Florida State Road 688
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Length | 12.913 mi[1] (20.781 km) | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Florida | |||
Counties | Pinellas | |||
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State Road 688 (SR 688) is an east–west route in Pinellas County running from Indian Rocks Beach to northeastern St. Petersburg, Florida, where it merges onto Interstate 275 (I-275).
Route description
[edit]The highway changes its name as it heads east across Pinellas County. From Gulf Boulevard in Indian Rocks Beach, it runs along 5th Avenue and crosses the bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway as the Indian Rocks Causeway. Once off the causeway, it becomes Walsingham Road and runs on to the intersection of Walsingham and Ulmerton Roads. Walsingham continues east, but State Road 688 loops north and then east on Ulmerton Road. It skirts Largo before crossing U.S. Route 19 (US 19) and then merges briefly with Roosevelt Boulevard (SR 686). It continues into northeast St. Petersburg and its traffic merges with I-275.
History
[edit]Ulmerton Road was named for the community of Ulmers, which arose around Marion Ulmer's turpentine still, timber and naval stores interests in the first half of the twentieth century. In the 1950s, the area was very rural, and cattle were driven along the then dirt road. Today it carries traffic across the middle of the most densely populated county in Florida.
Major intersections
[edit]The entire route is in Pinellas County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Indian Rocks Beach | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
Indian Rocks Beach Largo | 0.283– 0.370 | 0.455– 0.595 | Indian Rocks Causeway over The Narrows (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) | ||
Largo | 0.693 | 1.115 | Hamlin Boulevard (CR 213 south) | ||
1.192 | 1.918 | ||||
1.948 | 3.135 | Vonn Road / 131st Street (CR 263) | |||
| 2.250 | 3.621 | Walsingham Road (CR 330 east) - Botanical Gardens, Heritage Village, Museum of Art | ||
Largo | 3.914 | 6.299 | Ridge Road (CR 313 south) | ||
4.035 | 6.494 | ||||
4.545 | 7.314 | ||||
| 5.541 | 8.917 | Lake Avenue Southeast (CR 375 north) | ||
Largo | 6.053 | 9.741 | |||
7.072 | 11.381 | Belcher Road (CR 501) | |||
8.114 | 13.058 | ||||
| 8.457– 8.546 | 13.610– 13.753 | |||
| 8.604 | 13.847 | 62nd Street North (CR 563) | ||
Pinellas Park | 9.851 | 15.854 | 49th Street North (CR 611) | ||
10.325– 10.403 | 16.616– 16.742 | West end of SR 686 overlap; no access from SR 688 east to SR 686 west | |||
St. Petersburg | 11.137– 11.570 | 17.923– 18.620 | Interchange; east end of SR 686 overlap | ||
12.913 | 20.781 | I-275 exit 31; no access from I-275 north or CR 803 north to SR 688 west | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Transportation and Data Analytics Office (September 27, 2019). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- 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. Archived 2005-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Online January 12, 2006.