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37-535: The GTM Research Reserve boundary encompasses 76,760 acres along the Guana, Tolomato, and Matanzas rivers, and the Atlantic Coast. Its mission is "to achieve the conservation of natural biodiversity and cultural resources by using the results of research and monitoring to guide science-based stewardship and education strategies." The GTM Research Reserve was officially designated on August 19, 1999. A portion of

74-789: A Florida Scenic Highway . It is also called the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway from State Road 510 at Wabasso Beach to U.S. Route 1 in Cocoa . In 2024, the entirety of A1A from Key West to the Georgia state line was designated the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway . SR A1A is famous worldwide as a center of beach culture in the United States, a scenic coastal route through most Atlantic coastal cities and beach towns, including

111-473: A prehistoric earthen burial mound . Kayak, bicycle, and fishing boats are available for rent to explore the reserve. The tract was privately owned and open to the public for hunting and fishing prior to state acquisition. During the period of private ownership, the Guana River was dammed in 1957, to flood the upstream marshes in order to enhance wintering waterfowl habitat. The result was the creation of

148-567: A means to quickly transport citrus to packinghouses on the mainland, then in the 1930s and 1940s became more used by tourists. On August 1, 2003, it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places . County Road A1A is a county road in four counties in the U.S. state of Florida . The route is discontinuous and functions as a spur of State Road A1A. CR A1A in Palm Beach County

185-401: A popular spring break destination during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s – and Daytona Beach , which became a popular destination for college spring breaks during the 1970s. Today, SR A1A serves as more a main coastal highway that connects beach towns for more than 375 miles (600 km) along Florida's east coast. Though SR A1A runs from Key West to north of Jacksonville, the designation

222-644: Is a former routing of SR A1A through Juno Beach and Jupiter . It serves as a paralleling alternate route to Federal Highway ( US 1 ), and is often erroneously signed as SR A1A despite its official county designation and maintenance. The longest of the four county spurs, County Road A1A is 15.88-mile (25.56 km) that runs along the Florida East Coast Railroad main line from Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound to Stuart , where it suddenly changes course and runs east along

259-456: Is also marked as SR 200 , but SR A1A signs are displayed at every cluster of signs, though a designated direction is only above the SR ;200 signs. Prior to the 1945 renumbering , the route that became SR 1 had the following numbers: SR 1 was defined in the 1945 renumbering as: Since then, the following changes have been made: The Jungle Trail (pre-1945 State Road 252 )

296-531: Is being sent to all parties holding road description lists, section lists, maps, etc., with the request that they mark the change on their copies accordingly. Please be advised that the State Road Board adopted a Resolution in their meeting on November 25, 1946, held in Tallahassee. Florida, changing the new State Road Number 1 to State Road Number A1A. The necessity for changing this Highway Number

333-854: Is no longer a State Park. The research reserve is located along State Highway A1A , between St. Augustine and Jacksonville . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway (Tolomato River), the Guana Tract, which includes the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM Research Reserve) and Guana River Wildlife Management Area, comprises some 12,000 acres (49 km) of public conservation and recreational uplands. Matanzas River Too Many Requests If you report this error to

370-605: Is not one continuous route. In some areas such as the Florida Keys, there is no oceanfront highway (other than the Overseas Highway , US 1), other parts of the coast are served by county roads (sometimes designated County Road A1A ) rather than state roads, and still other areas are restricted by geography (inlets) or usage (e.g. nature preserves and the Kennedy Space Center ). The longest of

407-588: The Atlantic Ocean , from Key West at the southern tip of Florida , to Fernandina Beach , just south of Georgia on Amelia Island . It is the main road through most oceanfront towns. Part of SR A1A is designated the A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway , a National Scenic Byway . A portion of SR A1A that passes through Volusia County is designated the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail ,

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444-456: The Intracoastal Waterway and Callalisa Creek before heading southbound. After the 2 bridges, the road becomes 3rd Avenue, the northern terminus of Saxon Drive as the first right after Callalisa Creek. East of Indian River Village Shopping Center, the road turns southward and becomes Atlantic Avenue. At the intersection of 27th Avenue, the road becomes 2 lanes wide. Less than a mile south of New Smyrna Beach, Saxon Drive ends. At Bethune Beach ,

481-594: The endangered Anastasia Island beach mouse ( Peromyscus polionotus phasma ). Diving and wading birds such as brown and white pelicans , wood storks , and roseate spoonbills can also be viewed. The GTM Research Reserve Visitor Center is located at 505 Guana River Road in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida . It is in the northern component of GTM Research Reserve, ten miles north of St. Augustine on State Road A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach, and serves as

