Florida State Road 686

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State Road 686 is an east-west route in Pinellas County running east from Belleair Beach, through Largo, Florida to the eastern side of the county, then southeasterly to northeastern St. Petersburg, Florida. It connects with US 19 and Interstate 275. It then meanders further to the southeast, and ends at an intersection with 4th Street (State Road 687) and Gandy Boulevard, State Road 694.

The highway changes its name several times as it heads east across Pinellas County. From Gulf Boulevard in Belleair Beach, through Belleair Bluffs, Florida to Indian Rocks Road it is Belleair Causeway. Now in Largo, it becomes West Bay Drive. West Bay Drive is historically Largo's "Main Street". At the intersection with Missourri Avenue/Seminole Boulevard, it becomes East Bay Drive. It remains East Bay Drive until it crosses US 19, where it becomes Roosevelt Boulevard, named for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

As Roosevelt Boulevard, it continues east through and out of Largo. It turns southeast and then south to merge with Ulmerton Road, State Road 688 for just under a mile. Leaving Ulmerton, it again turns to the southeast, enters St. Petersburg, Florida and runs southeast to the intersection with 4th Street and Gandy Boulevard.

[edit] References and further reading

Largo Area Historical Society. From Pines and Palmettos-- A portrait of Largo. The Donning Company Publishers. Virginia Beach, Va. 2005.

Largo Bicentennial Book Committee. Largo, then till . . . . Largo Area Historical Society. 1979.

Pinellas County Staff. Pinellas County GIS Viewer. Online May 6, 2006.

Florida State Roads
Preceded by 685A	State Road 686	Succeeded by 687