 State Road 820 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byFDOT | ||||
| Length | 19.939 mi[1] (32.089 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 27 inPembroke Pines | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |  SR A1A in Hollywood | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Broward | |||
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State Road 820 (SR 820), locally known asPines Boulevard andHollywood Boulevard, is a 19.956-mile-long (32.116 km) divided east–west highway serving southernBroward County, Florida. Its western terminus is an intersection withU.S. Highway 27 (US 27 orState Road 25) inPembroke Pines, Florida; and its eastern terminus is atrumpet interchange withState Road A1A inHollywood, Florida. SR 820 is the southernmost of three roads in Broward County that connects US 27 andA1A, the others beingSheridan Street andGriffin Road. SR 820 also serves as the latitudinal baseline for the street grid that incorporatesHollywood,Pembroke Pines,Miramar,West Park, andPembroke Park.[2]
Pines Boulevard begins at an intersection with Okeechobee Road near the western fringes of Broward County development and theEverglades. State Road 820 follows Pines Boulevard east, as the first several miles of the road are newer residential developments, with some schools and grocery shops dotted on the road before an interchange withInterstate 75 (I-75). East of I-75, it passes through some more residential developments before becoming commercial at the intersection ofFlamingo Road.CB Smith Park andPembroke Lakes Mall are located there, which in 2001 was considered "most dangerous intersection in the United States" byState Farm Insurance.[3] Continuing east, the road is mostly commercial dotted with some residential areas until it reachesUniversity Drive, where Pines Boulevard becomes the northern boundary ofNorth Perry Airport. At this point, the road to the north becomes mostly residential, and at SW 60th Avenue, Pines Boulevard becomes Hollywood Boulevard, and the road begins to form the southern border ofHollywood. Residential developments then dot both sides of the road, withBroward College south campus appearing to the north just west of the interchange withFlorida's Turnpike, where SR 820 leaves Pembroke Pines and enters Hollywood, where it stays for the rest of the route.
East of the Turnpike, SR 820 becomes commercial again, as it quickly intersects withUS 441/SR 7, with the defunctHollywood Fashion Center on the southeast corner of the intersection. East of the old shopping center, the road again becomes residential, with multi level buildings now lining the main street along with single story houses. It then hits the Presidential Circle, the first of three largetraffic circles in the Historic District of downtown Hollywood, with the center currently housing a high rise commercial building. Commercial development dots Hollywood Boulevard for a few more blocks before a few blocks of residential development, where SR 820 hits the interchange withInterstate 95. Commercial development continues east, with the road hitting the City Hall Circle, the second of the three large circles. The road then hitsDixie Highway, entering theHollywood Boulevard Historic Business District, followed by an intersection withUS 1/SR 5 which contains Young Circle, the last of the three circles and exiting the Historic District. From here to the eastern terminus, the road is residential, as it crosses the drawbridge over theIntracoastal Waterway, then ending at a trumpet interchange with SR A1A, providing access to theAtlantic Ocean beaches along State Road A1A.[4][5]
State Road 820 was formed in 1945 with its current route, and was State Road 518 prior to 1945. The newly designated SR 820 would continue to be known as Hollywood Boulevard for its entire length until its western section, past Seventy-Second Avenue, was renamed Pines Boulevard after the city ofPembroke Pines was founded in 1960.
In 2001,State Farm Insurance ranked the intersection ofFlamingo Road and Pines Boulevard inPembroke Pines, "The Most Dangerous Intersection in America". Using data from over a two-year period, the company found that 357vehicular accidents happened during their study at the intersection, which is whereC. B. Smith Park,Pembroke Lakes Mall, ahospital, and twoshopping centers are located. This prompted the city to make drastic changes to the intersection, which included lengthening the turning lanes and addingred light cameras. The number of accidents have since dropped significantly at the intersection.[3]
The entire route is inBroward County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Pembroke Pines | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 27 | UnsignedSR 25 | |
| 5.73 | 9.22 |  I-75 –Naples,Miami | Exits 9A-B on I-75 (unsignedSR 93) | ||
| 7.508 | 12.083 |    SR 823 (Flamingo Road) toFlorida's Turnpike Extension | Named "Most Dangerous Intersection in America" byState Farm Insurance in 2001[3] | ||
| 11.470 | 18.459 |    SR 817 (University Drive) toI-595 | |||
| Hollywood | 13.68 | 22.02 | Florida's Turnpike –Orlando,Miami | Exit 49 on Florida's Turnpike (unsigned SR 91) | |
| 13.990 | 22.515 |  US 441 (SR 7) | |||
| 16.60 | 26.72 |  I-95 –West Palm Beach,Miami | Exit 20 on I-95 (unsignedSR 9) | ||
| 16.826 | 27.079 | 28th Avenue | East end of state maintenance | ||
| 18.15 | 29.21 |  US 1 (Federal Highway) –Fort Lauderdale,Miami | Young Circle (traffic circle); west end of state maintenance | ||
| 19.654– 19.897 | 31.630– 32.021 | Intracoastal Waterway bridge | |||
| 19.939 | 32.089 | SR A1A | Interchange | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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