State Road 838 | ||||
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Sunrise Boulevard | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length: | 14.7 mi (23.7 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | SR 869 in Sunrise | |||
SR 817 in Plantation Turnpike / SR 91 in Plantation US 441 / SR 7 in Fort Lauderdale I-95 / SR 9 Ft. Lauderdale SR 845 in Fort Lauderdale US 1 / SR 5 in Fort Lauderdale |
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East end: | SR A1A in Fort Lauderdale | |||
Highway system | ||||
Florida State and County Roads
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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 (1.8 km) 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 US 441/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 Mills Mall, and access to the home rink of the Florida Panthers National Hockey League team, the BankAtlantic Center. 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").