518-487: The Atlantic Ocean than SR A1A. It runs northeast from SR A1A, but begins to straighten out between John Drive and a private driveway south of F Street. The closest thing resembling a major intersection is 16th Street. After passing by the St Johns County Ocean Pier, the road intersects Pope Road and leaves the city limits, where it enters Anastasia State Park , and makes a sharp curve to the west. Once

555-621: The GTM Research Reserve north of St. Augustine, Florida was formerly known as Guana River State Park . The upland areas include pine flatwoods, maritime hammock , coastal strands and dunes , and mangroves . It is also an important calving ground for the endangered North Atlantic right whale , in addition to being home to aquatic and amphibious wildlife like dolphins , manatees , sea turtles , gopher tortoises , American alligators , indigo snakes and river otters . There are also peregrine falcons , bald eagles , and

592-662: The Guana River Wildlife Management Area. In 2004 with the construction of the GTM Environmental Education Center, the management of the state park lands was turned over to the GTM Research Reserve to manage as part of the larger research reserve. In 2004 the Guana River State Park was acquired by the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve and is now included in the reserve. It

629-732: The Matanzas River within its boundary. There is a smaller office building on A1A within the River to Sea Preserve in Marineland. There are a lot of recreational activities available like hiking , bicycling, fishing , kayaking and canoeing, dog walking, horseback riding, picnicking , bird watching and nature viewing. Amenities include over nine miles (14  km) of nature trails in an unspoiled natural setting. The reserve also contains seventeen archaeological sites , shell middens at Shell Bluff Landing and Wright's Landing, as well as

666-534: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 970199250 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:54:04 GMT State Road A1A (Florida) State Road A1A ( SR A1A ) is a major north–south Florida State Road consisting of seven separate sections running a total of 338.752 miles (545.168 km) along

703-545: The administrative, education, research, and stewardship facilities for the northern component of GTM Research Reserve. The southern component of GTM Research Reserve consists of Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve, Faver-Dykes State Park , Washington Oaks Gardens State Park , Moses Creek Conservation Area, Pellicer Creek Conservation Area, Fort Matanzas National Monument , Matanzas State Forest , Princess Place Preserve, The River to Sea Preserve at Marineland , Marsh View Preserve, and other state sovereign submerged lands adjacent to

740-477: The beachfront. For most of its length, SR A1A runs along Florida's East Coast Barrier Islands, separated from the mainland of the state by the Intracoastal Waterway . Because of the proximity of the highway to the ocean and its susceptibility to storm surges , sections of SR A1A are often closed or damaged by hurricanes and tropical storms . SR A1A also has been a backbone of Florida's spring break serving as "the strip" in both Fort Lauderdale –

777-520: The coast to just south of Fort Clinch State Park on the estuary of the Saint Mary's River . At that point SR A1A hooks back south to Fernandina Beach and then turns west, going inland 20 miles through Yulee and crossing I-95 and U.S. Highway 17 . It ends at U.S. Highway 1 , U.S. Highway 23 , and U.S. Highway 301 in Callahan . This section west of Fernandina Beach,

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814-532: The confusion resulting from the designating and marking of the coastal road down the East Coast as State Road No. 1 and petitions and requests that some change in numbering be made to eliminate the mistaking of this road for U. S. Highway No. 1 because these two roads intersect and run parallel to each other, BE IT RESOLVED that in order to eliminate the confusion which the motoring public is experiencing by mistaking State Road No. 1 for U. S. Highway No. 1, and at

851-663: The main road throughout much of the exclusive Palm Beach , further to the north. In the area of Vero Beach , SR A1A is called the Robert C. Spillman Memorial Highway, and it spans Sebastian Inlet at the Sebastian Inlet Bridge . SR A1A next passes just to the west of Cape Canaveral and the John F. Kennedy Space Center . Two miles of SR A1A were used as part of the well-known Daytona Beach Road Course . SR A1A also passes through St. Augustine ,

888-751: The northern terminus of the Key West section of SR A1A, U.S. Route 1 and State Road 5 (the Overseas Highway ). Running along the south shore of Key West, SR A1A is the southernmost numbered highway in the lower 48 states. SR A1A reappears at Interstate 395 and US 1 in Miami , beginning at MacArthur Causeway before becoming Collins Avenue at Fifth Street in Miami Beach (or, in small segments, Harding Avenue, Abbott Avenue, or Indian Creek Drive), serving as one of Miami Beach's main north — south thoroughfares. Just north in

925-448: The number 1 in its place in the grid. The East Coast Greenway , a system of trails that connects Maine to Florida, travels along sections of SR A1A. SR A1A is heavily associated with Florida beach culture and is known for its lush tropical and subtropical scenery and ocean vistas. In many places, the highway runs directly along the waterfront of the Atlantic Ocean, but in other places, it runs one to five blocks inland from

