Florida Keys Bridge

The massive manmade structure acts as an artificial reef creating the conditions for the development of new species of marine life.

Florida keys bridge. The seven mile bridge is the heart of the state s eight year 200 million program to replace 37 of the 44 bridges that connect the florida keys with the mainland. Go ahead and drive over the seven mile bridge. One lazy night a few friends and i made a spontaneous decision to drive to the florida keys for some bridge fishing. Florida keys bridge fishing is one of the best ways to experience the sunshine state.

No need to be scared. The original bridge i grew up crossing was less friendly narrow and harrowing requiring concentration. The seven mile bridge that connects the florida keys is one of the longest bridges in the world and home to an exotic ecosystem unlike any other. We follow the highway 1 with aerial footage from islamorada to marathon.

Florida keys bridges open to fishing channel 2 mm 73 channel 5 south end mm 71 long key mm 63 65 tom s harbor cut mm 61 2 tom s harbor channel access from north end only mm 60 6 seven mile bridge south end only mm 40 spanish harbor mm 34 south pine channel historic bridge mm 30 kemp. Just take a drive down the 113 miles of the overseas highway and you ll see why. Among the longest bridges in existence when it was built it is part of the overseas highway in the keys which is part of the 2 369 mile 3 813 km u s. Aerial of the florida keys featuring the overseas highway and the seven mile bridge.

Bridge fishing the florida keys. Finished in 1982 the longest bridge in the florida keys is wide enough to give a motorist room to pull over to change a flat tire and steal many glances at the perfectly green water. The state s 6 2 million cow key channel bridge rehabilitation project will hit a milestone this week as it heads toward completion the florida department of transportation said. Our quest to cure boredom has since turned into frequent trips in search of tarpon snapper grouper and other great fish.

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.