It is one of four "misnumbered" state road 7xx highways in the Pensacola area.

Its southern terminus is at an intersection with SR 292 (Gulf Beach Highway).

Its northern terminus is an intersection with SR 295 (New Warrington Road) in West Pensacola.

From the eastern terminus, Fairfield Drive continues eastward with the SR 295 designation until SR 289 (Ninth Avenue) in Pensacola.

Motorists traveling near the Gulf of Mexico shore west of Pensacola often use Fairfield Drive to avoid the downtown section and continue eastward via Interstate 110 (I-110; SR 8A) to I-10 (SR 8) and then crossing Escambia Bay on the Interstate highway.