State Road 816 (SR 816), locally known as Oakland Park Boulevard is a 13.420-mile-long (21.597 km) east–west commercial and commuter road serving central Broward County, Florida, carrying the designations of State Road 816 (SR 816) and County Road 816 (CR 816). It extends from the Sawgrass Expressway east to an intersection with SR A1A (Ocean Boulevard) in Fort Lauderdale.
  Oakland Park Boulevard | ||||
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| State Road 816 and County Road 816 | ||||
 SR 816 in red, CR 816 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT and Broward Public Works | ||||
| Length | 13.620 mi[1][2] (21.919 km) 9.720 mi (15.643 km) as SR 816[1] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 869 in Sunrise | |||
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| East end |  SR A1A in Fort Lauderdale | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| County | Broward | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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Oakland Park Boulevard passes through mainly residential zones of Sunrise, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, and Fort Lauderdale. It starts as a spur of Exit 3 of the Sawgrass Expressway, and then merges with the northern terminus of Flamingo Road (SR 823) as it heads east.[3]
After its intersection with University Drive, SR 816 continues for 2.3 miles (3.7 km), passing over Florida's Turnpike without an interchange at the border between Lauderhill and Lauderdale Lakes, and intersecting U.S. Route 441 (US 441; State Road 7) one mile (1.6 km) later.
After passing US 441, SR 816 enters the city of Oakland Park. For 2.6 miles (4.2 km), SR 816 passes through residential zones, with some businesses dotting the road, until its interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95). After I-95, SR 816 forms the border between Oakland Park and Wilton Manors for 1.2 miles (1.9 km), with an intersection with Powerline Road 0.2 miles (0.32 km) from the interchange. Soon after, SR 816 intersects the Dixie Highway, followed by an intersection with Federal Highway one mile later as the road enters Fort Lauderdale. The Coral Ridge Mall is located at the northeast corner of the intersection with Federal Highway.
After Federal Highway, SR 816 continues for another mile before terminating at Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A).
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Broward County.
| Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Sunrise | 0.0 | 0.0 |   SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway) to I-75 – Miami, West Palm Beach | Tolled interchange; exit 3 on SR 869 | |
| 0.4 | 0.64 | Flamingo Road south (CR 823) | Northern terminus of CR 823 | ||
| 3.9 0.000 | 6.3 0.000 |  SR 817 (University Drive) | Transition from CR 816 to SR 816 | ||
| Lauderdale Lakes | 3.323 | 5.348 |   US 441 / SR 7 | ||
| Oakland Park | 6.010 | 9.672 |  I-95 – West Palm Beach, Miami | Exit 31 on I-95 (unsigned SR 9) | |
| Wilton Manors–Oakland Park line | 6.352 | 10.223 |  SR 845 (Northwest 9th Avenue / Powerline Road) | ||
| 6.858 | 11.037 | Andrews Avenue (CR 811A) | Former SR 811A | ||
| Oakland Park | 7.775 | 12.513 |  SR 811 (Dixie Highway) | ||
| Oakland Park–Fort Lauderdale line | 8.696 | 13.995 |  US 1 (Federal Highway) | Unsigned SR 5 | |
| Fort Lauderdale | 9.447– 9.533 | 15.203– 15.342 | Intracoastal Waterway drawbridge | ||
| 9.720 | 15.643 | SR A1A (Ocean Boulevard) | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ a b "County Road 816" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ General Highway Map of Broward County, Florida (PDF) (Map). Florida Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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