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State Road A1A (SR A1A) is a major north–south Florida State Road consisting of seven separate sections running a total of 338.752 miles (545.168 km) along the Atlantic Ocean, from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Fernandina Beach, just south of Georgia on Amelia Island. It is the main road through most oceanfront towns.
In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. Much of the original ACL network has been part of CSX Transportation since 1986. The Atlantic Coast Line served the Southeast, with a concentration of lines in Florida. Numerous named passenger trains were operated by the railroad for ...
There are 146 railroad crossings. 41 of these were given a low safety rating by the Florida Department of Transportation. These low ratings may result in the allocation of public funds for upgrades. [9] In the early 1900s the Union Cypress Railroad was built from present day Lipscomb Rd and University Blvd west to Deer Park.
The trip starts in Jacksonville Beach at the top of the 72-mile A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway. The Federal Highway Administration designated this section as an “All American Road.”
In 1902, the Atlantic Coast Line acquired the Plant System, which expanded the network into Georgia and Florida and nearly doubled the size of the network. [ 2 ] Due to increasing traffic and the Florida land boom of the 1920s , the ACL began work to double track 661 miles of the main line from Richmond to Jacksonville in 1922.
Florida East Coast Railway: South Lake Trail: 13 miles (21 km) Lake County: Orange Belt Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) Suwannee River Greenway: 12.5 miles (20.1 km) Suwannee County: Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) [10] Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail: 16 miles (26 km)
The Florida Railroad was the first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of Florida, running from Fernandina to Cedar Key. The line later became part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad , and, where still in use, is operated by CSX Transportation and the First Coast Railroad .
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Haines City Branch was a railroad line running from their main line in Haines City, Florida south through southern Central Florida.The line notably ran through Lake Wales, Avon Park, Sebring, and Immokalee and would stretch as far south as Everglades City upon its completion in 1928.