962-552: The oldest continuously-inhabited city on the mainland of the United States. SR A1A is called 3rd Street in Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach . Just south of Atlantic Beach , SR A1A turns inland for several blocks, following Atlantic Boulevard, before resuming a northward course along Mayport Road that ends at the St. Johns River . A ferry takes traffic to the northern section of SR A1A that continues along

999-495: The present-day Guana Lake. The lake water is brackish near its southern terminus at Guana Dam and gradually turns into a freshwater reservoir as one travels away from the dam. Both saltwater and freshwater fish species exist in the same body of water. The land was purchased from Gate Petroleum with Conservation and Recreational Lands and Save Our Coast funds by the State of Florida in 1984 and divided into Guana River State Park and

1036-554: The road leaves the park, it features an exceptionally long west-to-north turning ramp towards SR A1A, but ends at the intersection of SRs A1A and 312 . In accordance with a Resolution adopted by the State Road Board in Tallahassee on November 25, 1946 all records and maps are being revised to show the Atlantic Coast Route from Jacksonville to Miami as State Road No. A1A, replacing the Number 1. A copy of this memorandum

1073-477: The road slightly turns away from the Atlantic Ocean. The road becomes Turtle Mound Road at that point. After Bethune Beach, the road is midway between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. At this point, a gate brings access to Canaveral National Seashore . It passes through the ghost town of Eldora . The road ends as a dead end at a beach. County Road A1A is a 3.40-mile (5.47 km) spur route of SR A1A in St. Augustine Beach that runs closer to

1110-685: The route's seven sections runs 106 miles (171 km) from Stuart to Cocoa , while three of the sections are less than 10 miles (15 km) long The southern terminus of the first section of SR A1A is at the southern end of Bertha Street, where SR A1A begins as a two-lane, then a four-lane highway along the Straits of Florida in Key West , known locally as South Roosevelt Boulevard. The road heads east past East Martello Tower and Key West International Airport , before curving north with an intersection with CR 5A (Flagler Avenue), followed by

1147-437: The same time to retain the numeral One for the State's most easterly north-south road, and for whatever benefit it may have for the citizens and property owners along the route in question, THIS DEPARTMENT HEREBY CHANGES the designation of State Road No. 1 to State Road A1A. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said change and designation will become effective immediately after a conference to be held by Mr. Guernsey and representatives of

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1184-625: The south coast of the St. Lucie River . After the terminus of SR 714, it approaches the Evans Crary Bridge separating Stuart and Sewall's Point and becomes SR A1A. County Road A1A is a 7-mile (11 km) spur route of State Road A1A in Volusia County, Florida , United States. The route begins at U.S. Route 1 and State Road A1A in Downtown New Smyrna Beach as Lytel Avenue. Next, the route crosses

1221-560: The town of Surfside , the northbound is Collins Avenue, and the southbound is Harding Avenue. In Bal Harbour it is called Bal Harbour Boulevard. In Golden Beach it is called Ocean Boulevard. It serves Hallandale Beach , Hollywood Beach , and Dania Beach . It joins with US 1 for 3.4 miles, and passes the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport . It then divides and serves Fort Lauderdale , Pompano Beach , and continuing north. It serves as

1258-432: The unique tropical coral islands of the Florida Keys. SR A1A also serves as a major thoroughfare through Miami Beach and other south Florida coastal cities. Other than SR A1A Alternate (now SR 811 , CR 707 , SR 732 , and an extension of SR 842 ), only two other Florida state roads have begun with a letter: SR A19A (now a loop of SR 693 – SR 699 – SR 682 near St. Petersburg ), and SR G1A (now SR 300 ). The road

1295-491: Was because of confusion which has been experienced by the traveling public where US 1 and SR 1 are common or intersect each other. State Road A1A, formerly SR 1, is the easternmost road along the Eastern Seaboard and extends from Jacksonville with intermittent sections to Miami. On motion of Mr. Guernsey, seconded by Mr. Pultz, the following resolution was adopted: WHEREAS, this Board has heard numerous complaints of

1332-465: Was designated as State Road 1 in the 1945 renumbering , mostly replacing the former State Road 140 designation. The number reflected its location in the new grid as the easternmost major north–south road. About a year and a half later, in November 1946, the State Road Board resolved to renumber the route due to confusion with the parallel U.S. Highway 1 . The new designation, A1A, was chosen to keep

1369-646: Was part of A1A in northeastern Indian River County, Florida . The narrow, 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 -mile-long (12.1 km) road is located between Old Winter Beach Road and the current A1A, along the western side of Orchid Island , and is unpaved. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway system, and the southernmost road in the highway system. Part of the trail goes through the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge . The road started as

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