Overseas Railroad
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The Overseas Railroad was a historic extension of the Florida East Coast Railway that connected mainland Florida to Key West across a series of long bridges over the Florida Keys.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Overseas Railway | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic railroad
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Overseas Extension NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Florida East Coast Railway Key West Extension project ⓘ |
| builder | Florida East Coast Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureReason | extensive hurricane damage and high repair cost ⓘ |
| connected |
Key West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mainland Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionDifficulty | built largely over open water and shallow reefs ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1905 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crossed | Florida Keys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossedBodyOfWater |
Florida Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Straits of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Henry Flagler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | remnants preserved as historic structures ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major feat of early 20th-century American civil engineering ⓘ |
| inception | 1905 ⓘ |
| infrastructureReuse | railroad bridges converted for highway use ⓘ |
| length | about 128 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Miami-Dade County, Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monroe County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
engineering challenges due to hurricanes and open sea
ⓘ
series of long bridges over open ocean ⓘ |
| officialName | Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | January 1912 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1912 ⓘ |
| owner | Florida East Coast Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyConvertedTo | pedestrian and fishing piers ⓘ |
| partOf | Florida East Coast Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to extend rail service to Key West
ⓘ
to facilitate trade with Cuba and Latin America ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1935 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | damaged by the 1935 Labor Day hurricane ⓘ |
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| successor | Overseas Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminus |
Key West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
| traversed |
Bahia Honda Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Long Key Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Mile Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Marathon, Florida
this entity surface form:
Overseas Railway