Overseas Highway at Long Key Viaduct

Overseas Highway at Long Key Viaduct: © Key West Art & Historical Society
Overseas Highway at Long Key Viaduct

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

Overseas Highway at Long Key Viaduct

Entry/Object ID

1988.04.0013

Description

Postcard depicting a bridge over water. The caption reads, ‘Where the Atlantic meets the Gulf of Mexico, Overseas Highway at Long Key Viaduct’. The description on the verso reads, 'In 1937 the Overseas Road and Bridge Commission acquired 40 miles of abandoned railroad viaducts and roadbed. These have been converted into highway bridges and a magnificent roadway which stretches for miles over the open sea to Key West, the southernmost city in the U.S.'

Subject Place

Island

Long Key

County

Monroe

State/Province

Florida

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Collection

Postcard Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Condition

Good