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
SR 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 (I-275) follows, and SR 686 ends at the intersection with SR 687 (4th Street) and SR 694 (Gandy Boulevard).
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State Road 686A State Road 686A (
SR 686A) is an under-construction state road in St. Petersburg. The route is being constructed along what is currently
County Road 296 consisting of 118th Avenue North and the 118th Avenue Connector, as part of the
Gateway Expressway. , the route is long, and is planned for 4 miles in length. The route currently runs from the foot of the 118th Avenue Connector westbound offramp (milepost 1.582) to just east of the I-275 on-ramps (milepost 3.021).
County Road 416 City Hall is located at 444 Causeway Blvd 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==