The Florida Keys Overseas Highway is now an "All-American Road."



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Rudy Nichols, a Florida Department of Transportation sign crew leader, positions a placard designating the Florida Keys Overseas Highway as an All-American Road Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, on top of the Jewfish Creek Bridge in Key Largo, Fla. Friday, federal transportation officials announced that the Keys road, with 42 bridges over water, was one of five highways to receive the prestigious accolade. Thus far, 31 American roads are designated as All-American by the National Scenic Byways program directed by the Federal Highway Administration. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Vehicular traffic rolls on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in Islamorada, Fla. Friday, federal transportation officials announced that the Keys 110-mile-long thoroughfare, with 42 bridges over water, was one of five highways to receive an All-American Road designation. Thus far, 31 American roads are designated as "All-American" by the National Scenic Byways program directed by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Vehicular traffic rolls on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, in Key Largo, Fla. Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, federal transportation officials announced that the Keys thoroughfare, with 42 bridges over water, was one of five highways to receive an All-American Road designation. Thus far, 31 American roads are designated as "All-American" by the National Scenic Byways program directed by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Vehicular traffic rolls on the Seven Mile Bridge near Marathon, Fla., in the Florida Keys. Federal transportation officials announced Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, that the Florida Keys Overseas Highway road, with 42 bridges over water, was one of five highways to receive the prestigious All-American Road designation. Thus far, 31 American roads are designated as "All-American" by the National Scenic Byways program, directed by the Federal Highway Administration. The span on the right is historic and no longer used for traffic. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Vehicular traffic rolls on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway's Jewfish Creek Bridge, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in Key Largo, Fla., past a newly placed sign designating the road's status as an All-American Road. Friday, federal transportation officials announced that the Keys 110-mile-long thoroughfare, with 42 bridges over water, was one of five highways to receive an All-American Road designation. Thus far, 31 American roads are designated as "All-American" by the National Scenic Byways program directed by the Federal Highway Administration. Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Official logo to commemorate the Federal Highway Administration's designation of the Florida Keys Overseas Highway as an All-American road on Friday, Oct. 16, 2009.
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