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unusual facts about U.S. Route 1 in Florida


U.S. Route 1 in Florida

U.S. 1 was designated nationwide on November 11, 1926, running from Miami, Florida north to Fort Kent, Maine.


Florida State Road 858

The road then crosses the Dixie Highway and the Florida East Coast Railroad, and then passes by the northern end of the Gulfstream Park Race Track just east of the intersection of South Federal Highway (US 1/SR 5).

Former State Roads in Florida

State Road 939A is a spur south of US 1 from Lower Sugarloaf Key, traveling southeast on the island as Sugarloaf Boulevard to end at old SR 4A and SR 939B.

Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway

Part of the right-of-way was used for the current alignment of U.S. 1 (SR 5), built in 1956; the rest was abandoned and has been mostly redeveloped.

WPTV-TV

Along with its main studios, the station operates a bureau in the Stuart News building on South Federal Highway/US 1.


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