| State Road 704 | ||||
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| Okeechobee Boulevard | ||||
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| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 10.22 mi[1][2] (16.45 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1945 renumbering (definition) – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: | SR 7 in West Palm Beach | |||
| Turnpike / SR 91 in West Palm Beach SR 809 in West Palm Beach I-95 / SR 9 in West Palm Beach US 1 / SR 5 / SR 805 in West Palm Beach |
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| East end: | SR A1A in Palm Beach | |||
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Also known as Okeechobee Boulevard, State Road 704 is a major east–west boulevard in the West Palm Beach area. Its western terminus is an intersection with SR 7 near Royal Palm Beach and The Acreage; its eastern terminus is an intersection with SR A1A in Palm Beach.
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East of SR 7, it travels through Century Village, Florida's Turnpike, and Haverhill before entering West Palm Beach. It then crosses Interstate 95 (SR 9), and crosses the southern end of downtown West Palm Beach as a one-way pair of Okeechobee Road and Lakeview Avenue, passing through CityPlace and Palm Beach Atlantic University before crossing the Intracoastal Waterway (Lake Worth) via the Royal Park Bridge, ending a few blocks west of the ocean at SR A1A.[2]
West of the western terminus of SR 704, Okeechobee Boulevard continues for another six miles (10 km), acting as the main east-west road of Royal Palm Beach and Loxhatchee Groves, until an intersection with Seminole Pratt Whitney Road in Loxahatchee. Just beyond the end of Okeechobee Boulevard (but accessible only from Southern Boulevard, US 98-US 441/SR 80) is Lion Country Safari, a zoological park through which visitors drive instead of walk.
SR 704 was established in the 1945 renumbering. The road was not designated as a state road in the pre-1945 system, and only known as a local road called Okeechobee Road.[3]
The entire route is located in Palm Beach County.
| Location | Mile[2] | Destination | Notes |
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| West Palm Beach | 0.00 | SR 7 | Western terminus |
| 3.04 | Jog Road | To SR 845 (Powerline Road) | |
| 3.69 | Turnpike / SR 91 – Miami, Orlando | Exit 99 (Florida's Turnpike) | |
| 5.05 | Haverhill Road | ||
| 5.56 | SR 809 (Military Trail) | ||
| 6.22 | Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard | ||
| 7.07 | Congress Avenue | To Palm Beach International Airport | |
| 7.76 | I-95 / SR 9 – Miami, Daytona Beach | Exit 70 (I-95) | |
| 8.35 | CR 704A (Australian Avenue) | ||
| 9.11 | US 1 / SR 5 / SR 805 (South Dixie Highway) | Western end of US 1 concurrency | |
| 9.21 | US 1 / SR 5 (South Olive Avenue) | Eastern end of US 1 concurrency | |
| Royal Park Bridge over Lake Worth Lagoon | |||
| Palm Beach | 10.22 | SR A1A | Eastern terminus |
| County Road 704A | |
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| Location: | West Palm Beach |
Locally known as Australian Avenue, the former State Road 704A, now Palm Beach County Road 704A, is a limited access road connecting SR 704 (Okeechobee Boulevard) in West Palm Beach with US 98/SR 80 (Southern Boulevard) and SR 807 (Congress Avenue) in Glen Ridge. The southernmost 1.4 miles (2.3 km) serve Palm Beach International Airport. North of its interchange with SR 704, Australian Avenue continues along the eastern shores of Clear Lake and Lake Mangonia, then northward as a surface road, passing through Mangonia Park before reaching its northern terminus, an intersection with Blue Heron Boulevard (SR 708) in Rivera Beach.