Florida State Road 847

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State Road 847 is a 2.14-mile (3.45 km) state highway along Northwest 47th Avenue in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida, serving the Carol City/Miami Gardens area. It runs from State Road 860 (Miami Gardens Drive) north to the Broward County line at Northwest 215th Street, just south of a bridge carrying the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (State Road 821). There is no signage indicating either terminus of SR 847.

Northwest 47th Avenue continues south from SR 860 as a locally maintained road, crossing State Road 826 (the Palmetto Expressway), passing Florida Memorial University and ending north of the Opa-locka Airport. In Broward County, the road continues north as Palm Avenue through and beyond Miramar, which ends north of State Road 869 (the Sawgrass Expressway) after changing names several times to Coral Ridge Drive. The part in Miramar was once part of SR 847, ending at the border with Pembroke Pines.^[1]

Until 2005, SR 847 served the Landmark Center (formerly Sunland Training Center)^[2], a facility for the education of individuals with developmental and learning disabilities, near its north end.

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^ FDOT, General Highway Map - Broward County, February 1969 (reprinted July 1975 with revisions)
^ H.M. Gousha and Company, Standard Oil Map of Greater Miami, Florida, 1967