Florida State Road 758
State Road 758 is an 11.203-mile (18.029 km) long street connecting Siesta Key with other parts of Sarasota, Florida. State Road 758 is locally known by several names: Midnight Pass Road northwest of Crescent Beach on Siesta Key, then Higel Avenue on Siesta Key, Siesta Drive as it crosses Roberts Bay (Intracoastal Waterway) in Sarasota, and for a short time as Siesta Drive and Bay Road on the mainland west of Tamiami Trail (US 41-SR 45). Finally, it is known as Bee Ridge Road from Tamiami Trail (US 41-SR 45) east to its eastern terminus at Interstate 75 (SR 93)(Approximately five miles). Bee Ridge Road continues on past Interstate 75, without state designation, for approximately three miles to Bee Ridge Road's real terminus at Bee Ridge Road Extension.
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