Florida State Road 838

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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 (SR 869) in Sunrise; the eastern terminus is at intersection with North Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A) in Fort Lauderdale, next to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. For 1.1 miles in downtown Fort Lauderdale, SR 838 is complexed with U.S. Route 1 (State Road 5).

State Road 838 also passes through the city of Lauderhill.

In addition to being a significant commuter route, SR 838 is major commercial artery. At the western terminus are two major malls, Broward Mall (once the largest enclosed mall in Florida) and the Fashion Mall; another major shopping center, the Galleria Mall, is across from Fort Lauderdale College near the Intracoastal Waterway. Midway in-between is the Swap Shop, a giant flea market occupying the grounds of a 13-screen Thunderbird Drive-in Theater (local broadcast advertising touts the Swap Shop as "the second-largest tourist attraction in Florida").

Near the free Sawgrass Expressway exit, it also is a primary access to yet another regional mall, Sawgrass Mills, and the home rink of the Florida Panthers National Hockey League team, the BankAtlantic Center.

Florida State Roads
Preceded by 836	State Road 838	Succeeded by 842