Florida State Road 686

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State Road 686

East Bay Drive
Roosevelt Boulevard

Length:

11.33 mi^[1] (18.23 km)

West end:

Alt US 19/SR 595/CR 416 in Largo

Major
junctions:

CR 501 in Largo

US 19 in Largo

CR 611 in Clearwater

SR 688 in Clearwater

I-275 in St. Petersburg

East end:

US 92/SR 687/SR 694 in St. Petersburg

Florida State and County Roads
< SR 685		SR 687 >

State Road 686 & former State Road 651 end at ALT US 19 in Largo, Florida; May 8, 2003

County Road 416

Belleair Causeway
West Bay Drive

Length:

3.00 mi^[2] (4.83 km)

West end:

CR 183 in Belleair Beach

East end:

Alt US 19/SR 595/SR 686 in Largo

Florida State and County Roads

The Belleair Beach City Hall is located at 444 Causeway Blvd

State Road 686 is an east-west route in Pinellas County originally running east from Belleair Beach, through Largo to the eastern side of the county, then southeasterly to northeastern St. Petersburg, Florida; it now ends at Alt US 19 in Largo. 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 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". Between Gulf Boulevard and Clearwater-Largo Road, the road is also known as Pinellas County Road 416. At the intersection with Missouri 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 and runs southeast to the intersection with 4th Street and Gandy Boulevard.