The Overseas Highway, sometimes called “the Highway that Goes to Sea,” is a modern wonder. It is the “magic carpet” by which visitors from Florida's mainland.

Highway 1 ( US 1) in runs 545 miles (877 km) along the state's east coast– from to its crossing of the into north of –and south of. US 1 was designated through Florida when the was established in 1926. The road is maintained by the (FDOT).From its national southern terminus in Key West, US 1 carries the – the Keys main highway –north to the, entering. From South Florida to Jacksonville, US 1 runs close to the coastline of the and the, generally east of (I-95) and west of (SR A1A), running roughly parallel with both roads. North of Jacksonville, US 1 curves inland towards the St.

Mile zero in Key WestUS 1 officially begins its northward journey at the courthouse at the intersection of Whitehead and Fleming Streets,. It proceeds south as Whitehead Street, a two-laned street, until the intersection with Truman Avenue, which takes it east through central Key West. Truman Avenue becomes North Roosevelt Boulevard about a mile east, and remains so until leaving the island; US 1 expands to four lanes along its length. The road follows the northern shore of this section of Key West, then after curving southward, it meets head-on at a T-intersection before continuing east.

This intersection also marks the southern terminus of the, which US 1 is known by between here and mainland Florida.After crossing to and forming the boundary between the and incorporated Key West, US 1 proceeds through unincorporated Monroe County on, past the, and, where the Overseas Highway drops down to a two-laned road. It then crosses, (and its ), (and its ), (and its ),. The highway expands to four lanes as it crosses the, then reduces to two lanes as it traverses,. After Little Duck Key, US 1 enters, and the town of via the, thus leaving the lower Keys. Overseas Highway and Railway Bridges, Florida KeysUS 1 runs through Marathon as a four-laned road.

After Key Vaca, the road becomes two-laned once more and runs through, where it forms the northern boundary of the city of. It then continues wholly in Marathon through,.

The road then crosses to and then, both part of the. US 1 then crosses to and traverses, which is mostly unincorporated except for the city of, which the highway passes through. The road then reaches, and then the village of including,. US 1 crosses a drawbridge onto, where it expands to four lanes and then leaves Islamorada as it crosses to. Immediately the Overseas Highway enters, where it temporarily splits into a pair of one-way roads through the.

Soon the road enters the, which also features another pair of one-way roads. At the northern end of the Key Largo district, about two-thirds of the way along the island, US 1 intersects, which offers an alternative route out of the Keys via and the. Signage approaching the intersection directs northbound motorists to take this alternative route if the lights on it are flashing. US 1 swings to the northwest, forms the southern boundary of North Key Largo, and becomes a two-laned divided road after the intersection. After crossing the (where it enters unincorporated Monroe County again) and travelling along Cross Key, US 1 crosses Manatee Creek, along with the boundary, and reaches the mainland. Miami-Dade County For the first 14 miles (23 km) in Miami-Dade County, US 1 is a divided two-lane road bordering the on the west. It is named South Dixie Highway from the county line to Miami.

Its first major intersection is with the north end of Card Sound Road south of. Similarly to the south, signage directs southbound travelers approaching this intersection to take Card Sound Road if the lights on it are flashing, rather than taking US 1 south to Key Largo. Portion of the South Dixie Highway, just south of DadelandJust north of the Card Sound Road intersection, US 1 meets the southern end of, and then enters Florida City. Here, US 1 intersects, providing access westwards to; at the same intersection, Palm Drive likewise provides access eastwards to. From here northbound, the South Dixie Highway is paralleled by the along the former alignment. Near-immediately northbound of the Palm Drive intersection, US 1 meets the southern end of the, and then crosses into at South 328th Street.

The road then curves northeast through Homestead, parallel to Florida's Turnpike, leaving the city north of South 304th Street, continuing northeast through the communities of, Modello, and.At West 112th Avenue/ (SR 989), US 1 enters the incorporated town of (formerly ), soon passes under the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike, and continues northeast in the town until at South 186th Street it forms the town's border for two blocks before leaving at South 184th Street. From here, the road continues northeast from this point, forming the western boundary of. In, it meets, and then divides into a one-way pair of streets, with northbound traffic directed east one block of the southbound traffic along a sweeping curve between South 183rd and South 168th Streets. After the two directions of traffic rejoin, the road meets (SR 992), then passes through Rockdale and Howard until it reaches South 136th Street (Howard Drive), meets the southern terminus of a block later, and serves to divide to the southeast and and to the northwest for the next few miles.

