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  2. Seven Mile Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge carries the Florida Keys aqueduct, supplying water to points west, as well as fiber optic cables, providing telecommunications to and from the lower Keys. [5] Each April, the bridge is closed for about 2.5 hours on a Saturday for the Seven Mile Bridge Run that commemorates the Florida Keys bridge rebuilding project.

  3. Pigeon Key - Wikipedia

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    The former Assistant Bridge Tender's House has been converted into a small museum featuring artifacts and images from Pigeon Key's colorful past. It is located off the old Seven Mile Bridge , at approximately mile marker 45, west of Knight's Key , (city of Marathon in the middle Florida Keys) and just east of Moser Channel , which is the ...

  4. Florida Keys - Wikipedia

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    The piling-supported concrete bridge is 35,862 ft (10,931 m) or 6.79 miles (10.93 km) long. The current bridge bypasses Pigeon Key, a small island that housed workers building Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway in the 1900s, that the original Seven Mile Bridge crossed. A 2.2-mile (3.5 km) section of the old bridge remains for access to ...

  5. A new Seven Mile Bridge is in the works for the Florida Keys ...

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    The Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys was considered an engineering marvel when it opened in 1982. For 40 years, the span along the Overseas Highway has offered breathtaking views for people ...

  6. The Seven Mile Bridge isn’t 7 miles and carries water to the ...

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    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.

  7. Wisteria Island - Wikipedia

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    Wisteria Island was created in the late 1890s and early 1900s as the result of U.S. Navy dredging of Key West harbor. During the 19th century, sediment from repeated dredging projects was deposited a few hundred yards/meters off the northwestern corner of Key West, creating Tank Island . Over the years, additional dredging projects created ...

  8. List of bridges in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Florida, due to being a peninsula and its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, has many bridges of varying lengths. The longest bridge in the state is the Seven Mile Bridge located in the Florida Keys. This list includes overwater automobile bridges 2,640 feet (800 m) or longer.

  9. Fatal crash shuts down Seven Mile Bridge in Keys. Driver ...

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    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.