Florida State Road 800

State Road 800 marker

State Road 800
Spanish River Boulevard (Northeast 40th Street)
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 0.574 mi[1] (0.924 km)
Major junctions
West end: US 1 in Boca Raton
East end: SR A1A in Boca Raton
Location
Counties: Palm Beach
Highway system
SR 794SR 802

State Road 800 (SR 800), locally known as Spanish River Boulevard or Northeast 40th Street is a short eastwest highway in Boca Raton, Florida. Its western terminus was formerly at an intersection with County Road 809, locally known as Military Trail. Today, the roads western terminus is at an intersection with US 1 (unsigned SR 5), and the road's eastern terminus is an intersection with Ocean Boulevard (State Road A1A) near the Atlantic Ocean shoreline at the northeastern corner of Spanish River Park.

SR 800 provides the only access to SR A1A and the Boca Raton beaches in northern Boca Raton. It is one of only three beach access roads within the Boca Raton city limits, the other two being Palmetto Park Road (the northsouth dividing line in Boca Raton, formerly SR 798) and El Camino Real to the south.

Route description

SR 800 heading east towards SR A1A in Boca Raton

SR 800 begins in downtown Boca Raton, just east of the tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway and Dixie Highway. The route passes begins near a strip mall as a four-lane boulevard and continues east from an intersection with U.S. Route 1 (Federal Highway). After leaving downtown Boca Raton, State Road 800 crosses the Intracoastal Waterway on a large four-lane drawbridge and reaches its terminus at an intersection with State Road A1A (North Ocean Boulevard) along the beachside of Boca Raton.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 US 1 (North Federal Highway / SR 5)Western terminus
0.311–
0.403
0.501–
0.649
Spanish River Boulevard Bridge over Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
0.5740.924 SR A1A (North Ocean Boulevard)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed March 2014
  2. Microsoft; Nokia (March 15, 2011). "Overview map of State Road 800" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved March 15, 2011.