The road is also known as Pinecrest Parkway through this section. Also through this section, US 1 meets the eastern terminus of, the southern terminus of the, and the eastern terminus of State Road 94 at.North of Snapper Creek (Canal C-2), US 1 continues northeast and enters another section of unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Here, US 1 forms the 's eastern terminus. The station lies just south of the Expressway, on US 1's northern side, and acts as the handover point between the South Miami-Dade Busway and the Metrorail line, which proceeds to parallel US 1 for most of its subsequent journey into downtown Miami. The South Dixie Highway then crosses into at South 80th Street.

At (/West 57th Avenue), US 1 leaves South Miami and enters, still headed northeast. At West 38th Avenue (Brooker Street), it leaves Coral Gables and enters Miami, heading northeast towards the southern terminus of just south of downtown Miami. At this point, there is a signage gap in the route even though it is federally and state defined as cosigning with I-95 and all the way to Biscayne Boulevard, where US 1 signage resumes.

Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown MiamiThe road is then named Biscayne Boulevard through the rest of Miami-Dade County as it proceeds north on. As Biscayne Boulevard, US 1 becomes a one-way pair at an intersection with. Two blocks north, it reaches (Flagler Street), the north–south baseline for most of Miami-Dade County. US 1 then passes by the western end of, and then intersects Port Boulevard (NE 6th Street), providing access to the, with the at the northeastern end of the intersection.

For the next few blocks, it passes by, with at the northern end, which also marks the national southern terminus of US 41. US 1 continues through midtown Miami, intersecting with the national southern terminus of one block south of next to the Julia Tuttle Causeway. North of I-195, the road continues through Miami as a residential road, intersecting, and before leaving Miami. Moving further inland, the Boulevard replaces East Sixth Avenue at 61st Street.

It enters the village of at North 87th Street. Crossing the Biscayne Canal, Miami Shores becomes. In North Miami, it intersects, leading to the Broad Causeway. In, it intersects,. The road enters at. It continues north-northeast through the city of Aventura, curving due north at North 187th Street and northeast at North 203rd Street.

In Aventura, it intersects at the southwest of the, and after intersecting the former, it leaves Miami-Dade County.Broward County. New River Tunnel, going northEntering near, US 1 first intersects. Next it meets the eastern terminus of, which provides access to. Entering, US 1 intersects in a around Anniversary Park. In, it meets. Here also begins running concurrently with the road just south of for a few miles. Near the southeastern corner of the airport, US 1 meets the eastern terminus of.

It then proceeds to run around the eastern edge of the airport. On the northeastern corner, US 1 meets.

Now in as Federal Highway, it intersects the eastern terminus of. Another ½ mile beyond, A1A ends its concurrency with US 1 and returns to the barrier island. One mile south of downtown, it meets the eastern terminus of. The road enters downtown Fort Lauderdale via the, one of only a few underwater road tunnels in the state (the other on a state road being the ). The next major intersection is with. US 1 then turns east for one mile in concurrency with before separating again and turning north.

The last two major intersections in Fort Lauderdale are with. US 1 then enters. As it makes its way through Pompano Beach, it intersects. It then passes by the and the Pompano Beach Golf Club. The road then proceeds to enter, where it meets.

US 1 then crosses the and exits Deerfield Beach and Broward County.Palm Beach County. One of the last remaining colored-shield US 1 signs, in Boca Raton on S Military TrailAs US 1 enters and, it forms the western boundary to Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, meeting with the northern terminus of the southern section of. It passes through the heart of Boca Raton, becoming a divided road with three lanes each, becoming the eastern terminus of, as well as intersecting, and becoming the eastern terminus of. US 1 then enters, becoming a just north of Linton Boulevard, and meets in central Delray Beach. US 1 becomes a divided highway again, entering, runs concurrent for 2 blocks, providing access to local beaches at Ocean Ridge via the Intercoastal Waterway. At the city limits of and, just north of Lantana Road, US 1's hidden designation, splits and runs parallel to US 1 a few blocks to the east. In central Lake Worth US 1 intersects.

