7 Mile Bridge - Marathon, FL
Jun 28, 2015 23:19:50 #
Good shots, Saigon! I think I may have been on this bridge but not sure. Where does it start and end? Do you know when it as built? It was many years ago that I may have been on it.
Jun 29, 2015 05:24:47 #
Sailorsmom, if you ever went to Key West, you were on the 7 mile. The new bridge was built in the 80s and prior to that there was only the old bridge.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Jun 29, 2015 05:44:29 #
Saigon wrote:
Enjoy some of the pictures of the 7 Mile Bridge and Sombrero beach...
These are beautiful photos. Did you take some of them from a boat?
Jun 29, 2015 09:25:43 #
Silvermeteor
Loc: South Carolina, USA
sailorsmom wrote:
Good shots, Saigon! I think I may have been on this bridge but not sure. Where does it start and end? Do you know when it as built? It was many years ago that I may have been on it.
The bridge begins at the south end of Marathon Key which is the largest of the Florida Keys.
In the early years the only mode of travel to Key West was by steam boat. Then Henry Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railroad from Homestead/Florida City all the way to Key West with a series of bridges connecting the keys.
There was a major hurricane that wiped out the railroad which was never rebuilt. The first Overseas Highway followed the path of the railroad and was built utilizing the old railroad bridges. In fact, the guardrails on either side of the Seven Mile Bridge were made from the original rails. You can see them in image #7.
Jun 29, 2015 10:57:18 #
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Jun 29, 2015 10:59:39 #
Thanks jfn007
No, I took all the shots from land (both sides of the bridge) while my wife did some fishing from the Old Bridge.
No, I took all the shots from land (both sides of the bridge) while my wife did some fishing from the Old Bridge.
jfn007 wrote:
These are beautiful photos. Did you take some of them from a boat?
Jun 29, 2015 11:00:48 #
Thanks for your complement Daniel.
Hope you would enjoy them..
Hope you would enjoy them..
DianeL wrote:
All of these are nice. You have a good instinct for beautiful scenes.
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