After returning to the mainland and Florida City via Card Sound Road I decided on bypassing Florida's Turnpike given was rush hour on Florida State 997. As discussed previously in Part 12; FL 997 is a 36.7 mile state road from US Route 1 north to US Route 27. FL 997 used to be part of FL 27 until 1983 but was renumbered to avoid confusion with US 27. FL 27 can be seen on the 1956 and 1964 State Highway Map of Florida along with the original alignment of the Ingraham Highway to Everglades National Park . 1956 Florida State Highway Map 1964 Florida State Highway Map Back when I was living in the Florida Keys I would often take Krome Avenue/FL 997 from Florida City to US 27. I typically found that the Turnpike Extension was typically backed up to Bird Road and could take well over an hour to get through. Generally that meant following the slow orange trucks alongside the Everglades on a two-lane FL 997 was often a better way of reaching ...
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