State Road 688 East

SR 688 (Walsingham Road) intersects Oakhurst Road (CR 233) by Indian Rocks Shopping Center in west Largo. A guide sign alludes to the former status of Oakhurst Road as Florida Secondary 694 south to Park Boulevard and 697 north to Belleair.

05/04/19

Eastbound SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) reaches SR 693 (66th Street N) just prior to U.S. 19. SR 693 runs south to South Pasadena and north to U.S. 19 north nearby.

11/26/03

State Road 688 shield posted after SR 693 (66th Street N) in Largo.

11/13/07

Advancing to U.S. 19 on SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) east, a single point urban interchange joins the two highways.
This stretch of Ulmerton Road was expanded to eight lanes during 2007-08.

11/13/07

Frontage roads links SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) and U.S. 19. U.S. 19 leads southeast into east Pinellas Park, Lealman and St. Petersburg.
This sign bridge was replaced after 2008 during widening of Ulmerton Road.

11/13/07

SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) advance a half mile east from CR 611 (49th Street N) to the exchange with SR 686A (Gateway Expressway). Construction on the toll road commenced in 2017. The Gateway Expressway opened to traffic on April 26, 2024.

02/27/22

Ulmerton Road continues between a series of industrial parks from 49th Street N to SR 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard).

02/27/22

The SR 686A branch of the Gateway Expressway connects CR 611 (Bayside Bridge) with SR 690 west of Interstate 275.

02/27/22

An entrance ramp links SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) east with SR 686A south.

02/27/22

SR 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard) combines with SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) east at the half diamond interchange with the Gateway Expressway (SR 686A).

02/27/22

40th Street N leads south from Ulmerton Road to CR 296 (Bryan Dairy Road) by Airway Industrial Park. A traffic light was removed here during work to upgrade Ulmerton Road.

02/27/22

A traffic light operates at Ulmerton Road and 38th Street N, a local road to Airway Industrial Park.

06/05/20

The separation of SR 686 from SR 688 for Roosevelt Boulevard southeast to north St. Petersburg lies beyond 34th Street N. Traffic to I-275 south is directed onto SR 686, as there is no direct access to southbound from SR 688 east.

12/24/21

34th Street N heads south to Meridian Gateway Center and Gateway Industrial Park between Ulmerton Road and CR 296 (118th Avenue N).

06/05/20

SR 686/688 (Ulmerton Road) enter the St. Petersburg city limits just ahead of their separation at Roosevelt Boulevard.

06/05/20

SR 686 branches southeast along Roosevelt Boulevard from a wye interchange with SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) to the Gateway area in north St. Petersburg.

12/24/21

SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) extends another 1.51 miles east from SR 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard) to I-275 just southwest of the Howard Frankland Bridge. The overpass linking SR 686 west with SR 688 west was completed by early 2015.

12/24/21

Ulmerton Road lines the south side of Feather Sound, an unincorporated collection of neighborhoods, businesses and a golf course.

12/31/19

This distance sign posted 13 miles southwest of Tampa was removed by 2015 as an extended turn lane was added for Carillon Parkway West.

07/06/13

Egret Boulevard connects SR 688 with Feather Sound Square Shopping Center and an apartment complex as one of two entrances to Feather South from Ulmerton Road east. Carillon Parkway West provides the first of four access points to the Carillon Business Complex.

12/31/19

Feather Sound Drive connects SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) with a loop encircling Feather Sound to the north. Carillon Parkway East extends south as a loop through Carillon.

12/31/19

State Road 688 (Ulmerton Road) east defaults onto Interstate 275 north. The right lane provides access to the freeway south for St. Petersburg.

12/31/19

The southbound ramp also connects with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street (CR 803) south. CR 803 (9th Street N) parallels SR 687 and U.S. 92 (4th Street N) southward through the Gateway and Fossil Park communities of north St. Petersburg en route toward Downtown.

12/31/19

SR 688 east at the southbound off-ramp to I-275 and CR 803. Since this exchange falls within the St. Petersburg city limits, Bradenton is the southbound control point. The Manatee County seat is a 32 mile drive to the south via I-275, U.S. 19 and U.S. 41.

12/31/19

Construction from May 2002 to January 2005 expanded the wye interchange between the two highways with ramps to I-275 south and Martin Luther King, Jr. Street.

12/31/19

Motorists continuing onto I-275 north across the Howard Frankland Bridge reach the Westshore Interchange with SR 60 (Memorial Highway / Kennedy Boulevard) in eight miles. The two lane ramp curves northward to join I-275 ahead of the wye interchange with adjacent SR 687 (4th Street N).

07/16/13