the first road to key west was built in mid 1920s.
the first road to key west was built in mid 1920s.
when was the first road to key west built?
mid 1920s
construction on the original overseas highway, designated state road 4a (an extension of a route running from miami to homestead), lasted through most of the mid 1920s. officially opening for traffic on january 25, 1928, the original highway existed in two segments at its greatest extent. one segment ran from the mainland via card sound road to key largo and extended as far as lower matecumbe key, while a segment in the lower keys existed from no name key to key west. an automobile ferry service connected the 41 mile gap between lower matecumbe and no name keys. state road 4a mostly ran alongside of the overseas railroad in the upper keys but in the lower keys, it followed a much different path than the railroad and current highway. the ferry landing on no name key was located at the end of what is now watson boulevard, which carried state road 4a across no name key and big pine key before it crossed to little torch key. on little torch key, it turned south and rejoined the railroad. it would continue along the north side of the railroad to upper sugarloaf key, where it turned south and ran along the current route of county roads 939 and 939a over lower sugarloaf key and the saddlebunch keys. from the saddlebunch keys, state road 4a crossed onto geiger key, continuing along what is now geiger road and boca chica road. on boca chica key, it followed the shoreline south of naval air station key west's airstrip to boca chica beach before crossing to stock island. on stock island, it followed maloney avenue and macdonald avenue where it rejoined the overseas railroad heading into key west. most of the state road 4a bridges in the lower keys were of wooden construction and had been in use by the early 1920s.
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key west is an island and city in the us state of florida.









































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bullet::::- key west international airport









































bullet::::- key west, iowa, an unincorporated village in dubuque county, iowa









































bullet::::- key west, minnesota, an unincorporated community









































bullet::::- rural municipality of key west no. 70, a rural municipality in saskatchewan, canada









































bullet::::- qayyarah airfield west, air force base in iraq









































bullet::::- key west, virginia









































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bullet::::- "key west (tv series)", a 1993 tv series created by david beaird









































bullet::::- "key west (film)", a 1973 tv film directed by philip leacock
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