MILE MARKERS

As you travel the Florida Keys you will come to appreciate the green and white mile markers (MM) on US 1. These roadside markers tell you how far you are from Key West from anywhere in the Keys. The mile marker numbers begin with 127 (south of Florida City) and end with 0 in Key West - the Southern most city in the United States. Addresses and maps often include mile markers for easier location.

                                                                 MILE MARKERS

IN MOST CASES THE RENTAL AGENCY WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE. TRY TO  AVOID 95  AS IT BECOMES A TRAFFIC DISASTER SOUTH OF MIAMI THROUGH HOMESTEAD AND MAY ADD AS MUCH AS AN HOUR TO YOUR TRIP.

 FROM FT. LAUDERDALE  AIRPORT   APPROX. 132 MI            < GREEN TURNPIKE SIGN 

TAKE 595 WEST TO FLORIDA TURNPIKE SOUTH.  BY EXIT 47 IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY (BE SURE TO BEAR RIGHT) KEEP FOLLOWING SIGNS TOWARDS HOMESTEAD/KEY WEST. YOU WILL PAY 4x $1.00 TOLLS AS YOU TAKE THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE TO THE END(54 MILES)  *   WHICH WILL PUT YOU ON US 1 SOUTH AT FLORIDA CITY. STAY ON US 1. THE AREA THROUGH THE EVERGLADES, REFERRED TO AS:  THE STRETCH ,  CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. PAY ATTENTION, AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC SOMETIMES DISREGARD THE NO PASSING ZONES AND RIDE YOUR LANE LIKE ITS THEIRS! THERE ARE GREEN MILE MARKERS ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT COUNT DOWN THE DISTANCE TO KEY WEST. KEY LARGO IS 106, ISLAMORADA, 88, MARATHON 54 AND KEY WEST (ZERO) THERE ARE 45 MILE HR SPEED ZONES WHICH ARE ENFORCED, AROUND KEY LARGO AND ISLAMORADA.(NOTE: GAS IS USUALLY 40 CENTS  LOWER , AROUND KEY LARGO AND ISLAMORADA.) STAY ON US 1 SOUTH AND WHEN YOU PASS MILE MARKER 54 THE ROAD WILL OPEN TO TWO LANES. AT THE 2 ND  TRAFFIC LIGHT YOU WILL SEE A CIRCLE K CONVENIENCE STORE. MAKE A LEFT ON TO SADOWSKI CAUSEWAY. ( 25 MPH HEAVILY ENFORCED )

UNIT 390 AND 380 OCEAN VIEW DUPLEX

TAKE SADOWSKI CAUSEWAY TO THE END. THE ROAD BEARS LEFT AND PUTS YOU ON OCEAN DRIVE E. GO TWO BLOCKS. OUR DUPLEX IS ON THE CORNER OF 4 TH  AND E. OCEAN DR. UNIT 380 IS THE RIGHT SIDE UNIT. UNIT 390 IS THE LEFT SIDE UNIT.

UNIT 6 CANAL FRONT 1/2 DUPLEX

TAKE SADOWSKI CAUSEWAY TO W. OCEAN DRIVE. MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON W. OCEAN AND TAKE THE FIRST RIGHT TURN ON TO 7TH STREET. UNIT 6 IS THE THIRD DUPLEX PAST THE LITTLE ROW OF STORES. UNIT 6 IS THE LEFT SIDE UNIT.

SEE LOCAL MAP           http://keycolonybeach.net/citymap.html

   FROM MIAMI AIRPORT      APPROX. - 110 MI   

TAKE LE JEUNE ROAD SOUTH TO 836 WEST. TAKE 836 WEST TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE EXTENSION SOUTH.  THIS WILL PUT YOU ON TURNPIKE AROUND EXIT 26.   FOLLOW ABOVE DIRECTIONS. *   AVOID 95  SOUTH OF MIAMI AROUND HOMESTEAD.

  FROM WEST PALM AIRPORT    APPROX 165 MI. 

 TAKE 95 SOUTH TO EXIT 25, FORT LAUDERDALE AREA. TAKE 595 WEST TO FLORIDA TURNPIKE. FOLLOW ABOVE * 

  DRIVING FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA 

IF YOU ARE USING 95 TRY TO GET ON TO FLORIDA TURNPIKE AT EITHER FORT PIERCE OR JUPITER EXITS. FOLLOW ABOVE DIRECTIONS*  AVOID TAKING 95 TO THE END, AS IT CAN BE A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE AND MAY ADD AS MUCH AS AN HOUR TO YOUR TRIP.

  FROM KEY WEST AIRPORT  ( APPROX 54 MILES )                  MARATHON AIRPORT   (APPROX 5 MILES) 

TAKE US 1  NORTH. AFTER YOU PASS MM 54, MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON SADOWSKI CAUSEWAY. FOLLOW ABOVE DIRECTIONS FROM SADOWSKI CAUSEWAY TO DUPLEX.

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