Florida State Road 867

State Road 867
McGregor Boulevard
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	10 mi[citation needed] (16 km)
Existed:	1945 renumbering (definition) – present
Major junctions
South end:	SR 865/CR 865 in Iona
	CR 876 in McGregor CR 867A in McGregor CR 884 in Fort Myers
North end:	US 41 / SR 45 / SR 80 / SR 82 in Fort Myers
Highway system
Florida State and County Roads Interstate • US • SR (Pre-1945) • Toll • County ← SR 865 SR 869 →

State Road 867 and Lee County Road 867 together create a 14.5-mile (23.3 km) roadway in Lee County, Florida, connecting Punta Rassa and Fort Myers, Florida. The entire stretch used to be a State Road, but the southernmost 4.5 miles (7.2 km) have been redesignated County Road 867. Both SR 867 and CR 867 are known as McGregor Boulevard.

Route description

The current State Road 867 is a 10-mile-long street paralleling the Caloosahatchee River between Fort Myers and Iona. The northern terminus is in Downtown Fort Myers at an intersection with US 41 (Cleveland Avenue). The road continues eastward as State Road 82 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). Along the side of McGregor Boulevard, there are palm trees planted alongside the road. These palm trees are the reason Fort Myers is nicknamed "The City of Palms."

McGregor Boulevard (SR 867) just outside of Downtown Fort Myers. Fort Myers is known as the "City of Palms" because of the palm trees along McGregor Boulevard.

The northern terminus of SR 867.

SR 867 then travels southward, away from Downtown Fort Myers, and intersects County Road 884 (Colonial Boulevard), which passes above on an overpass connecting to the Midpoint Memorial Bridge.

SR 867 then leaves Fort Myers city limits and enters McGregor, a Fort Myers suburb that makes up part of South Fort Myers. It then intersects with College Parkway and Cape Coral Bridge Road (CR 867A). Cape Coral Bridge Road travels west into Cape Coral via the Cape Coral Bridge, while College Parkway travels eastward into Fort Myers. The intersection with College Parkway and Cape Coral Bridge Road features a Single-Point Urban Interchange, with College Parkway/Cape Coral Bridge Road crossing above on an overpass.

SR 867 then intersects County Road 876 (Cypress Lake Drive) which travels east into Cypress Lake. SR 867 then turns southwest, leaves McGregor, and enters Iona, another Fort Myers suburb. SR 867's southern terminus is located within Iona at an intersection with San Carlos Boulevard (SR 865) and Gladiolus Drive (CR 865). McGregor Boulevard continues to the west as County Road 867 from this point.

History

From 1923 to the 1945 renumbering, the road was known as State Road 25, and in the reassignment, the portion from US 41 in Fort Myers east to Palm Beach was transferred over to the new SR 80, with the sections of old SR 25 west of US 41 reassigned to SR 867.^[1]

Related routes

Lee County Road 867

County Road 867
Location:	Iona – Punta Rassa
Length:	4.5 mi[citation needed] (7.2 km)

County Road 867 continues from where State Road 867 left off, connecting Iona and Punta Rassa. CR 867 mostly travels at an east–west trajectory, despite the fact that is signed as a north–south route. CR 867 travels west from its northern terminus and continues through Iona. CR 867 intersects Summerlin Road (CR 869) (which terminates at CR 867).

CR 867 turns right and continues west (continuing the route of Summerlin Road), passing Port Sanibel and Connie Mack Island. CR 867 continues towards the west coast of Florida and terminates in Punta Rassa at Punta Rassa Road. Here, the road continues as Causeway Boulevard, and travels onto Sanibel Island via the Sanibel Causeway, which crosses the San Carlos Bay. When CR 867 was part of SR 867, SR 867 continued onto Sanibel Island. However, CR 867 terminates at Punta Rassa Road, and Causeway Boulevard does not have a route number anymore.

Lee County Road 867A

County Road 867A
Location:	Cape Coral
Length:	9.3 mi[citation needed] (15.0 km)

County Road 867A is the primary north–south arterial road for Cape Coral, Florida. It was formerly a state highway known as State Road 867A.

The southern terminus of CR 867A is at an intersection with McGregor Boulevard (SR 867) in Fort Myers. From the southern terminus of CR 867A, the route continues 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east to US 41 (S. Cleveland Avenue) and is known as College Parkway. From here, CR 867A is known as Cape Coral Bridge Road, and it travels west and crosses the Caloosahatchee River via the Cape Coral Bridge into Cape Coral, Florida.

At the west side of the Cape Coral Bridge, CR 867A becomes Cape Coral Parkway. It follows Cape Coral Parkway for only 0.7 miles (1.1 km) until an intersection with Del Prado Boulevard. From here, CR 867A turns north and follows Del Prado Boulevard. Del Prado Boulevard continues north through most of Cape Coral, Florida and intersects Veterans Parkway (CR 884), which is a grade-separated SPUI Interchange, with Veterans Parkway passing over on an overpass. Veterans Parkway is one of Cape Coral's major east–west routes, and it travels into Fort Myers via the Midpoint Memorial Bridge. Del Prado Boulevard continues northward until its northern terminus at Pine Island Road (SR 78).

Del Prado Boulevard extends five miles (8 km) northward from Pine Island Road to an intersection with US 41 (North Tamiami Trail) at the northern Cape Coral city limits. This northern section was formerly part of State Road 867A, but not part of the current County Road.

References

FDOT GIS data

1. ^ http://www.us-highways.com/of021040.htm Retrieved 6 April 2010.