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The Overseas Highway

The road that hops across the Florida Keys

The Overseas Highway across the Florida Keys
Fredddie , originally SPUI / Public domain - via Wikimedia Commons

The Overseas Highway carries U.S. Route 1 about 113 miles (182 km) from the Florida mainland out to Key West, hopping from island to island across the Florida Keys on a chain of some 42 bridges over open water. Built on the roadbed of Henry Flagler's railroad — destroyed by a 1935 hurricane — it includes the landmark Seven Mile Bridge and offers travelers the sensation of driving across the sea toward the southernmost point of the continental United States.

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