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5 unusual facts about Florida State Road 820


Florida State Road 820

Pines Boulevard begins at an intersection with Okeechobee Road near the western fringes of Broward County development and the Everglades.

East of I-75, it passes through some more residential developments before becoming commercial as it becomes the southern border of Pembroke Lakes Mall just east of the intersection of Flamingo Road, which in 2001 was considered "most dangerous intersection in the United States" by State Farm Insurance.

Residential developments then dot both sides of the road, with Broward College south campus appearing to the north just west of the interchange with Florida's Turnpike, where SR 820 leaves Pembroke Pines and enters Hollywood, where it stays for the rest of the route.

Using data from over a two-year period, the company found that 357 vehicular accidents happened during their study at the intersection, which is where C. B. Smith Park, Pembroke Lakes Mall, a hospital, and two shopping centers are located.

Miami-Hollywood Motorsports Park

Opened in March 1966, it was located east of the Hollywood Sportatorium near the corner of 172nd Avenue and what was then Hollywood Boulevard (now Pines Boulevard).



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