# Florida State Road 786 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Florida_State_Road_786 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Florida_State_Road_786.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Road_786 > Source revision: 1321237235 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|State highway in Florida, United States}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=FL |type=SR |route=786 |alternate_name=PGA Boulevard |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|from=Florida State Road 786.map}} |map_custom=yes |maint=[FDOT](/source/FDOT) |length_mi=8.647 |length_round=3 |length_ref= |established= |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{Jct|state=FL|SR|710}} in [Palm Beach Gardens](/source/Palm_Beach_Gardens%2C_Florida) |junction={{jct|state=FL|FLTP|}} in Palm Beach Gardens
{{jct|state=FL|I|95}} in Palm Beach Gardens |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{Jct|state=FL|US|1|SR|A1A}} in Palm Beach Gardens |counties=[Palm Beach](/source/Palm_Beach_County%2C_Florida) |previous_type=SR |previous_route=780 |next_type=SR |next_route=789 }} '''State Road 786''' ('''SR 786'''), locally known as '''PGA Boulevard''', is an {{convert|8.6|mi|2|adj=mid|-long}} east–west highway located completely within the city limits of [Palm Beach Gardens, Florida](/source/Palm_Beach_Gardens%2C_Florida). Serving as the major east-west route in the city, it spans from the Bee Line Highway ([SR 710](/source/SR_710_(FL))) to Federal Highway ([U.S. Route 1](/source/US_1_(FL)) or US 1) and [SR A1A](/source/SR_A1A_(FL)). ==Route description== The western terminus is an intersection with Bee Line Highway ([SR 710](/source/State_Road_710_(Florida))) near [North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport](/source/North_Palm_Beach_County_General_Aviation_Airport) at the Palm Beach Gardens city limits. It begins as a two lane road through undeveloped sections of Palm Beach Gardens, with the first development on the road occurring after a canal crossing two miles from the western terminus and becomes a four lane road. The road then creates the border between two major golf country clubs, with the Country Club at Mirasol to the north and the [Professional Golfers' Association of America](/source/Professional_Golfers'_Association_of_America)'s [National Golf Club](/source/PGA_National_Golf_Club), where PGA Boulevard receives its name, to the south. Following the Avenue of Champions/Jog Road intersection, SR 786 reaches the intersection with [Florida's Turnpike](/source/Florida's_Turnpike) (SR 91), with an overpass with the toll road just east of it. To the east of the Turnpike, PGA Boulevard borders the [BallenIsles Country Club](/source/BallenIsles) to the south, and other residential communities to the north, and quickly transitions to a commercial road, with a shopping center on both sides of the road heading closer to [Military Trail](/source/Florida_State_Road_809). After this interchange, PGA Boulevard moves to the northeast and quickly approaches the interchange with [Interstate](/source/Interstate_95_in_Florida) (I-95 or [SR 9](/source/State_Road_9_(Florida))), an overpass with [SR 811](/source/Florida_State_Road_811) and access via a side road. This overpass also crosses the [Florida East Coast Railway](/source/Florida_East_Coast_Railway), where [Tri-Rail](/source/Tri-Rail) has proposed [adding a station](/source/PGA_Boulevard_station). Afterwards, the road heads straight east and forms the southern boundary of [The Gardens Mall](/source/The_Gardens_Mall), with other shopping centers on the southern side of the road. At the southeast end of the mall, the southern side of PGA Blvd. forms the northern border of the [Palm Beach State College](/source/Palm_Beach_State_College) Palm Beach Gardens campus until an intersection with Prosperity Farms Road. Afterwards, the road passes through a drawbridge over a canal before reaching the eastern terminus at the intersection with Federal Highway (US 1-[SR 5](/source/State_Road_5_(Florida))) and [SR A1A](/source/State_Road_A1A_(Florida)). East of US 1, PGA Boulevard becomes Ocean Boulevard and SR A1A, which continue along a [barrier island](/source/barrier_island) of the [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) and pass through [John D. MacArthur Beach State Park](/source/John_D._MacArthur_Beach_State_Park).