The former State Road 827, was an east–west road that stretched along the southern edge of the

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, 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. When the route was established in 1945, it extended from its western terminus, being what is now

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to its eastern terminus being an intersection with

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and State Road 7) in

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Route description

The former SR 827 crossed a vast stretch of the

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along the opposite side of the Hillsboro Canal from the

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and through a region managed by the

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and the

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Corps of Engineers.

History

The road was established in 1945. It extended from the intersection between it and then-

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- 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

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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

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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 and became CR 827. The northwestern section followed suit within a few years and also became CR 827.Florida Department of Transportation ''Official Florida Transportation Map'' 1998 Currently, only the part of the original SR 827 northwest of Browns Farm is currently signed as CR 827. The Broward County segment has since been relinquished from county control to the city of Parkland and is no longer signed CR 827.

Major intersections

References

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