


The expanse running parallel to it is what remains of the Old Seven Mile Bridge, an engineering marvel in its day that's now on the National Register of Historic Places. It rested on a record 546 concrete piers. No cars are allowed on the old bridge today, but a 2 1/5-mi segment is open for biking, walking, and rollerblading, with a terminus at historic Pigeon Key.
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