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17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre (2,100 ha) Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.
After 1 mile (1.6 km), LA 3245 passed the Baton Rouge campus of Ochsner Medical Center immediately followed by a diamond interchange with I-12 at Exit 7. The highway proceeded north and intersected LA 426 ( Old Hammond Highway ) before reaching its terminus at US 190 (Florida Boulevard) opposite the Central Throughway.
The famous 17-Mile Drive was originally designed as a local excursion route for visitors to the Del Monte to take in the historic sights of Monterey and Pacific Grove and the scenery of what would become Pebble Beach. [5] The course was designed by champion golfers Jack Neville and Douglas Grant [6] and opened on February 22, 1919.
The tree is located off 17-Mile Drive between Cypress Point Club and the Pebble Beach Golf Links, two of world's best-known golf courses. The Monterey cypress grows naturally only in Pebble Beach and Point Lobos. [2]
Cypress Point Club is a private golf club located in Pebble Beach, California, at the northern end of the Central Coast.Its single 18-hole course has been named as one of the finest in golf, best known for a series of dramatic holes along the Pacific Ocean.
English: Postcard of Lone Cypress at Midway Point, 17 Mile Drive, Near Monterey, California by Edward H. Mitchell Postcard Publisher 1867-1932. Date: 1910: Source:
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U.S. Route 17 or U.S. Highway 17 (US 17), also known as the Coastal Highway, is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that spans in the Southeastern United States. It runs close to the Atlantic Coast for much of its length, with the exception of the portion between Punta Gorda and Jacksonville , Florida, and the portion from ...