Overseas Highway

highway, Florida, United States

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In Florida Keys
The Overseas Highway, running from the mainland to Key West, connects all of the main islands and is one of the longest overwater roads in the world, with 42 bridges, including one 7-mile (11-km) span. Completed in 1938, the highway was built over the route of…
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In Key West
It was replaced by the Overseas Highway (opened 1938), which connected the keys by 42 bridges (including one 7 miles [11 km] long) over vast expanses of water. The independent nature of Key West’s citizens was demonstrated in April 1982 when they protested the federal government’s imposition of a roadblock…
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