Entering, it first intersects, followed by /. US 1 looking south just north of US 98/SR 80At Belvedere Road, it meets the northern end of State Road 5. In central West Palm Beach, it intersects, where US 1 becomes a one way pair through the heart of West Palm Beach. A mile north of SR 704, A1A begins running concurrent with US 1. At Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, the one way pair ends for US 1, continuing north for 11 blocks, until it hits 23rd/25th street, becoming a one way pair for 4 blocks, as US 1 moves two blocks west as it moves north. US 1 leaves West Palm Beach and enters via a bridge over the.

In Riviera Beach, US 1's concurrency with SR A1A ends at. In it meets the eastern terminus of and, where SR A1A becomes concurrent with US 1 for about 1.25 miles before splitting off at the southern end of. In it intersects, and has another concurrency with SR A1A just south of the. Entering at the northern end of the inlet, US 1 then meets up with the northern terminus of the northern portion of SR 811, and leaves Palm Beach County north of County Line Road.Treasure Coast. US 1, looking south from the entrance to theAs US 1 makes its way into Martin County, it passes through before crossing over the tracks. At the southern end of, A1A splits off onto its own route. The two roads parallel each other until.

Through the center of Hobe Sound it intersects County Road 708. Swing copters. It then leaves Hobe Sound and enters before it enters the heart Stuart, where it intersects near SR 714's eastern terminus at the northwestern end of. SR 714 ends less than a mile east at A1A. Through the center of Stuart it meets. US 1 then crosses a bridge over the.

North of the bridge it crosses over the Florida East Coast Railway tracks again and meets. Two miles north of the river, it leaves Stuart and enters, intersecting Jensen Beach Boulevard and passing. One and a half miles north of Treasure Coast Square, US 1 leaves Martin County. US 1, looking north from the entranceAs US 1 enters and, it first meets the eastern terminus of.

Further north, Crosstown Parkway (upon completion) intersects with US 1 approximately halfway between Prima Vista Boulevard and at the current intersection of Village Green Drive and US 1. Continuing north into it intersects County Road 712 (Midway Road).

In it meets the eastern terminus of. A one-mile-long (1.6 km) concurrency with A1A begins a few blocks north of SR 68 as the two roads enter the village of Saint Lucie. After A1A diverges back to its own route to the beach, US 1 intersects. As it continues north of it meets the eastern terminus of, as well as. North of SR 713, US 1 veers east, crosses the tracks, and leaves St. Lucie County.

Intersection of CR 510 and US 1, inUS 1 enters just north of the SR 713 intersection, with its first major intersection in the county being County Road 606 in. US 1 then runs parallel with the Florida East Coast Railroad, entering central, where it's locally known as Commerce Boulevard. It intersects (16th/17th Street), and (20th Street), and passes by the eastern end of the Vero Beach Municipal Airport. At the northeast end of the airport, US 1 has an intersection with, with SR 605 paralleling US 1 one block to the west before leaving Vero Beach. North of Vero Beach, US 1 travels through the villages of. In, US 1 intersects, where US 1 begins a concurrency with.

US 1 then intersects with SR 605 one block north of SR 510. US 1 then travels north to central, where it intersects with CR 512 (Sebastian Boulevard), providing access to.

It then enters, intersecting a half mile south of US 1's crossing of the, where it leaves Indian River County.Brevard County. – county line nearUS 1 enters at the north end of the, continuing to hug the western shoreline of the Indian River. The first community it enters is, with intersections with Micco Road, followed by Valkaria Road just east of the. US 1 then travels north to, intersecting. It continues north to, through the central area of the city, with an intersection of (Palm Bay Road). It is locally designated the Johnson-Grogan Highway from South Palm Bay city limits to the Melbourne city limits. As US 1 enters, the road veers a few blocks west of the Indian River, heading towards an intersection of at the.

