West end: US 19 Alt. in Largo | Length 17.42 km | |
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East end: US 92 / SR 687 / SR 694 in St. Petersburg | ||
State Road 686 (SR 686) is an east–west route in Pinellas County, running from Alt US 19 in Largo east to an intersection with State Road 687 (4th Street) and State Road 694 (Gandy Boulevard) in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Map of FL-686, Florida, USA
Route description
State Road 686 begins at Alt US 19, 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, and intersects State Road 688 (Ulmerton Road), and heads east with a concurrency for just under a mile. At the end of the concurrency, SR 686 once again heads southeast, entering St. Petersburg. An interchange with Interstate 275 follows, and SR 686 ends at the intersection with SR 687 (4th Street) and SR 694 (Gandy Boulevard).
History
Originally, SR 686 extended further west, ending at Gulf Boulevard in Belleair Beach, next to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Pinellas County.
County Road 416
County Road 416 extends from Gulf Boulevard in Belleair Beach, east to Clearwater-Largo Road in Largo. The entirety of the route was previously signed as SR 686.
From Gulf Boulevard in Belleair Beach, through Belleair Bluffs to Indian Rocks Road, the road is called the Belleair Causeway. In Largo, it becomes West Bay Drive. West Bay Drive is historically Largo's "Main Street".