Seven Mile Bridge on US-1 Florida Keys


		Seven Mile Bridge on US-1 in Florida Keys Remnant of Flagler's old RR Bridge that parallels the new 7-mile bridge on US-1 Joyce took this picture from our motorhome as we traveled on US-1 in the Florida Keys. Note all the birds that utilize the old bridge for refuge as well as nesting in some cases. Flag flying on Pigeon Key that the 7-mile bridge passes close to around midway across Pigeon Key is located about 1/2 way across the 7-mile bridge. Seven Mile Bridge passes by Pigeon Key without actually connecting to it. Seven Mile Bridge on US-1 (Overseas Highway) in the Florida Keys Joyce took this picture out the front windshield of our motorhome as we made our way across the Seven Mile Bridge on the Overseas Highway (US-1) in the Florida Keys. Note the old RR Bridge originally constructed by Henry Flagler that was later converted to a vehicle bridge. Marker on one side of the famous Seven Mile Bridge on the Overseas Highway (US-1) in the Florida Keys Marker and historic plaque at the foot of the old Seven Mile Bridge on the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys that connects the Middle Keys with the Lower Keys. View of both the old and new Seven Mile Bridges on the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys This is one section of the Seven Mile Bridge that closely parallels the old Seven Mile Bridge originally constructed by Henry Flagler for his Rail Road connecting Key West with the mainland of Florida. The old RR bed was converted into a highway after the RR abandoned it. Pigeon Key can be seen about midway across the Seven Mile Bridge Pigeon Key is a small 5-acre island located off the Seven Mile Bridge, at approximately mile marker 45, west of Marathon in the Florida Keys. Some old buildings remain on Pigeon Key from the old days and some of them are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Spanish originally named the island "Cayo Paloma" or "Pigeon Key". Legend has it that it was named for large flocks of White-crowned pigeons which once roosted there. If you are a birder and have never seen or heard of a "White Crowned Pigeon" don't be alarmed, they are only found in the continental United States in the Florida Keys and extreme south Florida where they are known to breed in coastal red mangrove thickets. The white crowned pigeon looks like a rock dove (common pigeon) with a white skull cap. The old and new Seven Mile Bridge on the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys Joyce was busy taking pictures as we crossed over the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. This picture shows both the old and new bridges as they parallel each other. Click here for more Key West travellogs Until next time remember how good life is. Mike & Joyce Hendrix More Florida Adventures Some Key West Adventures More 2012 Travel Adventures Mike & Joyce Hendrix Mike & Joyce Hendrix who we are We hope you liked this page. If you do you might be interested in some of our other Travel Adventures: Mike & Joyce Hendrix's home page Travel Adventures by Year Travel Adventures by State Plants Marine-Boats Geology Exciting Drives Cute Signs RV Subjects Miscellaneous Subjects** We would love to hear from you......just put "info" in the place of "FAKE" in this address: FAKE@travellogs.us Until next time remember how good life is.