Florida State Road 686
highway in Florida
State Road 686 (SR 686) is an east–west route in Pinellas County, running from U.S. Route 19 Alternate (Alt. US 19) in Largo east to an intersection with SR 687 (4th Street) and SR 694 (Gandy Boulevard) in St. Petersburg, Florida. Originally, SR 686 extended further west, ending at Gulf Boulevard in Belleair Beach, next to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
Route description
SR 686 begins at US 19 Alt, running east as East Bay Drive. It runs through Largo, where it crosses an interchange with US 19 and east of the intersection, SR 686 is known as Roosevelt Boulevard, named for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It then travels in a southeastern direction through Clearwater, intersecting CR 611 south of the Bayside Bridge and on the west side of St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport. Here, SR 686A begins and runs raised in the median of SR 686 until it intersects SR 688 (Ulmerton Road). SR 686 then heads east with a concurrency with SR 688 for just under a mile.
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