State Road 708 (SR 708) is a 3.682-mile-long (5.926 km), east–west thoroughfare in Riviera Beach locally known as Blue Heron Boulevard. The road extends from an intersection with Bee-Line Highway (State Road 710) to an intersection with Broadway (U.S. Route 1 (US 1).
 State Road 708 | ||||
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| Blue Heron Boulevard | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 3.682 mi[1] (5.926 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 710 in Riviera Beach | |||
 I-95 in Riviera Beach | ||||
| East end |   US 1 / SR A1A in Riviera Beach | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Palm Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editState Road 708 begins as Blue Heron Boulevard at an intersection with Bee Line Highway at the southern end of the VA Hospital. The road heads east towards its first stoplight at Military Trail (SR 809), with a mix of residential and commercial areas for the half mile between Military Trail and the interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95). East of I-95, SR 708 passes through a few businesses, before crossing a canal, and then becomes almost exclusively residential with some commercial mixed in for the rest of the route. It jogs slightly to the south before intersecting Congress Avenue, and continues east, passing by a local park, and industrial areas on the south side of SR 708. Blue Heron Boulevard then jogs to the north just prior to meeting Old Dixie Highway (CR 811), and heads east through a dense residential area before terminating at US 1.[2]
Blue Heron Boulevard continues as SR A1A eastward from US 1, crossing Lake Worth on the Riviera Beach Bridge to serve the beach just north of Palm Beach Shores.
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Palm Beach County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Riviera Beach | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SR 710 west (Bee-Line Highway) | Westbound access to SR 710 east is via SR 809 | |
| 0.361 | 0.581 |  SR 809 (Military Trail) | |||
| 0.860 | 1.384 | I-95 – Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach | Exit 76 on I-95 | ||
| 1.595 | 2.567 | Congress Avenue – Tri-Rail | |||
| 2.861 | 4.604 | Australian Avenue (CR 704A south) | Northern terminus of CR 704A (former SR 704A) | ||
| 2.905 | 4.675 | President Barack Obama Highway (CR 811) – Port of Palm Beach | Former routing of Dixie Highway | ||
| 3.682 | 5.926 |  US 1 (Broadway) / SR A1A north (Blue Heron Boulevard) – Port of Palm Beach | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (September 11, 2018). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ Map of State Road 708 (Map). MapQuest, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-12.[permanent dead link]
External links
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Media related to Florida State Road 708 at Wikimedia Commons
