U.S. 98 West - Southern Boulevard

West

U.S. 98 and SR 80 begin west from a roundabout with SR A1A (S Ocean Boulevard) adjacent to Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach.
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U.S. 98/SR 80 span the first of two bridges across Lake Worth Lagoon from Palm Beach to Bingham Island.
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Construction from April 2017 to early 2022 replaces the bridges along the causeway spanning Lake Worth.
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The West Palm Beach skyline from U.S. 98/SR 80 on Bingham Island.
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Replaced with a temporary bascule bridge in 2018, the previous Southern Boulevard Bridge spanning Lake Worth Lagoon between Bingham Island and West Palm Bridge was built in 1950.
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Construction on a replacement bascule bridge for U.S. 98/SR 80 over Lake Worth Lagoon commenced in April 2017. The $94 million project ran through Summer 2023.¹
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U.S. 98/SR 80 (Southern Boulevard) intersect Flagler Drive along the west shore of Lake Worth Lagoon.
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The junction shield for U.S. 1 preceded the intersection with S Olive Avenue (former SR 5). With Olive Avenue turned over to city maintenance, the assembly was removed.
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S Olive Avenue was formerly an independent section of SR 5 from U.S. 1 (SR 805). SR 5 was truncated south to the Lake Worth city line.
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Olive Avenue represents the old alignment of U.S. 1 north from Lake Worth to Downtown West Palm Beach.
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Reassurance markers posted along Southern Boulevard west from Lake Worth Lagoon to U.S. 1 omit U.S. 98.
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The junction shield for U.S. 1 at Dixie Highway was replaced with this assembly after 2011.
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U.S. 1 (Dixie Highway) heads north to Downtown West Palm Beach and south to Lake Worth.
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Removed by 2011, the second shield for U.S. 98 west was this assembly posted at U.S. 1 (Dixie Highway).
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Southern Boulevard rises onto a 1,171.6 foot long viaduct spanning Miller Avenue the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway and Georgia Avenue. The bridge was built in 1939 and rehabilitated in 1979.²
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U.S. 98/SR 80 (Southern Boulevard) lower from the FEC Railway viaduct to intersect Lake Avenue.
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Southern Boulevard expands to a divided arterial west of Parker Avenue.
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A diamond interchange joins U.S. 98/SR 80 with Interstate 95 adjacent to Dreher Park and the West Palm Beach city limits.
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A parclo interchange connects U.S. 98/SR 80 (Southern Boulevard) with SR 807 (Australian Avenue) beyond the traffic light with Gem Lake Drive.
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Australian Avenue extends north from the adjacent end of SR 807 to James L. Turnage Boulevard for the passenger terminal of Palm Beach International Airport (PBI).
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SR 807 continues south from the exchange with U.S. 98/SR 80 to Congress Avenue.
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U.S. 98/SR 80 run along the southern perimeter of PBI Airport between SR 807 and SR 809 (Military Trail).
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A split diamond interchange with SR 809 and Haverhill Road follows Kirk Road west along U.S. 98/SR 80.
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Kirk Road stems south from adjacent Perimeter Road to the village of Palm Springs.
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An 11.06 mile long route, State Road 809 (Military Trail) leads north from U.S. 98/SR 80 to SR 786 (PGA Boulevard) in Palm Beach Gardens and south to Greenacres and SR 802 (Lake Worth Road).
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Confirming markers posted between the Haverhill Road entrance ramp and Caroline Drive north.
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References:

1. SR 80 (Southern Blvd) Bridge Replacement Project. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), project web site.
2. FEC RW & Georgia Ave. Bridge. http://bridgehunter.com/fl/palm-beach/bh55282/ Bridgehunter.com.

Connect with:

Interstate 95

Florida's Turnpike

U.S. 1

U.S. 441

Page Updated Tuesday September 29, 2020.