Signed east–west, the 57-mile-long State Road 710 is a northwest-southeast route connecting SR 70

State Road 70 (Florida)

Stretching across the Florida peninsula, State Road 70 spans five Florida counties and straddles the northern boundaries of two more. Its western terminus is at US 41 in Bradenton ; its eastern terminus is an intersection of Virginia Avenue and South Fourth Street in Fort Pierce Stretching ...

 near Cypress Quarters

Cypress Quarters, Florida

Cypress Quarters is a census-designated place in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,150 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cypress Quarters is located at ....

 three miles (5 km) from the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee , locally referred to as The Lake or The Big O, is the largest freshwater lake in the state of Florida. It is the seventh largest freshwater lake in the United States and the second largest freshwater lake contained entirely within the lower 48 states...

 in south central Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

 to U.S. Route 1 in Riviera Beach

Riviera Beach, Florida

Riviera Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.A. which was incorporated September 29, 1922. Because of where its eastern boundary lies, it is also the easternmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area. The population was 29,884 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the...

. Most of the route is also known as Bee Line Highway (not to be confused with the former Bee Line Expressway

State Road 528 (Florida)

State Road 528 , the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway , is a long state highway in the U.S. state of Florida. It is a mostly-tolled expressway connecting Interstate 4 in southwest Orlando with Cape Canaveral...

, a toll road

Toll road

A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...

 serving central Florida between Orlando

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

 and Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 8,829 at the 2000 census. As of 2008, the estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 10,147...

). The name is apt, for it parallels the railroad tracks maintained by Seaboard Coast Line and used by Amtrak

Amtrak

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; and doesn’t have a turn or curve in the 48 miles (77.2 km) southeast of Sherman, except for a small bend northwest of North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport

North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport

North Palm Beach County Airport , also known as North County Airport, is an uncontrolled general aviation airport located 12 nautical miles northwest of West Palm Beach off the Bee Line Highway in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida...

. In Riviera Beach, an “eastbound” motorist traveling along SR 710 would turn left to the east and travel along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Eighth Street) to Federal Highway (US 1).

Bee Line Highway traverses the woodland

Woodland

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s and wetland

Wetland

A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorised by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions....

s north and east of Lake Okeechobee, with an occasional farm near its northwestern end. It is a popular truck route that is used as an alternative to US 441/US 98/SR 700

State Road 700 (Florida)

State Road 700 is the mostly unsigned Florida Department of Transportation State Road designation of US 98 between Chassahowitzka and Twentymile Bend...

. In addition to the cities at its termini and Sherman, Indiantown

Indiantown, Florida

Indiantown is a census-designated place in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,588 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

 (near the St. Lucie Canal and midway along the Bee Line stretch) and West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...

have the street within their city limits.

History

For a year in the 1940s, Bee Line Highway was designated State Road 66 before the number was changed to 710.