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Overseas Railroad. / 24.71167°N 81.12306°W / 24.71167; -81.12306. The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
State Road A1A ( SR A1A) is a major north–south Florida State Road consisting of seven separate sections running a total of 338.752 miles (545.168 km) along the Atlantic Ocean, from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Fernandina Beach, just south of Georgia on Amelia Island. It is the main road through most oceanfront towns.
U.S. Route 1. U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 ( US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs 2,370 miles (3,810 km) from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making it the longest north–south road in the United States. [ 2]
U.S. Highway 1 ( US 1) in Florida runs 545 miles (877 km) along the state's east coast from Key West to its crossing of the St. Marys River into Georgia north of Boulogne and south of Folkston. US 1 was designated through Florida when the U.S. Numbered Highway System was established in 1926. With the exception of Monroe County, the highway runs ...
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [ 2][ 3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [ 4] Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort Adams in Rhode Island are larger.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Coordinates. 26°08′42″N 80°06′18″W. / 26.14500°N 80.10500°W / 26.14500; -80.10500. Established. 1941. Governing body. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is a Florida State Park located in Fort Lauderdale, on East Sunrise Boulevard ( SR 838 ), between the ...
Las Olas Boulevard is a major east-west thoroughfare in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States that runs from SW 1st Avenue in the Central Business District to Florida State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale Beach. The name " Las Olas " means "The Waves" in Spanish. The road once carried the designations of State Road A1A Alt. and State Road 842 .
U.S. Route 41 in Florida. This article is about the section of U.S. Route 41 in Florida. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 41. U.S. Highway 41 ( US 41) in the state of Florida is a north–south United States Highway. It runs 479 miles (771 km) from Miami in South Florida northwest to the Georgia state line north of the Lake City area.