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Indian Key continued to be occupied for a while after the Second Seminole War ended in 1842. The county seat for Dade County was moved to Miami in 1844, and the upper Keys, including Indian Key, were returned to Monroe County. The 1850 Census found a few families living there, while only two families were left on the island in 1860.
The Indian Rocks Causeway (also called the Indian Rocks Bridge) is a twin-span double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Narrows, part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, connecting the barrier islands of Indian Rocks Beach and the mainland of Largo, Florida. The bridge carries Walsingham Road, part of SR 688.
Indian Key Historic State Park is an island within the Florida State Park system, located just a few hundred yards southeast of U.S. 1 within the Florida Keys off the Hawk Channel passage. The island was home to the town of Indian Key, Florida , in the middle of the 19th century but is now an uninhabited ghost town . [ 2 ]
On September 12, parts of the Keys were still inaccessible by causeway and some areas were closed to the public. [20] Governor Rick Scott reported devastation; most areas were without power or water. [21] The damage was the worst in the Lower Keys, though less severe in Key West; [22] parts of the Lower Keys may be uninhabitable for months. [23]
As US 1 enters Melbourne, the road veers a few blocks west of the Indian River, heading toward an intersection of US 192 at the 1900 Building. A few blocks north, US 1 returns to the shoreline of the Indian River and then intersects SR 508, followed by SR 507, with US 1 veering away from the Indian River and crossing the Elbow Creek Bridge.
Sanibel Causeway had multiple points that needed shoring up to allow both rescue crews and the public to safely drive across. This work also required the use of 70 pieces of heavy equipment, four ...
Lower Matecumbe Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys, United States, located on U.S. 1 between mile markers 75–78. All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated. It is home to the main base of the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base.
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