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Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida (6 P) Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Florida" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The earliest evidence found of the old state road system is on a 1917 State Road Department map; [1] in 1923 the Florida State Legislature began writing the routes into law. Every two years, when the legislature met, new roads were added, at first by number, and later giving the SRD the ability to choose a number.
In the latter part of the 17th century the Spanish tried, with limited success, to improve the Royal Road to allow use by ox carts. [2] In 1824, three years after Florida became a United States territory, the United States Congress authorized the construction of a road connecting Pensacola to St. Augustine.
Prior to the Silk Road an ancient overland route existed through the Eurasian Steppe. Silk and horses were traded as key commodities; secondary trade included furs, weapons, musical instruments, precious stones (turquoise, lapis lazuli, agate, nephrite) and jewels. This route extended for approximately 10,000 km (6,200 mi). [6]
A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.
Construction workers in northeast Florida have unearthed a piece of 19th-century history buried beneath the oldest city in the United States.. Florida Department of Transportation crews were ...
An 18th-century map of Florida. This is a timeline of the U.S. state of Florida. Pre-European. 15,405–14,146 BC: Page-Ladson site. 9320 BC: Cutler Fossil Site.
In 1969, the State Road Department was superseded by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). In 1977, House Bill 803 (HB 803), Chapter 77-165 in the Laws of Florida, was passed in the Florida Legislature. This transportation policy act eliminated the secondary roads, roads that consisted of county roads that were maintained by the state.