State Road 710 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length: | 56.871 mi (91.525 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
North end: | SR 70 near Okeechobee | |||
SR 76 near Indiantown | ||||
East end: | CR 811 in Riviera Beach | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Road 710 (SR 710) is a 57-mile (92 km) northwest-southeast route connecting SR 70 near Okeechobee, three miles (5 km) from the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee in south central Florida, to Old Dixie Highway (CR 811) in Riviera Beach. Most of the route is also known as Bee Line Highway and Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, as it parallels the railroad tracks maintained by CSX Transportation (their Auburndale Subdivision) and used by Amtrak; and doesn’t have a turn or curve in the 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Sherman, except for a small bend northwest of North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport. In some places, the route is also known as Warfield Boulevard (named after S. Davies Warfield, the president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad who originally built the adjacent railroad tracks).
Bee Line Highway (Martin Luther King Jr Blvd it is also known as near Port of Palm Beach) traverses the woodlands and wetlands north and east of Lake Okeechobee, with an occasional farm near its northwestern end. It is a popular truck route that is used as an alternative to US 441/US 98/SR 700. Along the way, SR 710 passes through Indiantown (near the St. Lucie Canal and midway along the Bee Line stretch) and West Palm Beach.