Long Point Key
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Long Point Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys
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U.S. 1
(or the Overseas Highway
) traverses the key between Crawl Key
and Fat Deer Key
, which is part of a long stretch of road known as the Grassy Key Causeway.
It is entirely within the city of Marathon, Florida
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Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...
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U.S. 1
U.S. Route 1 in Florida
U.S. Route 1 in Florida runs along the state's east coast from Key West to its crossing of the St. Marys River into Georgia north of Boulogne, and south of Folkston. US 1 was designated through Florida when the U.S. Highway System was established in 1926.US 1 runs in the state of Florida, and...
(or the Overseas Highway
Overseas Highway
The Overseas Highway is a highway carrying U.S. Route 1 through the Florida Keys. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. Completed in 1912, the Overseas Railroad was heavily damaged and partially...
) traverses the key between Crawl Key
Crawl Key
Crawl Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys.U.S. 1 traverses the key between Grassy Key and Long Point Key, which is part of a long stretch of road known as the Grassy Key Causeway....
and Fat Deer Key
Fat Deer Key
Fat Deer Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys.U.S. 1 crosses the key at approximately mile markers 53.5-56, between Long Point Key and Key Vaca....
, which is part of a long stretch of road known as the Grassy Key Causeway.
It is entirely within the city of Marathon, Florida
Marathon, Florida
Marathon is a city on Knight's Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, Fat Deer Key, Long Point Key, Crawl Key and Grassy Key islands in the middle Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,255. As of 2005, the population estimated...
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