Roads Through the Everglades

The Building of the Ingraham Highway, the Tamiami Trail and Conners Highway, 1914-1931

By: Bruce D. Epperson

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Paperback | 4 July 2016

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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 Conners 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 advent of gasoline and diesel-powered equipment to replace animal and steam-powered implements, and the creation of a highway funding system based on fuel taxes. This book tells the story of the finance and technology of the first modern highways in the South.

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"illustrations wonderfully convey the technical challenges associated with these roadbuilding projects in the state's swampy terrain...Epperson provides a window into the nature of Florida's economy and psyche in the early 20th century...solid research"-Florida Historical Quarterly; "Epperson provides an extraordinary detailed account of the funding and actual construction of these three roadways. His research is voluminous and thorough...a great resource for anyone interested in the remarkable engineering achievements of these three roads which profoundly reshaped Florida's River of Grass"-H-Net Reviews.

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