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Overseas Highway. The Overseas Highway is a 113-mile (181.9 km) [ 1][ 2] highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys to Key West. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. Completed in 1912, the Overseas Railroad was heavily ...
Key Largo is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Monroe County, Florida, United States, located on the island of Key Largo in the upper Florida Keys. The population was 12,447 at the 2020 census, [ 2] up from 10,433 in 2010. [ 5] The name comes from the Spanish Cayo Largo, or "long key". It is both the first island and town of ...
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West . The island of Key West is about 4 miles (6 kilometers) long and 1 mile (2 km) wide, with a ...
Key Largo (Spanish: Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the keys, at 33 miles (53 km) long. It is one of the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County , and the northernmost of the keys connected by U.S. Highway 1 (the Overseas Highway ).
The Key Largo Woodrat is found only in the northern part of its namesake island and is a focus of management activities in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge. About 70 miles (110 km) west of Key West is Dry Tortugas National Park. The waters surrounding the Keys are part of a protected area known as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Key Largo. (film) Key Largo is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall. The supporting cast features Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor. [ 3][ 4] The film was adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson 's 1939 play of the same name. [ 5]
County Road 5A Location Key West Length 2.5 mi (4.0 km) County Road 5A is Flager Avenue from White Street to Roosevelt Boulevard (SR A1A) in Key West. Route description Flagler Avenue begins at White Street in Key West and runs northeast. Half a mile later, it intersects First Street and Bertha Street. First Street runs north to U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) and Bertha Street runs south to SR A1A ...
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.