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Tamiami Trail

Car driving on a roadway elevated over extensive marshland

The two-lane Tamiami Trail was completed in 1928 and for the first time ever, people could easily travel by car from Tampa to Miami. Considered a feat of engineering at the time, the road was great for the economy of Southwest Florida, but it blocked water from entering Everglades National Park and was disastrous for the ecosystem. Starting in 1989, with follow-up efforts in 2009, Congress authorized a comprehensive plan that, although costly, aimed to finally fix the water flow problem created by the Tamiami Trail. An elevated one-mile bridge was completed in 2013, and 2.3-miles of bridging was completed in 2019. These two bridges increased the flow of water into the park by 80%. The Everglades ecosystem is responding positively.

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Denver Service Center, Code: DSC

Latitude: 25.7604527777778, Longitude: -80.6200027777778, Elevation: 31.878

NPS.gov Collection

06/20/2019

06/20/2019

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Friday, February 19, 2021 1:40:08 PM

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