Florida State Road 827

The former State Road 827, was an east–west road that stretched 35 miles (56 km) along the southern edge of the Hillsboro Canal, originally extending from Sixmile Bend to present-day Parkland. Now County Road 827, the road is locally known as Browns Farms Road and Loxahatchee Road in two segments, while a third is unnamed.

State Road 827
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length	20.9 mi[1][2][3] (33.6 km)
Existed	1945–1990
Major junctions
West end	US 27 in Okeelanta
East end	US 441 / SR 7 in Parkland
Location
Counties	Palm Beach, Broward
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate U.S. SR Former Pre-1945 Toll Scenic ← SR 826 → SR 834

When the route was established in 1945, it extended from its western terminus, being what is now U.S. Route 27 to its eastern terminus being an intersection with U.S. Route 441 and State Road 7) in Broward County.[4]

Route description

The former SR 827 crossed a vast stretch of the Everglades wetlands along the opposite side of the Hillsboro Canal from the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and through a region managed by the South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

History

The road was established in 1945. It extended from the intersection between it and then-US 441-SR 80, which was re designated as State Road 880 after US 441/SR 80 was rerouted several miles north.

After the establishment of the Everglades Wildlife Management Area by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission[5] in the 1960s, the portion of SR 827 within its boundaries was removed from the state highway system, creating a gap in the route. Shortly afterward, a second section east of Browns Farm was reverted to Palm Beach County control (many commercially prepared maps from the 1970s to the present show this second section as part of County Road 827). For at least two decades, SR 827 was an "interrupted" State Road.

By 1990, the Broward County segment was transitioned from State to County control;[6][7] the northwestern section followed suit within a few years and became CR 827.[8] Despite indications from several commercial maps, only the part of the original SR 827 northwest of Browns Farm is currently signed as CR 827.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][2][3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Palm Beach	Okeelanta	0.0	0.0	US 27
	​	2.5	4.0	CR 827A north	Southern terminus of CR 827A
	Gap in route
	Sixmile Bend	0.0	0.0	CR 880
	​	14.7	23.7	Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	East end of Browns Farms Road
Gap in route
Broward	​	0.0	0.0	Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	West end of Loxahatchee Road
	​	3.0	4.8	University Drive south	To SR 817
	Parkland	5.1	8.2	Hillsboro Boulevard east	To SR 810
		6.2	10.0	US 441 / SR 7
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Google (January 2, 2020). "Browns Farms Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
2. Google (January 2, 2020). "Loxahatchee Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
3. Google (January 7, 2020). "County Road 827" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
4. General Highway Map, Palm Beach County, November 1965, reprinted March 1969/October 1974: sheet 1, sheet 2
5. "Overview of Water and Wildlife Management Areas". Archived from the original on 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2006-04-23.
6. Florida Department of Transportation Official Florida Transportation Map 1989
7. Florida Department of Transportation Official Florida Transportation Map 1991
8. Florida Department of Transportation Official Florida Transportation Map 1998