Florida State Road 869
SR 869 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FTE and FDOT | ||||
| Length | 23.987 mi (38.603 km) 21.242 mi (34.186 km) tolled expressway 2.745 mi (4.418 km) at-grade boulevard 1.4 mi (2.3 km) without designation | |||
| Existed | July 3, 1986–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | I-75 / I-595 in Sunrise | |||
| US 441 in Coconut Creek Florida's Turnpike on Coconut Creek/Deerfield Beach line | ||||
| East end | I-95 in Deerfield Beach US 1 in Deerfield Beach | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Broward | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Florida State Road 869 (SR 869) is a 24-mile-long (39 km) state road located in western and northern Broward County, acting as a de facto bypass of Fort Lauderdale as well as the northern coastal and southern parts of the county extending north from a junction of I-75 (SR 93), I-595 (SR 862) in Sunrise to Coral Springs where it heads eastward towards Florida's Turnpike and intersecting I-95 before terminating at Southwest 10th Avenue in Deerfield Beach. The 21.242-mile (34.186 km) section west of the Turnpike is known as the Sawgrass Expressway, a six-lane (soon to be ten-lane), controlled-access toll road; the 2.745-mile (4.418 km) section east of the Turnpike is a boulevard known as Southwest 10th Street. The expressway opened in 1986 and was added to Florida's Turnpike Enterprise in 1990. The at-grade section east of the Turnpike is maintained by FDOT.