  Military Trail | ||||
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| State Road 809 and County Road 809 | ||||
 SR 809 in red, CR 809 in blue, Broward County portion in grey | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byFDOT,Palm Beach E&PW,Broward Public Works, and theCity of Deerfield Beach | ||||
| Length | 46.2 mi[1] (74.4 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 834 inPompano Beach | |||
| Major intersections |  SR 810 inDeerfield Beach
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| North end |  SR 706 inJupiter | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| County | Palm Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Military Trail is a 46.2-mile (74.35 km) long six-lane north–south arterial road inBroward andPalm Beach counties inSouth Florida. A portion of the road is designatedState Road 809 (SR 809), but most of the road within Palm Beach County is locally maintained and signed asCounty Road 809 (CR 809), while the Broward County section exists without either designation.
Military Trail, like the parallelingCongress Avenue andJog and Powerline Roads, is a popularcommuting alternative to often-congestedInterstate 95 (I-95),Florida's Turnpike, andU.S. Route 1 (US 1) in both counties.
The state-maintained segment currently begins at an intersection with Lake Worth Road (SR 802) inGreenacres and terminates at PGA Boulevard (SR 786) inPalm Beach Gardens. CR 809 exists in two sections––between PGA Boulevard andJupiter and between Lake Worth Road and the Broward County line.
Military Trail is a continuation of Andrews Avenue Extension, which itself is a continuation of Andrews Avenue (CR 811A) built in the 2000s. At an intersection with Sample Road (SR 834), Andrews Avenue transitions to Military Trail. For the first 2 miles (3.22 km), the road is cosigned as Northwest 9th Avenue in theDeerfield Beach numbering system, before jogging to the east and intersecting Southwest 10th Street, which is an eastward extension of theSawgrass Expressway (SR 869). Shortly after crossing Hillsboro Boulevard (SR 810), Military Trail bridges theHillsboro Canal and entersPalm Beach County.[1]
Although this segment of Military Road is unnumbered, it is maintained by the City of Deerfield Beach from Northwest 54th Street to Hillsboro Boulevard and county-maintained elsewhere.[4]
The southern segment of CR 809 begins at the Hillsboro Canal Bridge inBoca Raton. Throughout Palm Beach County, the road has a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72.42 km/h) and has three lanes in each direction, primarily serving shopping centers, malls, restaurants, businesses. Military Trail intersects Palmetto Park Road (CR 798), but not Glades Road (SR 808) due to an elevation change. Glades passes over Military Trail due to it being very close to theTri-Rail tracks andInterstate 95, so access is provided by nearby service roads, which also serve theBoca Town Center. Military Trail also intersects Yamato Road in Boca, which exists east of CR 809 asSR 794 and west as CR 794. Still in Boca, Military Trail also intersects Clint Moore Road. As it entersDelray Beach, Military connects with Linton Boulevard (CR 782) and West Atlantic Avenue (SR 806), which provides access to downtown Delray. InBoynton Beach, the road intersects Woolbright Road (CR 792), Boynton Beach Boulevard (SR 804), and Gateway Boulevard. In Delray and Boynton, Military Trail also provides access to the many country clubs located off the road. InGreenacres, Military Trail intersects with Lake Worth Road (SR 802) and CR 809 transitions to SR 809.[1]