A few blocks north, US 1 returns to the shoreline of the Indian River and then intersects, followed by, with US 1 veering away from the Indian River and crossing the Elbow Creek Bridge.In 2016, an average of 52,460 vehicles daily transited US 1, between Sarno Road and Eau Gallie Boulevard.Just north of the Elbow Creek Bridge, it enters the portion of Melbourne, and intersects. It then enters, another portion of Melbourne, leaving it just south of, the Pineda Causeway. 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the intersection is the community of.In, US 1 intersects with and the follows that road for 14 miles (23 km), as US 1 stays a few blocks west of the river.

North of Rockledge, it enters, running through Historic Cocoa Village on the west side, and intersecting. North of Cocoa, it intersects, the lone expressway US 1 crosses in Brevard County. In Brentwood Heights, US 1 intersects again, with US 1 resuming its status as the. US 1 continues north to, first intersecting with, with east SR 405 leading to and the main entrance of the on.

Still in Titusville, it intersects. Now in central Titusville, US 1 intersects SR 405 again, and, where the ends on US 1 and proceeds onto east SR 406. North of Titusville, US 1 steers away from the Indian River and travels in a parallel direction with from here to the line. In, just south of the Volusia County line, it intersects, a 1-mile (1.6 km) of the road itself.Volusia County. US 1, looking north from the median, in Oak HillThe road enters Volusia County just north of Scottsmoor, where US 1 branches away from I-95 and in a northeast direction towards the coast. At the intersection of in, US 1 turns north, aligned with the coast. US 1 continues through central Oak Hill, intersecting County Road 4164.

US 1 then continues north to, where it meets with, and meets with County Road 4136 (Park Avenue) before leaving Edgewater. In, it crosses under and, starting another concurrency with SR A1A.

It continues through central New Smyrna Beach, passing by the, and leaving the town via a crossing of Spruce Creek and Rose Bay, entering. A few blocks north of the creek, US 1 intersects, a bypass running north to Ormond Beach.

Now in, US 1 runs through the core of the town, intersecting /, ending another concurrency with SR A1A. A1A connects to the barrier island via the.US 1 then enters, with intersections with Reed Canal Road and Big Tree Road. It then enters, locally known as Ridgewood Avenue as it runs through the central part of the town. US 1's journey through Daytona Beach begins with an intersection with, which will become unsigned on west of I-95. Through Daytona Beach, US 1 provides access to four bridges crossing to the; the Memorial Bridge, followed by the, which carries, the Main Street Bridge and the Seabreeze Bridge. It crosses before leaving Daytona Beach and entering. In Holly Hill, it intersects County Road 4019 (LPGA Boulevard/11th Street), which is home to the.It then enters the city of, where US 1 is known and Younge Street, intersecting, and running parallel with County Road 4079.

As US 1 heads northwest, it then intersects, the northern end of the bypass. It then crosses the before leaving Ormond Beach. A few miles northwest, it then meets, passing through some hotels and fast food restaurants as it crosses under the interstate. US 1 leaves Volusia County west of I-95.Flagler County US 1 runs west of I-95 throughout its journey in Flagler County, running in a northwest direction.

The first major intersection in the county is with Old Dixie Highway in. From there, it enters, intersecting County Road 304, followed by Belle Terre Parkway. It then enters, where it's known as State Street, with an intersection of /, with a brief concurrency with SR 100. The SR 100 concurrency ends with an intersection with /State Road 100. North of Bunnell, US 1 intersects (County Road 13). US 1 then straddles the western end of, with an intersection with Palm Coast Parkway (County Road 1424) near the northern end of the city, providing access to. Before leaving Palm Coast, it intersects Old Kings Road, and then leaves Flagler County via a crossing of the Pellicer Creek bridge.St.

Johns County US 1 enters St. Johns county at the northern end of Pellicer Creek, and quickly intersects with County Road 204 just south of the interchange. At the I-95 interchange, US 1 stays east of the interstate, and heads into an undeveloped area. At, The road is slightly more developed, as US 1 heads towards, followed by at the crossing of Moultrie Creek. It then enters, first intersecting with, followed by, where US 1 is now known as Ponce De Leon Boulevard. Heading north, it intersects, known locally as King Street, and a tourist route through Old St.

