  State Road 68 and County Road 68 | ||||
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 SR 68 highlighted in red and CR 68 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT east of Kings Highway and St. Lucie County west of Kings Highway | ||||
| Length | 29.695 mi[1] (47.789 km) 4.495 miles (7.234 km) as SR 68 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 441 near Okeechobee | |||
 SR 713 near Fort Pierce I-95 near Fort Pierce | ||||
| East end |  US 1 in Fort Pierce | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| County | St. Lucie | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Known locally as Orange Avenue, State Road 68 (SR 68) is a 4.5-mile-long east–west street in Fort Pierce, Florida. The eastern terminus of SR 68 is at an intersection with North Fourth Street (US 1-SR 5); the roadway continues east a short distance towards Indian River Drive (County Road 707) in downtown Fort Pierce without state or county designation. The western terminus is with Kings Highway (SR 713), just west of Interstate 95 (SR 9). West of Kings Highway, Orange Avenue transitions into County Road 68, heading west for another 25.2 miles (40.6 km), maintaining the CR 68 designation as it crosses into Okeechobee County before ending at an intersection with US 441.[2]
Initially a key road in the citrus industry, SR 68 has since become an important commuter road providing the residences of central Fort Pierce with access to Interstate 95 (SR 9) 0.3 miles east of SR 713. The rural nature of the western end of SR 68 is slowly giving way to urbanization, a trend throughout the Atlantic coast of the State of Florida, as orange groves are gradually being replaced by residential developments.
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