Highway Through Florida Keys

A travel guide for the florida keys as we travel up the overseas highway featuring key largo islamorada marathon pointing out places of interests along the way to key west.

Highway through florida keys. For licensing or stock footage of this video contact email protected this video with the exception of the underwater footage is available for purchase. The overseas highway sometimes called the highway that goes to sea is a modern wonder. Well you wanna lower your pulse to the next level. Taking the iconic us highway 1 road trip in the off season from miami through the florida keys ending on key west.

There s simply no other environment like it in the contiguous 48 states. Ed and i have always enjoyed traveling and taking vacations both here in the u s. A drive through florida s famous keys is a picturesque experience that s unique to this tropical savanna region. Right after the 18 mile stretch in n key largo is a roadway named card sound road which adds a few more minutes to your trip but extremely worth the time as well as the 1 toll.

We found the upper keys felt much more connected to mainland florida with drive through restaurants and coffee chains and giant supermarkets flanking the highway. We modify it to make the aerial footage longer. The overseas highway is the spine of the florida keys the lifeblood of a 113 mile chain of islands to which three million visitors flock every year most by car bus or recreational vehicle. The roughly 100 mile one way route island hops along the southern rim of the everglades and.

Route 1 us 1 through the florida keys to key west large parts of it were built on the former right of way of the overseas railroad the key west extension of the florida east coast railway completed in 1912 the overseas railroad was heavily damaged and partially destroyed in the 1935 labor day hurricane. Your actually driving through a paved section of the florida everglades. But after 23 years of carrying freight and eager vacationers much of the railroad was badly damaged in a 1935 hurricane. The overseas highway is a 113 mile 181 9 km highway carrying u s.

At the time i dismissed it and thought we would never use it. The scenic overseas highway is integral to your keys adventure as you pass over calm turquoise waters through a paradise of palm studded subtropical. Contemporary though the highway seems it actually follows a trail blazed in 1912 when standard oil millionaire henry flagler completed the florida keys over sea railroad from mainland florida to key west. Whereas the further down the keys we travelled the more we felt a local island feel with shrimp shacks artist stalls and independent shops starting to appear.