State Road 880 (SR 880) is a 0.475 miles (0.764 km) long state highway in Belle Glade, Florida, running from SR 80 and SR 15 east to State Road 717. From here, it continues east for almost 19 miles (31 km) to Twenty Mile Bend as County Road 880 (CR 880).
  State Road 880 and County Road 880 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SR 880 in red, CR 880 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT and Palm Beach E&PW | ||||
| Length | 19.175 mi[1][2] (30.859 km) 0.475 mi (0.764 km) as SR 880[1] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   SR 80 / SR 15 in Belle Glade | |||
 SR 717 in Belle Glade | ||||
| East end |   US 98 / US 441 / SR 80 in Twenty Mile Bend | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| County | Palm Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editSR 880 begins in Belle Glade, Florida at an intersection with SR 80 and SR 15. From here, it heads east on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for about half a mile, where it intersects with SR 717. SR 717 terminates at this intersection and SR 880 becomes CR 880.[1] CR 880 heads out of Belle Glade heading east-southeast.[2]
Along the route, there are bends in the road named Six Mile Bend, Nine Mile Bend, and Twenty Mile Bend which are each named for their distance from Belle Glade.[citation needed] CR 880 intersects with CR 827 at Six Mile Bend. At Twenty Mile Bend, CR 880 terminates at Southern Boulevard (which carries SR 80, US 98, and US 441).[3]
C-51 Canal Bridge
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Just south of its intersection with SR 80/US 98/US 441 in Twenty Mile Bend, CR 880 crosses the C-51 canal on a historic truss bridge. This bridge was built in 1937 and is a Warren through-truss swing bridge. However, the bridge is now a fixed-bridge and can no longer swing open.[4] It is the second-oldest bridge in Palm Beach County after the nearby Torry Island Swing Bridge in Belle Glade.[5]
History
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The entire route of SR 880 and CR 880 is a former alignment of SR 80 and US 441. The route from Belle Glade to Palm Beach was complete in 1923 as part of SR 80 (which was designated SR 25 prior to the 1945 Florida State Road renumbering).[6]
The current four-lane alignment of SR 80 and US 441 to the north (designated as the Kenneth C. Mock Memorial Highway) was built in 1989.[7] After SR 80 and US 441 were rerouted, the original route was redesignated as SR 880. SR 880 east of SR 717 was then redesignated as CR 880 when it was transferred to county control on August 2, 1994.
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Palm Beach County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Belle Glade | 0.000 | 0.000 |    SR 80 / SR 15 north (Main Street) to US 27 / US 441 | Southern terminus of SR 15 | |
| 0.475 0.0 | 0.764 0.0 | SR 717 north (Canal Street South) | Transition from SR 880 to CR 880 | ||
| Six Mile Bend | 5.3 | 8.5 |   CR 827 east (Browns Farms Road) | Western terminus of CR 827 (former SR 827) | |
| Twenty Mile Bend | 18.5 | 29.8 |   CR 700 west | Former routing of US 98 / US 441 / SR 80 | |
| 18.7 | 30.1 | US 98 / US 441 / SR 80 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Transportation and Data Analytics Office (October 8, 2016). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "County Road 880" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ "State Road 880" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ "The Historic Highway Bridges of Florida" (PDF). Florida Department of Transportation Environmental Management Office. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Palm Beach County, Florida Bridges: Connors Highway (SR 700) Bridge across the Loxahatchee River". Bridge of the Week. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Oeffner, Barbara D.; Dunning, Amie (2010). Images of America: Around Lake Okeechobee. Arcadia Publishing.
- ^ Lowery, Fred (17 June 1985). "Highway Name To Pay Tribute To Area Engineer". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2016.