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{{Short description|Two segments of road in Florida, US}}
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{{Infobox road
| state = FL
| type = CR
| route = 707
| name =
| marker_image =
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|from=County Road 707 (Treasure Coast).map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Segments of CR 707 in red, CR 723 in blue, CR 707A/CR 732 in purple
| maint = [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]], [[Martin County, Florida|Martin]], and [[St. Lucie County, Florida|St. Lucie]] counties
| length_mi = 28.8
| length_ref = <ref name=googlemaps-south>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/26.9522158,-80.0851772/27.0662133,-80.1162494/@27.0095244,-80.1664905,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-80.098864!2d27.026199!3s0x88ded808241f4739:0x774c84dfd97c01b3!1m0!3e0 |title=County Road 707 |access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref><ref name=googlemaps-north>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/27.2205529,-80.247358/27.4551628,-80.3250774/@27.3373811,-80.4091784,11z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-80.2180992!2d27.2229957!3s0x88dee76e8ab7ec55:0x1f9d360e525b1d32!3m4!1m2!1d-80.2793639!2d27.3494714!3s0x88deef7f745f937f:0x18b9af8a2e7b230a!1m0!3e0 |title=County Road 707 |access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref>
| established =
| section1 = Southern segment
| length_mi1 = 8.9
| length_ref1 = <ref name=googlemaps-south/>
| direction_a1 = South
| terminus_a1 = {{jct|state=FL|US|1|SR|811}} in [[Tequesta, Florida|Tequesta]]
| direction_b1 = North
| terminus_b1 = {{jct|state=FL|CR|708|county1=Martin}} in [[Jupiter Island, Florida|Jupiter Island]]
| section2 = Northern segment
| length_mi2 = 19.9
| length_ref2 = <ref name=googlemaps-north/>
| direction_a2 = South
| terminus_a2 = {{jct|state=FL|CR|723|county1=Martin}} in [[Stuart, Florida|Stuart]]
| direction_b2 = North
| terminus_b2 = {{jct|state=FL|SR|A1A}} in [[Fort Pierce, Florida|Fort Pierce]]
}}
'''County Road 707''' ('''CR&nbsp;707''') is a designation applied to two segments of road across three counties on [[Florida]]'s [[Treasure Coast]]. The entire road was formerly designated '''State Road 707''' (SR&nbsp;707) and has been gradually transferred to county jurisdiction.
In [[St. Lucie County, FL|St. Lucie County]], CR 707 is part of the '''Indian River Lagoon – Treasure Coast Scenic Highway''', a [[Florida Scenic Highway]].<ref name=scenic>{{cite web |url=https://floridascenichighways.com/our-byways/southern-region/indian-river-lagoon-treasure-coast/ |title=Indian River Lagoon – Treasure Coast Scenic Highway |publisher=[[Florida Scenic Highways]] |date=2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>
==Route description==
[[File:FL707 South Sign - Fort Pierce.jpg|thumb|left|A sign for (former) Florida State Road 707 in [[Fort Pierce, Florida|Fort Pierce]], before the road was decommissioned and turned over for county maintenance.]]
CR 707 exists in two sections. One extends along Beach Road, a former segment of [[SR A1A (FL)|SR A1A]], from [[US 1 (FL)|US 1]] and [[SR 811 (FL)|SR 811]] in [[Jupiter, FL|Jupiter]] to [[County Road 708 (Martin County, Florida)|CR 708]] in [[Jupiter Island, FL|Jupiter Island]]. The northern segment follows an old alignment of [[Dixie Highway]] from [[County Road 723 (Martin County, Florida)|CR 723]] in [[Stuart, Florida|Stuart]] to SR A1A in downtown [[Fort Pierce, FL|Fort Pierce]]. This segment is also known as Dixie Highway and Indian River Drive and runs parallel to the [[Florida East Coast Railroad]] tracks from Fort Pierce to [[Jensen Beach, Florida|Jensen Beach]]. Communities served by this segment include [[Eden, Florida|Eden]], [[Walton, Florida|Walton]], [[Ankona, Florida|Ankona]], and [[Eldred, Florida|Eldred]].
