The 10.2-mile (16.4 km)-long, two-lane north–south road is a popular truck route connecting SR 70 in Fort Pierce to the south and U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) between Viking and Florida Ridge to the north.

SR 713 begins as Kings Highway at the intersection between SR 70 and an interchange with Florida's Turnpike (exit 152) and heads north.

North of the SR 614 intersection, it veers to the northeast and changes names to Turnpike Feeder Road.

The road terminates at US 1 just south of the St. Lucie-Indian River county line.

Prior to the completion of Interstate 95 in Florida in 1987, it was commonly used to "bridge the gap" between Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) and the Interstate highway.