History
The historic western terminus of State Road 68 is about 42 miles (68 km) west of the current one. Originally, SR 68 extended from Micco Bluff Road west of Basinger near the Kissimmee River, following US 98-SR 700, Northeast 160th Street (present Okeechobee County Road 68), Parrott Avenue (US 441-SR 15), Northeast 224th Street (present Okeechobee County Road 68), and the aptly named Orange Avenue (present St. Lucie County Road 68) to SR 713 as it cuts across the wetlands and the orange groves of central Florida to Fort Pierce. Most of SR 68 was reverted to county control in the mid 1980s.
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