west palm beach is on the east or west coast of florida.
is west palm beach on the east or west coast of florida?
palm beach
state road 704 begins at the intersection of okeechobee boulevard and state road 7, with commercial areas surrounding three of the corners. sr 704 heads east through the suburban west palm beach area known as century village passing by strip malls and gated communities. just east of its intersection with jog road, sr 704 crosses over florida's turnpike, and provides access to the turnpike just east of the bridge. at this point, okeechobee boulevard becomes a stroad, commercial and development becomes denser, and the west palm beach skyline becomes visible. the stroad continues, passing through haverhill boulevard, military trail and palm beach lakes boulevard. east of congress avenue, which provides access to palm beach international airport, sr 704 heads towards an interchange with interstate 95 (sr 9), crossing over it, and immediately crosses clear lake, with a diamond interchange with australian avenue at the eastern end of the lake. one block east of the interchange, sr 704 crosses railroad tracks owned by tri-rail (formerly the csx miami subdivision), and becomes a one-way pair, as it travels along the southern end of downtown west palm beach, passing by cityplace to the north and the palm beach county convention center to the south. east of the two complexes, okeechobee boulevard crosses the florida east coast railroad, and then the southbound lanes of us 1, with the eastbound lanes passing by the northern end of palm beach atlantic university from here to the intracoastal waterway. one block east of southbound us 1, sr 704 crosses the northbound lanes of us 1, with the westbound lanes becoming lakeview avenue. two blocks east of northbound us 1, sr 704 crosses the intracoastal waterway (lake worth) via the royal park bridge, and enters palm beach as royal palm way, and travels three blocks through the town before ending one block west of the ocean at sr a1a.
florida state road 704
the estimated 2012 population of west palm beach and the immediately adjacent census designated places is 134,795. much of this urbanized area lies directly west of the city and includes the neighborhoods of westgate, belvedere homes, lakeside green, century village, schall circle, lake belvedere estates, plantation mobile homes, and golden lakes. these neighborhoods are not technically within the boundaries of west palm beach, being located in unincorporated palm beach county. however, residents possess a "west palm beach" address and urban services, such as police, fire, parks, water and sewer, are provided by a combination of palm beach county and the city of west palm beach in these areas. the city of west palm beach also provides water and sewer service to the town of palm beach. the contiguous "urbanized" area, of which west palm beach is the core city, includes most of eastern palm beach county and has an estimated 2008 population of around 1,250,000.
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