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Do not fill this in! === Transportation === [[File:Town of Palm Beach - lake bikeway.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Lake Trail along the Intracoastal Waterway]] Three bridges traverse the [[Intracoastal Waterway]], linking Palm Beach and West Palm Beach by roadway.<ref name="drawbridge">{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/PDF/Publications/Draw_Bridge_Schedule.pdf|title=Drawbridge openings in Palm Beach County|publisher=Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> The northernmost bridge, the Flagler Memorial Bridge, is along [[Florida State Road A1A|State Road A1A]],<ref name="drawbridge"/> which is locally known as Royal Poinciana Way in Palm Beach and Quadrille Boulevard in West Palm Beach.<ref name="atlas p. 60">{{cite web|url=http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg60.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 60)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> First opening in 1938,<ref name="key"/> the bridge underwent a 5-year reconstruction and renovation between 2012 and 2017 at a cost of $106 million.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://cbs12.com/news/local/flagler-memorial-bridge-reopens|title=Flagler Memorial Bridge reopens |first=Thomas |last=Forester |date=July 31, 2017 |work=WPEC |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> [[Florida State Road 704|State Road 704]], also known as Royal Palm Way in Palm Beach and Lakeview Avenue and Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach is the location of the middle bridge.<ref name="atlas p. 60"/> Named the [[Royal Park Bridge]], it first opened in 1911 and was most recently replaced in 2005.<ref name="key"/> The Southern Boulevard Bridge at the conjunction of [[U.S. Route 98]] and [[Florida State Road 80|State Road 80]] (locally known as Southern Boulevard) is the southernmost bridge.<ref name="atlas p. 72">{{cite web|url= http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg72.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 72)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> First completed in 1950,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108957960/the-palm-beach-post/|title=New Bridge Open To Traffic|date=September 15, 1950|page=1|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=September 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> the bridge underwent a $97 million replacement project between April 2017 and September 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/local/2022/09/01/new-southern-boulevard-bridge-connecting-west-palm-palm-beach-opens/7933835001/|author=Wagner, Jodie|date=September 1, 2022|title='A milestone for the community': New Southern Boulevard Bridge opens to traffic|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref> State Road A1A also runs northward through much of Palm Beach, beginning at the southern limits of the town as South Ocean Boulevard until being redirected onto South County Road, which later becomes North County Road. At Royal Poinciana Way, A1A turns westward onto that road and across the Flagler Memorial Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Straight-Line Diagrams Online GIS Web Application - Roadway: 93060000 SR A1A|url=https://fdotewp1.dot.state.fl.us/slogis/blank.aspx?docId=102698|pages=11β15|publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]]|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> State Roads 80 and 704 and U.S. Route 98 all terminate shortly after entering the town after intersecting with A1A.<ref name="atlas p. 60"/><ref name="atlas p. 72"/> The town has no interstate highways,<ref name="atlas p. 60"/><ref name="atlas p. 72"/> though [[Interstate 95]] passes through the nearby city of West Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg59.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 59)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> Private vehicles and taxis are the predominant means of transport in Palm Beach. Incidents of profiling of lower-cost cars and minorities have occurred, sometimes resulting in tense relations between visitors and the town.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/racially-profiled-in-palm-beach/278047/|title=Racially Profiled in Palm Beach |first=Kevin Noble |last=Maillard |date=July 23, 2013|newspaper=The Atlantic|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> The nearby city of West Palm Beach has two train stations. [[Tri-Rail]] and [[Amtrak]] serve the [[West Palm Beach station|Tamarind Avenue station]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbia.org/ground/public-transportation/|title=PBI Public Transportation|publisher=Palm Beach International Airport|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> while the [[Higher-speed rail|higher speed]] [[Brightline]] serves the [[West Palm Beach station (Brightline)|Evernia Street station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gobrightline.com/west-palm-beach|title=West Palm Beach|publisher=Brightline|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> Palm Beach is about {{convert|4.5|mi|km}} east of the [[Palm Beach International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/Faq.aspx?QID=143|title=How close is the nearest airport?|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> The northern and central portions of Palm Beach are served by [[Palm Tran]] Route 41, which travels to places in the town such as the Lake Worth Inlet, North County Road and Wells Road, [[Publix]] (Bradley Place and Sunrise Avenue), Royal Palm Way (State Road 704) and South County Road (State Road A1A), and various points between. The route returns to the Intermodal Transit Center in West Palm Beach, which connects to several other bus routes and is adjacent to the train station on Tamarind Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://tripplan.palmtran.org/img/pdf/41.pdf|title=West Palm Beach to Palm Beach Inlet - Route 41|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|date=2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page