Florida State Road 7

Infobox road
state=FL
type=SR
route=7
maint=FDOT


length_mi=65.7
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/default.htm FDOT GIS data] ]
length_notes=(continues south with US 1
and north with US 1 and US 17)
established=1945 renumbering ()
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
previous_type=SR
previous_route=6
next_type=SR
next_route=9

State Road 7 is a major north-south artery connecting Okeechobee Boulevard (SR 704) in West Palm Beach with US 41/SR 90 in the Little Havana section of Miami. All but the northernmost two miles (from Royal Palm Beach to West Palm Beach) is signed concurrent with US 441, and has been since 1950.

Route description

The Palm Beach County stretch of US 441/SR 7 features signs with both designations. In Broward County, the road is only signed as US 441, but is indicated as "State Road 7" on green street signs when approaching the road from cross streets. From the Miami-Dade County line north to Stirling Road in Hollywood, it is also known as S. 60th Avenue. In addition, Broward County addresses along the route show references to "State Route 7" and residents refer to the road as both "441" and "State Road 7".

The road in Miami-Dade County is only signed as US 441, with no indication of SR 7 anywhere. It is labeled NW 2nd Avenue north of the Golden Glades Interchange and NW 7th Avenue from the Interchange south to the Miami River, after which it continues another dozen blocks to US 41 as NW and SW 8th Avenues. Since early 2007, when the Florida Department of Transportation demolished the NW 7th Avenue Bridge, the temporary southern terminus of the road has been the Miami River. The replacement bridge will not be finished until 2011. [ [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/208801.html "Bridge work stymies Dade Civic Center area,"] Larry Lebowitz, "Miami Herald", August 20, 2007.]

At Royal Palm Beach, US 441 leaves the SR 7 indication behind, making a westward turn and overlapping US 98/SR 80) as it approaches Belle Glade on the shore of Lake Okeechobee.

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