Its western terminus is a traffic circle with Coral Ridge Drive, providing access to the Saturnia retirement community and Sunrise Park Elementary School.

It proceeds east, serving as the primary access road for the many gated communities and golf clubs in the area, and also passes over Florida's Turnpike.

At an intersection with Jog Road (formerly SR 845), Yamato provides access to the Woodfield Plaza shopping center and Spanish River Community High School.

CR 794 and Yamato continue east, intersecting with Saint Andrews Boulevard (a primary arterial road in Boca Raton) before transitioning to SR 794 at Military Trail.

The highway continues eastward as a six-lane arterial into the interchange, crossing under the interstate and entering a densely populated part of Boca Raton.