Florida State Road 870
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| Commercial Boulevard | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 12.493 mi[1] (20.106 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 SR 817 in Lauderhill / Tamarac | |||
 US 1 in Fort Lauderdale | ||||
| East end: |
 SR A1A in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Broward | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Road 870 (SR 870), locally known as Commercial Boulevard, is a 12.493-mile-long (20.106 km)[1] highway serving northern Broward County, Florida. The road extends from its western terminus at State Road 817 on the Lauderhill-Tamarac border, serving as a major commercial route through Oakland Park, and Fort Lauderdale, intersecting Florida's Turnpike, U.S. Route 441, Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 before reaching its eastern terminus at State Road A1A (Ocean Boulevard) in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida.
Route description
Commercial Boulevard begins at Exit 5 of the Sawgrass Expressway, with SR 870 beginning at SR 817 about two and a half miles east. SR 870 heads east, with an interchange with the Turnpike, followed by an intersection with US 441. Entering Fort Lauderdale, SR 870 intersects with Powerline Road, and then enters Oakland Park, passing by Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Lockhart Stadium, and Fort Lauderdale Stadium before an interchange with Interstate 95. Continuing east, SR 870 intersects with State Road 811 before reentering Fort Lauderdale, intersecting with US 1. It then enters Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and reaches its eastern terminus at an intersection with State Road A1A (Ocean Boulevard).
Major intersections
The entire route is in Broward County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Lauderhill / Tamarac | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SR 817 (University Drive) to SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) / Commercial Boulevard (CR 870 west) | ||
| Tamarac | 2.60 | 4.18 |  Turnpike (SR 91) – Orlando, Miami | Exit 62 on Turnpike | |
| 3.220 | 5.182 |  US 441 (SR 7) | |||
| Fort Lauderdale Oakland Park | 6.248 | 10.055 |  SR 845 (Powerline Road) | ||
| Oakland Park | 6.45 | 10.38 |  I-95 (SR 9) – West Palm Beach, Miami | Exit 32 on I-95 | |
| 7.587 | 12.210 |  SR 811 (Dixie Highway) | |||
| Fort Lauderdale | 8.758 | 14.095 |     US 1 / SR 816 Alt. west (Federal Highway / SR 5) | ||
| Fort Lauderdale Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | 9.479– 9.545 | 15.255– 15.361 | Commercial Boulevard Bridge over Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway | ||
| Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | 12.493 | 20.106 | SR A1A (Ocean Drive) | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed March 2014