Florida State Road 869
State Road 869 is a 24.375-mile (39.228 km) long state road located in Broward County, Florida. The road acts as a de facto bypass of Fort Lauderdale and northern coastal Broward County, Florida, extending north from a junction of Interstate 75 (SR 93), Interstate 595 (SR 862) in Sunrise, to Coral Springs before heading eastward towards Florida's Turnpike and intersecting Interstate 95 before terminating at Southwest 6th Avenue in Deerfield Beach. The 20.763-mile (33.415 km) section west of the Turnpike is known as the Sawgrass Expressway, a six-lane, limited-access toll road; the section east of the Turnpike is a surface street known as Southwest 10th Street. The expressway opened in 1986 and was added to Florida's Turnpike Enterprise in 1990. The entire tollway section is operated on an open-road tolling system for SunPass users. The at-grade section east of the Turnpike is maintained by FDOT.
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