Florida State Road 820

State Road 820, also known as Pines Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard is a 19.81-mile-long divided highway serving southern Broward County, Florida. Its western terminus is an intersection with U.S. Highway 27 (State Road 25) in Pembroke Pines, Florida; its eastern terminus is a trumpet interchange with State Road A1A in Hollywood, Florida. Before the recent extension of Sheridan Street, State Road 820 was the only State Road in Broward County that connects U.S. Highway 27 and A1A.

Route description

Pines Boulevard begins at an intersection with Okeechobee Road near the western fringes of Broward County development and the Everglades. State Road 820 follows Pines Boulevard east, as the first several miles of the road are newer residential developments, with some schools and grocery shops dotted on the road before an interchange with Interstate 75. East of I-75, it passes through some more residential developments before becoming commercial as it becomes the southern border of Pembroke Lakes Mall just east of the intersection of Flamingo Road, which in 2001 was considered "most dangerous intersection in the United States" by State Farm Insurance. Continuing east past the mall, the road is mostly commercial dotted with some residential areas until it reaches University Dr., where Pines Boulevard becomes the northern boundary of North Perry Airport. At this point, the road to the north becomes mostly residential, and at SW 72nd Avenue, Pines Boulevard becomes Hollywood Boulevard, and the road begins to form the southern border of Hollywood. Residential developments then dot both sides of the road, with Broward College south campus appearing to the north just west of the interchange with Florida's Turnpike, where SR 820 leaves Pembroke Pines and enters Hollywood, where it stays for the rest of the route. SR 820 becomes commercial again, as it quickly intersects with US 441/SR 7, with the defunct Hollywood Fashion Center on the southeast corner of the intersection. East of the old shopping center, the road again becomes residential, with multi level buildings now lining the main street along with single story houses. It then hits the Presidential Circle, the first of three large traffic circles in the Historic District of downtown Hollywood, with the center currently housing a high rise commercial building. Commercial development dots Hollywood Boulevard for a few more blocks before a few blocks of residential development, where SR 820 hits the interchange with Interstate 95. Commercial development continues east, with the road hitting the City Hall Circle, the second of the three large circles. The road then hits Dixie Highway, entering the Hollywood Boulevard Historic Business District, followed by an intersection with US 1/SR 5 which contains Young Circle, the last of the three circles and exiting the Historic District. From here to the eastern terminus, the road is residential, as it crosses the drawbridge over the Intracoastal Waterway, then ending at a trumpet interchange with SR A1A, providing access to the Atlantic Ocean beaches along State Road A1A.^[1][2]

History

State Road 820 was formed in 1945 with its current route, and was State Road 518 prior to 1945. The newly designated SR 820 would continue to be known as Hollywood Boulevard for its entire length until its western section, past Seventy-Second Avenue, was renamed Pines Boulevard after the city of Pembroke Pines was founded.

Junction list

The entire route is located in Broward County.

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