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 overlaps U.S. Route 1 (State Road 5).

State Road 838 also passes through the cities of Lauderhill and intermittently through Plantation (just east of Del Largo Circle at the end of the Waterbridge complex to U.S. 441/FL SR 7 and again from just east of NW 65th Ave. at the canal to Flamingo Road). The road between the canal and Waterbridge is controlled by Sunrise.

In addition to being a significant commuter route, SR 838 is major commercial artery. At the western terminus is the Sawgrass 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.