Just north of the intersection, it crosses the San Sebastian River, and then straddles on the eastern riverbed. At the northern end of St. Augustine, it intersects, followed by US 1 Business five blocks later.

After leaving St. Augustine, it passes by the western end of the, and cuts through wetlands to. At the northernmost intersection with at Race Track Road, US 1 crosses the Duval County line and enters Jacksonville.Duval County.

See also:From, US 1 starts its journey through and Jacksonville at Race Track Road, where it becomes the Philips Highway, a 17-mile-long (27 km) section of US 1 south of named after Judge Henry Bethune Philips, the first chairman of the State Road Board, predecessor of the. It heads north through the sparsely developed sections of southeast, intersecting the future interchange, followed by Old St.

Augustine Road in. It continues northwest, intersecting Greenland Road and East Beltway. North of I-295, US 1 enters a commercial area with multiple furniture stores, with an intersection with. A 1/2 mile northwest is an interchange with I-95.A few miles north, US 1 intersects Sunbeam Road (County Road 116), which connects to. It then heads to, locally known as Baymeadows Road.

As US 1 heads towards the heart of Jacksonville, it intersects with, locally known as JTB Boulevard, a freeway through eastern Jacksonville. US 1 then heads towards Bowden Road, providing access to southbound I-95, followed one block later by, locally known as University Boulevard. A few miles north, it intersects Emerson Street, signed as to the east and to the west. It then intersects St.

Augustine Road and Philips Highway ends at I-95 exit 348. FromNorth of Philips Highway, US 1 continues as Kings Avenue, running within a block of I-95. One block north of I-95, it intersects, and starts a concurrency as the two highways head north. After crossing under I-95, the road intersects twice, heading towards the, crossing the. North of the bridge, the road becomes a, named Ocean Street northbound and Main Street southbound.

It then intersects, starting a concurrency. Several blocks north, it ends the US 90 concurrency and begins a concurrency with US 90 Alternate. It then intersects with, and the national southern terminus of. It also ends the concurrencies of US 90 Alternate and SR 228. It also starts a concurrency with. At that point, the one-way pair ends, and US 1 leaves downtown as Main Street.

It then intersects US 1 Alternate, and the road heads west on the, ending the concurrency with US 17, which heads north. At this point, US 1 changes its unsigned state road from SR 5 to.U.S. 1 then intersects I-95 one last time on a cloverleaf interchange on exit 354A; the two highways will not meet again until Virginia.

1 continues west, with the parkway ending with an intersection of, which US 1 shares a concurrency with from here to the Georgia state line. The road continues northwest, intersecting, and crossing the just north of that intersection. US 1 then intersects. Just south of the I-295 West Beltway, it passes west of the Little Trout River. It then has an interchange with the I-295 West Beltway, followed by an intersection with Trout River Boulevard. US 1 then crosses the, a of the, and intersects immediately north of the river.

The road then heads towards the Thomas Creek Conversation Area, leaving Duval County at the Thomas Creek Bridge.Nassau County North of the Thomas Creek Conservation Area, it enters Nassau County,. It next heads to, where it intersects with. At the center part of town, it intersects the northern terminus of and, as well as starting a concurrency with that continues beyond the Georgia state line. Just north of Callahan, US 1 intersects County Road 115.

US 1 heads north towards, which contains an intersection with. Heading north towards Georgia, it passes by a on the southbound side in, followed by an intersection with /Lake Hampton Road, the last intersection before US 1 crosses the and the state line.History. The beginning of US 1 as of March 1951With the completed in 1938, US 1 was extended from Miami over the (SR 4A) to shortly afterward, where it still ends today.The section of US 1 between Miami and Jacksonville has been replaced by for most through traffic.In Florida, where signs for U.S. Highways formerly had different colors for each highway, the 'shield' for US 1 was red. Florida began using the colored shields in 1956, but during the 1980s the was revised to specify only a black and white color scheme for. As such, Federal funds were no longer available to maintain the colored signs.

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