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SR 809 begins at the intersection of Military Trail and Lake Worth Road. SR 809 intersects Southern Boulevard (US 98 andSR 80) in a diamond interchange. For the next mile, SR 809 acts as the western border ofPalm Beach International Airport, until intersecting with Belvedere Road. One mile north of the northern end of the airport, it intersects Okeechobee Boulevard (SR 704), a major intersection in the city. Continuing north, Military Trail passes byNorthwood University to the east, and north of Community Drive, SR 809 becomes a service road for housing developments. Following an intersection with 45th Street (CR 702), SR 809 leavesWest Palm Beach and entersRiviera Beach. There, it intersects with the Bee Line Highway (SR 710) and Blue Heron Boulevard (SR 708) at the outskirts of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. Continuing intoPalm Beach Gardens, SR 809 ends at PGA Boulevard (SR 786).[1]
At PGA Boulevard, SR 809 terminates and Military Trail once again becomes CR 809. This designation continues for just under 10 miles (16.09 km) north to Indiantown Road (SR 706) inJupiter.[1]
Historically, SR 809 was 42.3 miles (68.08 km) long, extending from Palmetto Park Road (CR 798) to Indian Town Road (SR 706). With the exception of the section between Lake Worth Road and PGA Boulevard, the road was converted to a county road in 2004.[citation needed]
Military Trail is named for the trail blazed byU.S. Army Tennessee and Missouri Volunteer forces, from a Fort in Jupiter, south to a Fort inFort Lauderdale during theSecond Seminole War.[5]
| County | Location | mi[1][2][3] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Broward | Pompano Beach | 0.00 | 0.00 | SR 834 (Sample Road) / Andrews Avenue Extension south | |
| Deerfield Beach | 2.50 | 4.02 |  SR 869 (Southwest 10th Street) /Sawgrass Expressway | ||
| 3.20 | 5.15 |   SR 810 (Hillsboro Boulevard) toI-95 | |||
| Hillsboro Canal | 3.90 0.000 | 6.28 0.000 | Bridge (southern terminus of CR 809) | ||
| Palm Beach | Boca Raton | 1.600 | 2.575 |  Palmetto Park Road (CR 798) toI-95 | |
| 2.500 | 4.023 |  Town Center Road toI-95 /Turnpike –Town Center | Also servesSR 808 | ||
| 4.400 | 7.081 | Spanish River Boulevard east | FormerSR 800 | ||
| 4.800 | 7.725 |   SR 794 east /CR 794 west (Yamato Road) toI-95 | Western terminus of SR 794 | ||
| Delray Beach | 7.900 | 12.714 | Linton Boulevard (CR 782) toI-95 | ||
| 9.200 | 14.806 |    SR 806 (West Atlantic Avenue) toI-95 /Florida's Turnpike | |||
| Golf | 12.900 | 20.761 | Woolbright Road (CR 792) toI-95 | ||
| | 14.000 | 22.531 |  SR 804 (Boynton Beach Boulevard) toI-95 /Florida's Turnpike | ||
| | 15.300 | 24.623 | Gateway Boulevard toI-95 | ||
| | 17.200 | 27.681 | Hypoluxo Road toI-95 | ||
| Atlantis | 18.400 | 29.612 |  CR 812 (Lantana Road) toI-95 | ||
| Greenacres | 19.700 | 31.704 | Melaleuca Lane toI-95 | ||
| 20.359 | 32.765 |  SR 802 (Lake Worth Road) toFlorida's Turnpike | Transition from CR 809 to SR 809 | ||
| | 21.122 | 33.993 | 10th Avenue North toI-95 | ||
| Palm Springs | 22.660 | 36.468 |    SR 882 (Forest Hill Boulevard) toI-95 /US 441 | ||
| Royal Palm Estates | 24.491 | 39.414 |    US 98 /SR 80 (Southern Boulevard) toI-95 /Florida's Turnpike /US 441 –Airport | Diamond interchange | |
| Haverhill | 25.461 | 40.976 | Belvedere Road toI-95 –Palm Beach International Airport | ||
| Westgate | 26.499 | 42.646 |  SR 704 (Okeechobee Boulevard) toI-95 /Florida's Turnpike –Airport | ||
| West Palm Beach | 30.149 | 48.520 |  CR 702 (45th Street) toI-95 | ||
| Riviera Beach | 31.530 | 50.743 |  SR 710 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard / Beeline Highway) | ||
| 31.788 | 51.158 |   SR 708 (Blue Heron Boulevard) toI-95 /US 1 – VA Hospital | |||
| Palm Beach Gardens | 33.545 | 53.985 | Northlake Boulevard (CR 809A) | ||
| 35.561 | 57.230 |  SR 786 (PGA Boulevard) toI-95 /Florida's Turnpike | Transition from SR 809 to CR 809 | ||
| 35.961 | 57.874 |  I-95 north –Daytona Beach | Exit 79C on I-95 | ||
| Palm Beach Gardens–Jupiter line | 38.661 | 62.219 | Donald Ross Road toI-95 | ||
| Jupiter | 42.161 | 67.852 | SR 706 (Indiantown Road) toI-95 /Florida's Turnpike | Northern terminus of CR 809 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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