SR 86 does not have an interchange with Interstate 90 but motorists can access I-90's Exit 205 in LeRoy Township via Vrooman Road, a county road.

A significant section of SR 86 was rerouted south of Painesville 2007–2008 in a project[5] proposed since the early 1980s.

[6] The southern portion of this section, just north of I-90, was rerouted during the 2007 construction season, and the northern, bypassing a section with a history of slope sliding, in 2008, with the road opening in full on October 31.

[7][8][9] The SR 84/86 overlap was subsequently extended approximately a half-mile.

That overlap has since been removed, with that stretch of road becoming solely SR 534.