State Road 586, also known as Curlew Road, is a

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in the U.S. state of

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. A five-mile-long east–west street serving northern

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, it currently extends from an intersection with Bayshore Boulevard ( U.S. Route 19 Alternate (US 19 Alt.) and SR 595) in

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eastward to an intersection with Tampa Road ( SR 584 to the southeast, CR 752 - a former alignment of SR 584 - to the northwest) in

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. Curlew Road continues west as Causeway Boulevard (CR 586), which crosses Pope Channel (and the

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) and ends at the entrance to

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. A continuation to the east (after a slight turn to the east-southeast) puts motorists on Tampa Road, which is SR 584 at the turn and becomes SR 580 two miles (3 km) afterward.

Route description

SR 586 begins at an intersection with US 19 Alt./ SR 595 in

, heading east on Curlew Road, a divided highway with two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane. Past the western terminus, the road continues as Causeway Boulevard, which heads to

. From the western terminus, the road heads into residential areas with some woods as a three-lane road with a

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. SR 586 becomes a four-lane divided highway and crosses CR 1 and becomes the border between Palm Harbor to the north and Dunedin to the south. The highway continues along the southern border of Palm Harbor and intersects CR 501. Following this, the road heads into an area of businesses and widens to six lanes as it comes to a junction with

US 19 U.S. Route 19 or U.S. Highway 19 (US 19) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in the Eastern United States. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways, the route has remained a long-haul road, connecting the Gulf of Mex ...

/ SR 55. Past here, SR 586 continues back into residential neighborhoods and becomes the border between Palm Harbor to the north and Clearwater to the south. The road intersects the southern terminus of CR 90 and passes through less dense areas of development prior to an intersection with CR 611. After this junction, the highway comes to a bridge over Lake Tarpon Canal, at which point it enters

. SR 586 passes a shopping center to the north and homes to the south before it comes to its eastern terminus at an intersection with Tampa Road, which heads northwest as CR 752 and southwest as SR 584.

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