{{Cite map | title = Map of State Road 786 | year = 2009 |publisher=MapQuest, Inc. | url = http://www.mapquest.com/mq/8-750* | accessdate =2010-06-23 }}{{cite map |publisher = Palm Beach County, Florida |title = Municipalities of Palm Beach County, Florida |url = http://www.pbcgov.com/PZB/Maps/pdfs/Municipalities36x60.pdf |year = 2010 |cartography = Palm Beach County GIS |accessdate = 23 June 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160125230133/http://www.pbcgov.com/pzb/maps/pdfs/Municipalities36x60.pdf |archivedate = 25 January 2016 }} ==History== Most of the original alignment of the highway was known as "Monet Road" (named for a settlement located near the modern day intersection of RCA Boulevard and SR 811 in Palm Beach Gardens){{cite topoquest|quad=Riviera Beach|lat=26.83792|lon=80.093588|zoom=4|accessdate=January 23, 2020}} and was a gravel road. The highway had received the "PGA Boulevard" name in 1965 six years after the incorporation of Palm Beach Gardens at the request of the city's founder [John D. MacArthur](/source/John_D._MacArthur).{{cite news |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/new-how-the-pga-america-helped-palm-beach-gardens-grow/dO7P2iwuCnVlGlCXavSRAI/ |title=NEW: How the PGA of America helped Palm Beach Gardens grow up |first=Sarah |last=Peters |date=March 8, 2018 |newspaper=[Palm Beach Post](/source/Palm_Beach_Post) |accessdate=January 23, 2020}} Following a realignment of SR 786 east of I-95, a portion of the old road was renamed "RCA Boulevard" due to the road serving a new [RCA](/source/RCA_Corporation) factory there.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/133268269/ |title=Transformation of PGA Boulevard |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited |date=September 2, 1997 |first=Joe |last=Capozzi |newspaper=Palm Beach Post |accessdate=January 23, 2020}} From 1973 until 1987, SR 786 served as the temporary northern terminus of I-95 in southeastern Florida, when a previously approved alignment in which I-95 would be cosigned with Florida's Turnpike for a {{convert|41|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch from PGA Boulevard northbound to [SR 70](/source/State_Road_70_(Florida)) in [Fort Pierce](/source/Fort_Pierce%2C_Florida) was rescinded in favor of a separate alignment for I-95"Squabbles unnecessary". Boca Raton News 10 May 1973: 4A"Free Roads Vs. Toll: A Secret Stall?" St. Petersburg Times 21 Apr 1963: 1D"Toll-Free I-95 In State Still A Long Way Off". St. Petersburg Times 11 Nov 1967: 3B. Retrieved 11 Aug 2009."I-95 'Missing Link' Okayed". Lakeland Ledger 19 Apr 1973: 4A The portion of I-95 north of PGA Boulevard was completed in 1987."Gap In I-95 To Close Saturday". Miami Herald 13 Dec 1987: 1A Since then, PGA Boulevard has become an important commercial and [commuter](/source/commuting) route due to the rapid population growth in northeastern Palm Beach County. ==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=FL|county=Palm Beach|location=Palm Beach Gardens|length_ref={{FDOT cite |id=104218 |date=October 19, 2018 |accessdate=January 7, 2020}}}} {{FLint |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=FL|SR|710|name1=Bee-Line Highway|city1=Indiantown|city2=Okeechobee}} }} {{FLint |mile=4.129 |type=toll |road={{jct|state=FL|FLTP||city1=Orlando|city2=Miami}} |notes=Exit 109 on Turnpike }} {{FLint |mile=5.778 |road={{jct|state=FL|SR|809|dir1=south|CR|809|county2=Palm Beach|dir2=north|name2=[Military Trail](/source/Military_Trail_(Florida))}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 809; southern terminus of CR 809 }} {{FLint |mile=6.02 |road={{jct|state=FL|I|95|city1=Daytona Beach|city2=West Palm Beach}} |notes=Exit 79 on I-95 }} {{FLint |mile=6.5 |road={{jct|state=FL|SR|811|name1=[Alternate A1A](/source/Alternate_A1A_(Palm_Beach))}} |notes=Grade-separated interchange; former routing of [Dixie Highway](/source/Dixie_Highway) and SR A1A }} {{jctbridge |mile=8.273 |mile2=8.345 |bridge=PGA Boulevard Bridge over [Lake Worth Creek](/source/Atlantic_Intracoastal_Waterway) }} {{FLint |mile=8.647 |road={{jct|state=FL|US|1|name1=Federal Highway|SR|A1A|dir2=south|name2=Jack Nicklaus Drive}} }} {{jctbtm|keys=toll}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Attached KML}} *[https://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2012/06/14/when-pga-boulevard-was-a-two-lane-gravel-path/ When PGA Boulevard was a two-lane gravel path] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108222538/http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2012/06/14/when-pga-boulevard-was-a-two-lane-gravel-path/ |date=January 8, 2020 }} - Sarah E. Skinner, Historic Palm Beach Blog, June 14, 2012 786 786 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Florida State Road 786](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Road_786) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Road_786?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.