The road passes through some homes and narrows to a two-lane undivided highway before approaching Blue Heron Park and intersecting West Villages Parkway.

[5] The route was then designated SR 311, which served as a loop of US 41 spanning from Englewood to North Port and back northwest to Venice.

As part of the highway, River Road was extended from Venice Avenue north to connect with the new freeway.

[10] The Florida Department of Transportation also built a rest area for I-75 on the northeast corner of the interchange with River Road extending a short distance north to provide access.

[13] FDOT handed over the responsibility of a portion of SR 758, known locally as Siesta Drive and Midnight Pass Road, west of US 41.

The county will be responsible for ongoing maintenance of those roadways, although the state would still maintain the bridges to Siesta Key.

[14] In August 2021, FDOT awarded a contract with Stantec and de Moya Group to widen River Road from US 41 to Interstate 75.