Depending on the direction in which you travel, Key West will either be the first or the last of the Florida Keys you get to on a trip between Miami and Key West. U.S. Highway 1 connects the more than 800 keys between these two points, crossing more than 42 bridges on a 180-mile stretch with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other.

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