Florida State Road 710
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State Road 710 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 56.871 mi[1] (91.525 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end |  SR 70 near Okeechobee | |||
 SR 76 near Indiantown | ||||
| East end |  CR 811 in Riviera Beach | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Road 710 (SR 710) is a 57-mile (92 km) northwest-southeast route connecting SR 70 near Okeechobee, three miles (5 km) from the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee in south central Florida, to Old Dixie Highway (CR 811) in Riviera Beach. Most of the route is also known as Bee Line Highway, as it parallels the railroad tracks maintained by CSX Transportation (their Auburndale Subdivision) and used by Amtrak; and doesn’t have a turn or curve in the 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Sherman, except for a small bend northwest of North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport. In some places, the route is also known as Warfield Boulevard (named after S. Davies Warfield, the president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad who originally built the adjacent railroad tracks).
Route description
Bee Line Highway traverses the woodlands and wetlands north and east of Lake Okeechobee, with an occasional farm near its northwestern end. It is a popular truck route that is used as an alternative to US 441/US 98/SR 700. Along the way, SR 710 passes through Indiantown (near the St. Lucie Canal and midway along the Bee Line stretch) and West Palm Beach.
History
For a year in the 1940s, Bee Line Highway was part of State Road 66 before the number was changed to 710.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okeechobee | | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 70 – Okeechobee, Fort Pierce | |
| | 5.832 | 9.386 |   CR 15A south (Southeast 86th Boulevard) | ||
| | 9.520 | 15.321 |  CR 15B south (Southeast 126th Boulevard) | ||
| Martin | | 9.950 | 16.013 |   CR 714 east (Southwest Martin Highway) | |
| Indiantown | 24.867 | 40.020 |   CR 609 north (Southwest Allapattah Road) | ||
| 26.562 | 42.747 |  CR 726 east (Southwest Citrus Boulevard) – Big Mound Park | |||
| | 26.96 | 43.39 | Big John Monahan Bridge over St. Lucie Canal (Okeechobee Waterway) | ||
| | 27.411 | 44.114 |  To SR 76 – Port Mayaca, Stuart | ||
| Palm Beach | Apix | 34.905 | 56.174 |      CR 706 east to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike – Jupiter | |
| | 39.612 | 63.749 | Pratt Whitney Road (CR 711 north) | ||
| Palm Beach Gardens | 46.737 | 75.216 |   SR 786 east (PGA Boulevard) to I-95 / Florida's Turnpike – Juno Beach | ||
| West Palm Beach–Palm Beach Gardens line | 50.276 | 80.911 |  CR 809A (Northlake Boulevard) to I-95 – J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area | ||
| 51.521 | 82.915 | Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) | Turnpike exit 107 | ||
| Riviera Beach | 53.364 | 85.881 |  SR 708 east to I-95 – VA Hospital | ||
| 53.804 | 86.589 |  SR 809 (Military Trail) to Florida's Turnpike | |||
| 56.231 | 90.495 | Australian Avenue | |||
| 56.871 | 91.525 | CR 811 (Old Dixie Highway) – Port of Palm Beach | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014