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Roads Through the Everglades - The Building of the Ingraham Highway, the Tamiami Trail and Conners Highway, 1914-1931 (Paperback)
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Roads Through the Everglades - The Building of the Ingraham Highway, the Tamiami Trail and Conners Highway, 1914-1931 (Paperback)
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In 1915, the road system in south Florida had changed little since
before the Civil War. Travelling from Miami to Ft. Myers meant
going through Orlando, 250 miles north of Miami. Within 15 years,
three highways were dredged and blasted through the Everglades:
Ingraham Highway from Homestead, 25 miles south of Miami, to
Flamingo on the tip of the peninsula; Tamiami Trail from Miami to
Tampa; and Conner's Highway from West Palm Beach to Okeechobee
City. In 1916, Florida's road commission spent $967. In 1928 it
spent $6.8 million. Tamiami Trail, originally projected to cost
$500,000, eventually required $11 million. These roads were made
possible by the 1920s Florida land boom, the replacement of animal
and steam-powered implements with gasoline and diesel-powered
equipment, and the creation of a highway funding system based on
fuel taxes. This book tells the story of the finance and technology
of first modern highways in the South.
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