History
Until the mid 1980s, State Road 842 was exclusively on Broward Boulevard (its historic eastern terminus was an intersection with Federal Highway (US 1) two blocks from the northern entrance of the New River Tunnel), while Las Olas Boulevard was designated Alternate State Road A1A.
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