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State Road 844 (SR 844), locally known as the Northeast 14th Street, is a 0.90-mile-long (1.45 km), east–west street crossing the Intracoastal Waterway and connecting U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and State Road A1A in Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida.
Atlantic Boulevard, consisting mostly of State Road 814 (SR 814), is a major commercial and commuter highway in northern Broward County, Florida.The 13-mile-long (21 km) divided highway extends from the Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs to State Road A1A in Pompano Beach.
[15] [12] A story she often told was of Henry Flagler eating a favorite dish at Cap's Place, fresh pompano, then later writing the word "pompano" on one of his railroad maps; the location became Pompano Beach, Florida. [12] The barge Cap's Place was built on was previously owned by Flagler and he had used it in constructing his Overseas Railroad.
The segment of road located in Pompano Beach is maintained by the city as of 2016, and is not part of the state highway system. [7] While the SR 811 designation ends at Hillsboro Boulevard, a short signed segment of CR 811 continues north for 0.4 miles (0.64 km) to a bridge over the Hillsboro Canal, which separates Palm Beach and Broward counties.
Sample Road, mostly signed as State Road 834 (SR 834), is a 12.391-mile-long (19.941 km) east–west commuter highway serving northern Broward County, Florida.It begins at an interchange with the Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs and ends at North Federal Highway at the city limits boundary between Pompano Beach and Lighthouse Point.
A convenience store/gas station is located at the Snapper Creek plaza on the Homestead Extension of the turnpike, while the remaining seven are full-service plazas, featuring a selection of franchised fast food restaurants. Three of the service plazas (Pompano, Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, Turkey Lake) also provide E85 ethanol. [21]
Tequesta Indians lived in the area. [12]The city's name is derived from the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish found off the Atlantic coast. [13]There had been scattered settlers in the area since at least the mid-1880s, but the first documented permanent residents of the Pompano area were George Butler and Frank Sheen and their families, who arrived in 1896 as railway employees. [3]