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U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 36-38.5, between Ohio Key and Spanish Harbor Key 12 miles (19 km) west of Marathon, close to the west end of the Seven Mile Bridge. The island is virtually uninhabited, being home to the 524-acre (212-hectare) Bahia Honda State Park.
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is a derelict railroad bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key.It was originally part of the Overseas Railway, but the state of Florida purchased it from the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it for automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. [3]
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.
A view of the Overseas Highway’s Seven Mile Bridge near Little Duck Key and Bahia Honda State Park on Monday, October 11, 2021. When did the Seven Mile Bridge open? The bridge opened in 1982.
The highway expands to four lanes as it crosses the Bahia Honda Bridge, then reduces to two lanes as it traverses Bahia Honda Key, Ohio Key, Missouri Key, and Little Duck Key. After Little Duck Key, US 1 enters Knights Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, and the town of Marathon [11] via the Seven Mile Bridge, thus leaving the lower Keys. [12] [13]
Bridges on U.S. 1 between Long and Conch Key, Knight and Little Duck Key, and Bahia Honda and Spanish Key, Florida Keys, Florida Coordinates 24°42′42″N 81°7′23″W / 24.71167°N 81.12306°W / 24.71167; -81
A Florida Department of Transportation camera shows the flashing lights of rescue vehicles on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Middle Florida Keys early Monday morning, July 18, 2022.
14 square miles (36 km 2) [3] St. Johns: Barrier island Anna Maria Island: 7 square miles (18 km 2) Manatee: Barrier island Archer Key: 24.7 ha; 61.1 acres Monroe: One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys: Arsenicker Keys: Miami-Dade In Biscayne National Park Atsena Otie Key: Levy: One of the Cedar Keys Bahia Honda Key: 524 acres (212 ha ...