Transportation
Medium of transportation in Boca Raton was through airways, rail, highways and waterways. The Boca Raton Airport is publicly owned and governed by a seven member Authority appointed by the City of Boca Raton and the Palm Beach County Commission.
U.S. Highway 1 passes through the city’s downtown, commercial, and industrial districts in the eastern part of the city.U.S. Highway 441 passes through commercial and residential districts west of the city limits. The Tri-Rail commuter rail system serves the city with its Boca Raton station located on the south side of Yamato Road just west of I-95.Long before any settlers arrived, the original 1870 government survey of the area showed that just west of and parallel to the Atlantic Ocean's coastal dune was the "Boca Ratones Lagoon", which extended south for nine miles (14.5 km) from just north of the present location of Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Along the southern half of the lagoon were three wide areas each called a "Lake", which are now named (north to south) Lake Rogers, Lake Wyman, and Lake Boca Raton.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city
has a total area of 75.4 km² (29.1 mi²). 70.4 km² (27.2 mi²) of it is land and 5.0 km² (1.9 mi²) of it (6.63%) is water. Boca Raton is a 'principal city' (as
defined by the Census Bureau) of the South Florida metropolitan area. Like most south Florida cities, Boca Raton has a water table that does not permit
building basements, but there are several high points in the city, such as 4th Avenue which is aptly named "High Street." The highest point in this area
is the guard shack at Camino Gardens, which is 24 ft (7.3 m) above sea level. The Boca Raton Hotel's Beach Club rests at 23 ft (7.0 m) above sea
level.
Several small tunnels run under roads in Boca, but the roads are built up several feet at these locations, or are
located on dunes. Several of these tunnels are under State Road A1A at Spanish River Park, from the west side of the road where parking is available to
beachgoers, to the east side of the road, which is where the beach is located. A1A is already higher than the surrounding land here due to sand dunes
formed by erosion and other natural features.
Transportation