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Caloosahatchee Bridge. / 26.6459972°N 81.8749083°W / 26.6459972; -81.8749083. The Caloosahatchee Bridge is a bridge located in Fort Myers, Florida. It carries U.S. Highway 41 (US 41, locally known as Cleveland Avenue) over the Caloosahatchee River, which is where its name comes from. The bridge has four lanes and is 55 feet (17 m) tall.
Information System Administration. Website. flhsmv.gov. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ( FLHSMV) is a statutorily established [ 1] cabinet agency of Florida government. [ 2] In 1969, under Governor Claude Kirk, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety were merged forming the Department of ...
U.S. Highway 27 ( US 27) in Florida is a north–south United States Numbered Highway. It runs 496.352 miles (798.801 km) from the Miami metropolitan area northwest to the Tallahassee metropolitan area. Throughout the state, US 27 has been designated the Claude Pepper Memorial Highway by the Florida Legislature.
Florida Highway Patrol. The Florida Highway Patrol ( FHP) is a division of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. It is Florida's highway patrol and is the primary law enforcement agency charged with investigating traffic crashes and criminal laws on the state's highways .
The Matanzas Pass Bridge (also locally known as the Sky Bridge, or the Fort Myers Beach Bridge) is a bridge located in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. It carries State Road 865 (San Carlos Boulevard) between the Florida mainland (via San Carlos Island) and Estero Island, which is a major tourist destination. The bridge is one of the island's two ...
Florida rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Population 1 8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach: 6,138,333 2 18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater: 3,175,275 3 22 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford: 2,673,376 4 39 Jacksonville: 1,605,848 5 71 North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota: 833,716 6 78 Cape Coral–Fort Myers: 760,822 7 81 Lakeland–Winter Haven ...
Early history. Tallahassee is situated within the Apalachee Province, home of the Apalachee, a Mississippian culture of agrarian people who farmed vast tracts of land. Their capital, Anhaica, was located within Tallahassee's city limits. The name "Tallahassee" is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as "old fields", or "old town."
The following is a list of toll roads in Florida. Florida has 734 miles (1,181 km) of toll roads, bridges, and causeways as of June 2013. The longest of these is Florida's Turnpike, running 313 miles (504 km), opened in 1957. Most toll roads have state road designations with a special toll shield, including the Turnpike and Homestead Extension.