Hello Friends. I've been struggling slightly with my new laptop, with respect to getting pics out of my camera. It went fine the first time I tried, but couldn't make it happen the last 2 days. I think I have it figured out, so I look forward to putting up many more pics in the coming days.
The Seven Mile Bridge connects a huge gap in the islands (keys) and is a critical lifeline for the area. The bridge spans the gap from Marathon, south to Bahia Honda. This covers approximately mile markers 43 to 36. For referance, my rental house is mile marker 15 and Key West is the infamous mile marker 0. The locals value their mile markers (MM) down here. The "old" bridge still stands along side of the new one. I was a little kid in the 70's and remember driving across the very narrow structure. It was originally a railroad track, then converted to a highway. The new bridge is 4 lane. When there was an accident on the old bridge, it essentially cut off the flow of traffic, cut off emergency services and created traffic tie ups for miles.
One of my favorite stories about the bridges involves the movie "True Lies". This action movie starred Arnold Schwarzeneggr and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie ends with a chase scene across the old bridge. This occurred shortly after the new bridge opened. Notice the picture I posted of the old bridge with the gap in it. This gap was where the swing bridge used to be to let tall boats and ships through. Anyway, supposedly, they decked that gap over with a section of faux highway and blew it up in the movie. If memory serves me right, Arnold is in a Harrier jet and blows the highway up as the bad guys are about to cross it. Not sure if that is all factual, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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