==History==
In addition to the two segments of CR 707, SR 707 also included {{convert|2|mi}} of Old Dixie Highway from the south end of the [[Old Roosevelt Bridge]] in [[Stuart, FL|Stuart]] to the intersection of Savannah Road ([[County Road 723 (Martin County, Florida)|CR 723]]) near [[Rio, FL|Rio]], was transferred to the city of Stuart in 2012 or 2013.<ref>[http://www.martinmpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130403_JT_BPAC_-CAC_TAC_Agenda_Apr._3_2013S.pdf Roadway Transfer Agreement], June 6, 2012 (pp. 19-23)</ref><ref>[http://www.martin.fl.us/documents2010/correspondence/eng/2014/eng2014L59.pdf Letter from Martin County to FDOT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111204218/http://www.martin.fl.us/documents2010/correspondence/eng/2014/eng2014L59.pdf |date=2015-01-11 }}, November 22, 2013</ref> This segment is not part of CR 707 and is maintained locally.
Unlike the St. Lucie County segment of the former SR 707, the Martin County segment did not parallel the FEC rails as the former alignment of Dixie Highway. This was done by a former alignment of [[State Road A1A (Florida)|SR A1A]], now designated '''County Road A1A''', from Stuart to Jupiter. Former alignments of Dixie Highway in southern Florida include [[State Road 811 (Florida)|SR 811]] and County Road 811 in [[Palm Beach County]], SR 811 and the former [[State Road 909 (Florida)|SR 5A]] in [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]], and [[State Road 909 (Florida)|SR 909]] and the former [[State Road 815 (Florida)|SR 815]] in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]].
The southern segment of CR 707 was formerly designated "SR A1A Alternate" before it was SR 707. This alternate designation still continues south from CR 707's southern terminus along [[SR 811 (FL)|SR 811]].
==Related routes==
===Jensen Beach Boulevard===
[[File:Florida SR 732-Martin CR 707A 003.JPG|thumb|left|300px|A July 2010 photograph of Savannah Road south of Jensen Beach Boulevard, indicating the transition from SR 732 to CR 707A at this intersection.]]
Jensen Beach Boulevard, a {{convert|2.9|mi|km|adj=on}} east&ndash;west street, was formerly signed '''State Road 707A''' as a spur route connecting Federal Highway ([[US 1 (FL)|US 1]]) in [[Jensen Beach, Florida|Jensen Beach]] to Indian River Drive (CR 707) in [[Ocean Breeze, Florida|Ocean Breeze]].
In the 1990s, the [[Florida Department of Transportation]] removed the [[Florida State Roads|State Road]] from several routes in the Stuart area, including SR 707A.{{cn|date=February 2014}} Jensen Beach Boulevard was then redesignated '''County Road 732''', not to be confused with [[State Road 732 (Florida)|SR 732]], which is the nearby Jensen Beach Causeway. However, conflicting signage on Jensen Beach Boulevard indicates it is part of SR 732, CR 732, as well as '''County Road 707A'''. At its westernmost intersection with US 1 it is signed CR 732.<ref name=cr732signage>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2450589,-80.2719862,3a,26.7y,11.64h,89.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJbnbTQZjNMN_N31kj193Sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 |title=3321 Northwest Federal Highway |accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref> At an intersection with Royal Park Drive, the road is signed as SR 732 on a green street sign.<ref name=sr732signage>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2455007,-80.2631907,3a,60.6y,349.73h,92.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4URoHf9f_IeH2Hj77yU9CQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 |title=NW Jensen Beach Boulevard |accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref> At Savannah Road (CR 723), a green sign depicts this intersection as the eastern terminus of SR 732 and the western terminus of CR 707A. (see image at left)
A FDOT-published county map from February 2002 listed the road as solely CR 732.<ref name=countymap2002>{{cite web |url=https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/co-gis/countymaps/color/mart-c.pdf?sfvrsn=898f3236_2 |title=General Highway Map, Martin County, Florida |publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]], Surveying and Mapping Office |date=February 2002 |accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref> However, the map's 2015 update shows the road as solely CR 707A.<ref name=countymap2017>{{cite web |url=https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/co-gis/countymaps/newformat/mrt2015.pdf?sfvrsn=e070b2ac_0 |title=General Highway Map, Martin County, Florida |publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]], Surveying and Mapping Office |date=September 2015 |accessdate=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
===County Road 723 (formerly State Road 723)===
The former '''State Road 723''' was also a signed north-south [[spur route|spur]] of SR 707. A 1.8-mile-long north&ndash;south street locally known as Savannah Road, the former State Road (and current '''County Road 723''') extends from an intersection with Dixie Highway (SR 707) and Cardinal Avenue in Rio to an intersection with Jensen Beach Boulevard (former SR 707A/current CR 732) in Jensen Beach.  Savannah Road is primarily a [[commerce|commercial]] highway even though it is lined with residential developments.  Shopping centers are clustered near its interchange with Jensen Beach Boulevard while business and [[industrial park]]s straddle the county road near its southern terminus. State road shields were removed in the 1990s.
