Florida State Road 869 (SR 869) is a 24-mile-long (39 km) state road located in western and northern Broward County, acting as a de facto bypass of Fort Lauderdale as well as the northern coastal and southern parts of the county extending north from a junction of I-75 (SR 93), I-595 (SR 862) in Sunrise to Coral Springs where it heads eastward towards Florida's Turnpike and intersecting I-95 before terminating at Southwest 10th Avenue in Deerfield Beach.

[1][2][5][6][7] The highway begins at the north end of the I-75/I-595 interchange in Sunrise, with the Everglades to the west and newer residential and commercial developments to the east of the expressway for the first 12 miles.

After a welcome sign, the expressway passes its lone free interchange to Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838), connecting to the Sawgrass Mills mall and passing through the Sunrise Toll Gantry, the first of two toll gantries on the road before reaching the exit for the Amerant Bank Arena, where the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League play; this interchange has no southbound exit.

Afterwards, it continues eastward, acting as the border between Parkland to the north of the expressway and Coral Springs to the south of it towards the interchange with University Drive (SR 817).

[1][5][8][10][11] There have been plans to extend the expressway east of the Turnpike to I-95 since the early 1990s, but local opposition has prevented it from going forward.

[12][13] Plans were approved in 2018 to create elevated tolled express lanes, with construction expected to begin in 2024.

[24][25] By 1990, however, the Sawgrass Expressway was plagued with a massive debt, light usage and was a subject of local political corruption.

[29] Commercial and residential developments boomed along the toll road in the late '80s and throughout the '90s, making it suitable for commuters.

[28] The swampland west of the Expressway is an Everglades Water Conservation Area and unlikely to be developed in the foreseeable future.

[9][36][37] The Sawgrass Expressway eliminated cash tolls on April 19, 2014, charging vehicles by SunPass or license plate information.