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Feb 25 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
In 1928, when the Tamiami Trail was completed, people could finally travel easily by car from Tampa to Miami, hence the name "Tamiami." Also known as U.S. Highway 41, the road was considered a feat of engineering at the time.

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#EvergladesNationalPark #Everglades An aerial image shows construction of the bridge alongside t
It took over 11 years, $7 million and more than 3 million sticks of dynamite to complete the 264-mile roadway and adjacent canal.

The road was great for the economy of Southwest Florida and enabled this part of Florida to become a center for real estate, business, and tourism.
But it was disastrous for the Everglades ecosystem, cutting off the natural flow of water into what is today Everglades National Park.
Now there’s a happy ending to this story -- engineers have returned to fix this mistake.

By 2019, approximately 3.5-miles of elevated bridging replaced the roadway and increased the flow of water into the park by 80%.

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#EngineersWeek A figure of a map including the northeastern part of the par
Current projects to raise the road and build more culverts will better distribute more water into the park.

We are already seeing some promising results now that the water can flow more freely.

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Read more about the intertwined past, present and future of the park with Tamiami Trail in "Removing the cork in the bottle: Reconstructing Tamiami Trail to restore water flow to Everglades National Park." Follow the link in today's story.
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We wanted to remind everyone that the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Shark Valley Site Plan is available for review and comment through March 11 at parkplanning.nps.gov/sharkvalley.

Learn more and submit comments directly on the project website.
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Feb 24
Did you know an Underground Railroad route ran through what is today Everglades National Park? Here's the story of how abolitionist Jonathan Walker smuggled 7 enslaved people from Pensacola to the Bahamas, a British colony at the time, and thus free.
In 1844, the group departed in a small sailing vessel, following the Florida coast south toward Cape Sable in present day Everglades National Park.
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Mar 29, 2021
Active shooter incident happening at Everglades NP. Main park road (SR 9336) closed for public safety. Visitors/residents in Flamingo should shelter in place. Suspect is a 33 y.o. white male. Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are coordinating the response.
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Mar 28, 2021
Spring has sprung, and it's wading bird nesting season!

We just closed access to Paurotis Pond in the park, but for good reason: wading birds, including Wood Storks like the ones pictured here, are doing what they're supposed to do and are raising babies.

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Mar 26, 2021
Let's take a peek into the future... that is the Flamingo Visitor Center's future!

Swipe to see the "before and after" of the main entrance and one of the exhibits. The "afters" are renderings, as the center is in construction.

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Feb 28, 2021
Wherever there were enslaved African Americans, there were people eager to escape. One such attempt in 1844 brought 7 freedom seekers in a sailing vessel through, what is today, Everglades National Park. Photo 1 by NPS: Color map of the United States with arrows sPhoto 2 Daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes, 1845: A hand wi
Abolitionist Jonathan Walker smuggled 7 enslaved people from Pensacola to the Bahamas, a British colony at the time, where slavery had been abolished since 1834.

Following the coast southward, they rounded Cape Sable on the southwestern tip of the Florida peninsula.
They moved past Sandy Key, Clive Key and Eagle Key in Florida Bay. Along the way, Walker fell ill & they ran low on water.

Walker intended to head NE thru today's Biscayne NP (@biscaynenps) to Cape Florida. From there, it would have been a relatively short trip to the Bahamas.
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