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==Major intersections==
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{{FLint
|county=Palm Beach
|cspan=2
|location1=Jupiter
|location2=Tequesta
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=FL|US|1|SR|811|dir2=south|name2=Beach Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 811; US 1 is unsigned [[SR 5 (FL)|SR 5]] and [[SR A1A (FL)|SR A1A]]
}}
{{jctbridge
|location_special=[[Indian River (Florida)|Jupiter Sound]]
|mile=0.4
|bridge=Jupiter Island Bridge
}}
{{FLint
|county=Martin
|cspan=6
|location=Jupiter Island
|mile=8.9
|road={{jct|state=FL|CR|708|county1=Martin|dir1=west|name1=Southeast Bridge Road|road|North Beach Road}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of CR 708; continues north to a dead end
}}
{{jctgap}}
{{FLint
|location=Stuart
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=FL|CR|723|county1=Martin|dir1=north|name1=Savannah Road|road|[[Dixie Highway]] south}}
|notes=Southern terminus of CR 723
}}
{{FLint
|location=Jensen Beach
|lspan=3
|mile=2.4
|road=Sewalls Point Road south
|notes=To [[SR A1A (FL)|SR A1A]]
}}
{{FLint
|mile=4.1
|road={{jctname|state=FL|CR|707A|county1=Martin|noshield1=yes|dir1=west|name1=Jensen Beach Boulevard|location1=[[Jensen Beach, Florida|Historical Downtown]]}}
|notes=Former SR 707A
}}
{{FLint
|mile=4.5
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|732|dir1=east|location1=[[Hutchinson Island (Florida)|Hutchinson Island]]}}
|notes=[[Traffic circle]]
}}
{{FLint
|county=St. Lucie
|cspan=5
|location=Indian River Estates
|mile=14.5
|road={{jct|state=FL|CR|712|county1=St. Lucie|dir1=west|name1=Midway Road}}
|notes=Former eastern terminus of SR 712
}}
{{FLint
|location=Fort Pierce
|lspan=4
|mile=19.2
|road=[[File:US 1.svg|20px|link=]] Citrus Avenue to [[US 1 (FL)|US 1]]
|notes=Traffic circle
}}
{{FLint
|mile=19.4
|road=Orange Avenue
|notes=Former eastern terminus of [[SR 68 (FL)|SR 68]]
}}
{{FLint
|mile=19.9
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|A1A|name1=Seaway Drive|road|Indian River Drive north}}
|notes=Seaway Dr provides access to the Hutchinson Island Beaches via the South Causeway
}}
{{FLint
|mile=20.02
|road=Fishermans Wharf
|notes=Northern Terminus of Indian River Drive
}}
{{jctbtm}}
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{commons category inline|Florida State Road 707}}
[[Category:Former state highways in Florida|707]]
[[Category:County roads in Palm Beach County, Florida|707]]
[[Category:County roads in Martin County, Florida|707]]
[[Category:County roads in St. Lucie County, Florida|707]]
[[Category:Stuart, Florida]]
[[Category:Jensen Beach, Florida]]
[[Category:Fort Pierce, Florida]]