Roads in Monroe County, Florida - Florida State Road A1a, Overseas Highway, Card Sound Bridge, State Roads in the Florida Keys (Paperback)

Chapters: Florida State Road A1A, Overseas Highway, Card Sound Bridge, State Roads in the Florida Keys, Florida State Road 5, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: State Road A1A is a Florida State Road that runs mostly along the Atlantic Ocean, with sections from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Callahan, just south of Georgia. It is the main road through most oceanfront towns. SR A1A is designated the A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Highway, a National Scenic Byway. It is also called the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway from Wabasso Causeway to U.S. Route 1 in Cocoa. In Key West it is also called South Roosevelt Boulevard. In Miami it is also called the MacArthur Causeway. In Miami Beach it is also the MacArthur Causeway and 5th Street on its east-west segment, and referred to northbound as Collins Avenue and either Collins, Harding or Abbott Avenues; or Indian Creek Drive in some southbound segments. In the town of Surfside, the northbound is Collins Avenue, and the southbound is Harding Avenue. In Bal Harbour it is called Bal Harbour Boulevard. In Golden Beach it is called Ocean Boulevard. The designation is unique: other than Alternate SR A1A (now SR 811, SR 707, SR 732, and an extension of SR 842), only two other Florida State Roads have begun with a letter: SR A19A (now a loop of SR 693-SR 699-SR 682 near St. Petersburg), and SR G1A (now SR 300) have existed. The road was assigned the number SR 1 in the 1945 renumbering as the easternmost major north-south road. However, just across the Intracoastal Waterway, and in some cases on the same side, is U.S. Route 1 (SR 5), causing confusion. The State Road Board changed the designation to SR A1A on November 25, 1946, about a year and a half after the renumbering. SR A1A is signed nor...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=11782