State Road A1A is a major north–south Florida State Road consisting of seven separate sections running a total of 338.752 miles along the Atlantic Ocean, from Key West at the southern tip of Florida,
Scenic stretch of SR A1A in Flagler Beach
The beginning of SR A1A (Milestone 0) at Bertha Street in Key West
SR A1A northbound in Bal Harbour
Western terminus of SR A1A in Callahan
The Overseas Highway is a 113-mile highway carrying U.S. Route 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 Ex
Florida State Road A1A
…of Jacksonville, the designation is not one continuous route. In some areas such as the Florida Keys, there is no oceanfront highway (other than the Overseas Highway, US 1), other parts of the coast are served by county roads (sometimes designated County Road A1A) rather than state roads, and still other areas are…
Overseas Highway and Railway bridges, Florida Keys
Construction of the original highway next to Matecumbe railroad station
Eight bridge piers that would have carried the original alignment of the Overseas Highway to Long Key can be seen at Mile Marker 73. They serve as a memorial to the veterans who were killed in the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.
Many of the railroad bridges, such as the Bahia Honda Rail Bridge, were retrofitted to accommodate automobile traffic for the Overseas Highway. These bridges were replaced by more modern bridges in the early 1980s (the bridge pictured here in 2006 had been severed to prevent pedestrian access).