurricane of 1926. When the town reincorporated, residents chose the name Oakland Park. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,363, mainly due to...
and Deerfield Beach
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, USA. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 75,018...
), and West Dixie Highway (in Pompano Beach).
Parallelling both US 1 to the east and Interstate 95
Interstate 95 in Florida
Interstate 95 is the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States; it serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. It begins at a partial interchange with U.S. Highway 1 just south of downtown Miami, and heads north past Daytona Beach and Jacksonville to the Georgia state line at the St...
to the west, SR 811 is a major north–south commercial access road for northeastern Broward County cities. While much of the property that lines SR 811 is residential in nature, most of the route is adjacent to Florida East Coast Railroad tracks. Two hospitals (North Ridge Medical Center and the Pompano Beach Medical Center) are on the southern segment of SR 811, south of Pompano Beach Airpark
Pompano Beach Airpark
Pompano Beach Airpark is a public airport located one mile northeast of the central business district of Pompano Beach, in Broward County, Florida, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of Pompano Beach.Although most U.S...
, home base of the Goodyear Blimp
Goodyear Blimp
The Goodyear Blimp is the collective name for a fleet of blimps operated by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for advertising purposes and for use as a television camera platform for aerial views of sporting events...
s.
While the SR 811 designation ends at Hillsboro Boulevard, Old Dixie Highway continues into Palm Beach County, staying only a few blocks west of US 1 until it intersects with it in Delray Beach
Delray Beach, Florida
Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 60,020. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S...
.
In the 1990s, the stretch of SR 811 between Commercial Boulevard (SR 870
State Road 870 (Florida)
State Road 870, locally known as Commercial Boulevard, is a 7.4-mile-long highway serving northern Broward County, Florida. As indicated by its local name, State Road 870 is a major commercial route connecting two U.S. Highways State Road 870, locally known as Commercial Boulevard, is a...
/Northeast 50th Street) and Atlantic Boulevard (SR 814
State Road 814 (Florida)
State Road 814, also known as Atlantic Boulevard is a major commercial and commuter highway in northern Broward County, Florida. The 13.5-mile-long divided highway extends from the Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs, Florida to State Road A1A in Pompano Beach, Florida.Traditionally, the road...
) was signed State Road 840, even though the even-numbered designation was applied to a north–south street.
SR 811: northern segment
The divided northern segment of SR 811 extends 11.1 miles (17.9 km) from an intersection with Northlake Boulevard (SR 850State Road 850 (Florida)
Locally known as Northlake Boulevard, the current edition of State Road 850 is a 1.2-mile-long street that forms the southern city limits of North Palm Beach and the northern city limits of Lake Park for most of its length. The road extends from an intersection with Old Dixie Highway , through...
) in Palm Beach Gardens
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Palm Beach Gardens is a city in Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida. The city is in the center of a rapidly-developing area north of West Palm Beach in the northern part of the county and the South Florida metropolitan area. , the population was 48,452...
to its northern terminus, an intersection with U.S. Route 1 (SR 5
State Road 5 (Florida)
State Road 5 is a mostly-unsigned state highway in the state of Florida. It is mainly signed as U.S. Route 1 from its south end in Key West, Florida to Jacksonville, Florida, and U.S. Route 17 from Jacksonville to the Georgia state line at the Saint Marys River. U.S...
) near Tequesta
Tequesta, Florida
Tequesta is an incorporated village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,273 at the 2000 census. It is the northernmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area, which in 2007 had an estimated population of 5,413. According to the U.S...
and Jupiter Inlet Colony
Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida
Jupiter Inlet Colony is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 368 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 388.-Geography:Jupiter Inlet Colony is located at...
and a mile north of Jupiter
Jupiter, Florida
Jupiter is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,328. The estimate population for 2009 is 50,606. As of 2006, the population had grown to 50,028, according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research....
. While FDOT signs indicating the SR 811 designation are posted alongside the road, street signs (mostly overhead) identify it as Alternate A1A
Florida State Road A1A Alternate
Florida State Road A1A Alternate may refer to all or part of the following roads that had, at one time, this designation by the Florida Department of Transportation but have since been renumbered:*Florida State Road 605*Florida State Road 707*Florida State Road 732*Florida State Road 811*Florida...
and Old Dixie Highway the entire length of the route.
While the completion of I-95 in the late 1970s has diminished the importance of Alternate A1A as a commercial byway, the replacement of forest by the development of suburban residential districts have made SR 811 an important commuter road in addition to a bypass of US 1.
SR 811A, now County Road 811A
Neither a bypass nor a spur, the former State Road 811A, now Broward County Road 811A, is a seven-mile-long stretch of North Andrews Avenue in Fort LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
. The southern terminus is an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838
State Road 838 (Florida)
Locally known as Sunrise Boulevard, State Road 838 is a 14.7-mile-long east–west highway serving central Broward County. The western terminus is at an intersection with the Sawgrass Expressway in Sunrise; the eastern terminus is at intersection with North Ocean Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale,...
) and the northern terminus is an intersection with Atlantic Boulevard (SR 814
State Road 814 (Florida)
State Road 814, also known as Atlantic Boulevard is a major commercial and commuter highway in northern Broward County, Florida. The 13.5-mile-long divided highway extends from the Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs, Florida to State Road A1A in Pompano Beach, Florida.Traditionally, the road...
). It provides an alternative north–south commuter route whenever I-95 is clogged with a traffic jam.
With Broward Boulevard (SR 842
State Road 842 (Florida)
State Road 842, also known as Broward Boulevard, East Las Olas Boulevard, and Southeast 3 Avenue is an eight-mile-long major east–west thoroughfare through Broward County, Florida...
), Andrews Avenue provides a baseline
Baseline (surveying)
In the United States Public Land Survey System, a baseline is the principal east-west line that divides survey townships between north and south. The baseline meets its corresponding meridian at the point of origin, or initial point, for the land survey...
from which all Fort Lauderdale addresses are determined. Just west of the northern terminus of CR 811A is the Pompano Park Raceway
Harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait . They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, although racing under saddle is also conducted in Europe.-Breeds:...
, the only harness racing track in southern Florida. Within nine six blocks of the southern terminus are Fort Lauderdale and Broward County governments, all of which within a block of the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Art and a campus of Broward Community College
Broward Community College
Broward College, previously known as "Broward Community College", is a state college in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., and part of the Florida College System. It was established in 1959 as part of a move to broaden Florida's two-year community college system...
.
State Road 811A does not intersect with its "parent"; however, in the 1960s, State Road 811 extended along Andrews Avenue southward from SR 838 to US 1. Had SR 811A been in existence at that time, the two roads would have branched out from Sunrise Boulevard and North Andrews Avenue, but no road map - commercial or governmental - has ever indicated the concurrent existence of SR 811A and the SR 811 extension.