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This roadway, U.S. Highway 1, became the Overseas Highway that runs from Key Largo south to Key West. Today this highway allows travel through the tropical islands of the Florida Keys and the viewing of exotic plants and animals found nowhere else on the US mainland and the largest coral reef chain in the United States.
This is a locator map showing South Florida metropolitan area in Florida. Created by Cary Bass based on maps by David Benbennick . For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps .
In the lower Florida Keys Kreamer Island: Palm Beach In Lake Okeechobee Lido Key: 530 acres (210 ha) Sarasota Barrier island Lignumvitae Key: 300 acres (120 ha) [7] Monroe In the upper Florida Keys Little Conch Key: Monroe In the middle Florida Keys Little Crawl Key: Monroe In the middle Florida Keys Little Duck Key: Monroe In the lower Florida ...
Key West in red on map is part of the Keys, with Monroe County in dark green on an inset map of the State of Florida. A more southern part of Key West Island exists and is publicly accessible: the beach area of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park at approximately 24°32'42.2"N 81°48'34.5"W, and approximately 500 feet (150 m) farther south than the marker.
By 1962, "Spoonbill" was making stops in ten different Keys, over one hundred miles (160 km), from Key Largo in the North to Key West in the South. [54] Mrs. Barbara Banning was the driver-librarian, driving over 25,000 miles (40,000 km) in the first year and a half, circulating more than 28,000 titles.
South Florida is politically diverse, with multiple congressional districts in the region supporting both the Democratic and Republican parties. As evidenced by the 2020 United States presidential election, supporters of the Democratic Party are mostly concentrated in urban areas, as well as areas to the west of and including downtown Key West, rural communities surrounding Immokalee, and the ...
From its national southern terminus in Key West, US 1 carries the Overseas Highway, which is the Keys's main highway, north to the mainland, entering South Florida. From South Florida to Jacksonville, US 1 runs close to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, generally east of Interstate 95 (I-95) and west of State ...
It begins at US 1 and heads south along East Shore Drive. It runs through a residential community before it turns southwest. At an intersection with West Shore Drive, CR 942 becomes Ocean Drive and runs to the south end of Summerland Key where it terminates at a cul-de-sac. [3] The road was formerly designated SR 942. [4]