Florida State Road 686

State Road 686 marker
State Road 686
SR 686 in red, SR 686A in green, CR 416 in blue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length10.823 mi (17.418 km)
Major junctions
West end
 US 19 Alt. in Largo
Major intersections
East end US 92 / SR 687 / SR 694 in St. Petersburg
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesPinellas
Highway system
← SR 685→ SR 686A

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. At the end of the concurrency, SR 686 once again heads southeast, entering St. Petersburg. An interchange with Interstate 275 (I-275) follows, and SR 686 ends at the intersection with SR 687 (4th Street) and SR 694 (Gandy Boulevard).

Major intersections

The entire route is in Pinellas County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Largo0.0000.000
 US 19 Alt. (Missouri Avenue / Seminole Boulevard / SR 595) / West Bay Drive (CR 416 west) – Clearwater, Seminole, Beaches		Western terminus
0.7891.270
 CR 375 north (Highland Avenue)
1.1571.862Alternate Keene Road (CR 395 north)
1.5482.491 CR 1 (Keene Road / Starkey Road)
2.5674.131Belcher Road (CR 501)
3.555.71 US 19 (SR 55) – Clearwater, Pinellas Park, St. PetersburgInterchange
4.0616.53662nd Street North (CR 565 south)
4.7327.615Avalon Avenue (CR 595 south)
5.468.79
 SR 686A south / CR 611 (Bayside Bridge / 49th Street) – Clearwater, Pinellas Park		Interchange
​6.0799.783St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport
Pinellas Park6.90311.109
 SR 688 west (Ulmerton Road) – Indian Rocks Beach		Interchange; west end of SR 688 overlap; no access from SR 688 east to SR 686 west
St. Petersburg7.86712.661


 SR 688 east (Ulmerton Road) to I-275 north – Tampa		Interchange; east end of SR 688 overlap
Pinellas Park–St. Petersburg line8.50313.68428th Street North (CR 682 south)
St. Petersburg9.3114.98 I-275 (SR 93) – Tampa, St. PetersburgExit 30 (I-275)
10.27216.531

 CR 803 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North) to I-275 north – Tampa, St. Petersburg
10.82317.418
 US 92 / SR 694 west (Gandy Boulevard / 4th Street North / SR 600 east / SR 687)		Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

State Road 686A

State Road 686A marker
State Road 686A
LocationSt. Petersburg
Length2.8 mi (4.5 km)

State Road 686A (SR 686A) is a controlled-access toll road in St. Petersburg. The route begins at CR 611 just south of the Bayside Bridge in Largo, along SR 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard), before branching off until terminating at SR 690, another controlled-access toll road, where it runs along CR 296 (118th Avenue) in Pinellas Park. SR 686A and SR 690 both constitute the Gateway Expressway.

SR 686A is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) long, while SR 690 is 3.2 miles (5.1 km) long. SR 690 runs from US 19 in Pinellas Park east along CR 296 before terminating at I-275 in St. Petersburg.

County Road 416

County Road 416 marker
County Road 416
LocationLargo
Length3.47 mi (5.58 km)
The Belleair Beach City Hall is located at 444 Causeway Blvd
Looking northeast from new Belleair Causeway bridge over intracoastal water toward Belleair and Belleair Shore; Pinellas County Boatramp Park in foreground

County Road 416 extends from Gulf Boulevard in Belleair Beach, east to Seminole Boulevard/Missouri Avenue 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".

References

  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) FDOT Federal-Aid Report

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