When we usually head to Key West, we are so anxious to get there that we only stop "when necessary." This year, we got up very early in order to stop along the way and enjoy some of the beautiful scenery that we normally just pass by. We stopped on our way to Key West and made some stops on the way back. I'm glad we did :)
![Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2925/326788735_4EimV-Ti.jpg "Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .")
![Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
South of Marathon, U.S. 1 crosses the spectacular Seven Mile Bridge. One of the world’s longest bridges, it offers sweeping views of the open Atlantic on the left and the Gulf of Mexico to the right.
The Seven Mile Bridge runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Knight's Key (part of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. It is one of the forty-two bridges on US 1 in the Keys.
I stopped on the side of the road while my friend got out to take the photos. Thanks, Barb :)](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2926/326788790_As3SZ-Ti.jpg "Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
South of Marathon, U.S. 1 crosses the spectacular Seven Mile Bridge. One of the world’s longest bridges, it offers sweeping views of the open Atlantic on the left and the Gulf of Mexico to the right.
The Seven Mile Bridge runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Knight's Key (part of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. It is one of the forty-two bridges on US 1 in the Keys.
I stopped on the side of the road while my friend got out to take the photos. Thanks, Barb :)")
![Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
There are two bridges in this location. The older bridge, originally known as the Knights Key-Pigeon Key-Moser Channel-Pacet Channel Bridge, was constructed from 1909-1912 under the direction of Henry Flagler as part of the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension, also known as the Overseas Railroad.
This bridge was badly damaged by the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, and subsequently refurbished by the United States Federal Government as an automobile highway bridge. It had a swing span that opened to allow passage of boat traffic, near where the bridge crosses Pigeon Key, a small island where a work camp for Flagler's railroad was located. Hurricane Donna in 1960 caused further damage.
The present road bridge was constructed from 1979 to 1982. The vast majority of the original bridge still exists, used as fishing piers and access to Pigeon Key, but the swing span over the Moser Channel of the Intracoastal Waterway has been removed.](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2927/326788807_hMZmC-Ti.jpg "Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
There are two bridges in this location. The older bridge, originally known as the Knights Key-Pigeon Key-Moser Channel-Pacet Channel Bridge, was constructed from 1909-1912 under the direction of Henry Flagler as part of the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension, also known as the Overseas Railroad.
This bridge was badly damaged by the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, and subsequently refurbished by the United States Federal Government as an automobile highway bridge. It had a swing span that opened to allow passage of boat traffic, near where the bridge crosses Pigeon Key, a small island where a work camp for Flagler's railroad was located. Hurricane Donna in 1960 caused further damage.
The present road bridge was constructed from 1979 to 1982. The vast majority of the original bridge still exists, used as fishing piers and access to Pigeon Key, but the swing span over the Moser Channel of the Intracoastal Waterway has been removed.")
![Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2928/326979168_4qxpf-Ti.jpg "Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]")
![Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2930/326788877_LZK5E-Ti.jpg "Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]")
![Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2931/326788932_RcRpX-Ti.jpg "Denise > Seven Mile Bridge - Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]")
![Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2933/326788956_8mryh-Ti.jpg "Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]")
![Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2936/326788972_xQCi8-Ti.jpg "Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]")
![Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car while on the Seven Mile Bridge. I must admit - my friend took some pretty good photos as I was zooming along :)](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2938/326788984_dFkxd-Ti.jpg "Denise > Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car while on the Seven Mile Bridge. I must admit - my friend took some pretty good photos as I was zooming along :)")
Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .
![> Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2008/Miami-to-Key-West-and-Back/IMG2925/326788735_4EimV-S.jpg "> Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .")
Along US Route 1 heading back to Miami - Overseas Highway (June 7, 2008) [BAG]
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .
Taken from inside the car as we were passing by . . .
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