I am absolutely blown away by the design, engineering and execution of such a feat. I've never been to Florida, but thanks to FWJ, I'm there right now. Holy wow.

I don't care how many times we make this ride...it never gets old. We spend 2 -3 months during the winter in the Keys...we still have about 4 months before we head out..this came at the perfect time. Thanks for sharing.

I am glad you got to visit and film the Florida Keys, Jim, before this devastating Hurricane Irma has caused chaos there. I truly hope it will not take too long for the area to recover. This hurricane is really an American tragedy.

Thanks so much for bringing us places!! not only that, the amount of great music i discovered along your journeys leaves a double whammy!! much thanks!!

Just discovered your videos a few weeks ago and really enjoy going along for the ride and also like the foot notes. Great to see places I will most likely not get to go. 👍🏻 well done. Thanks Jim.

Wow I appreciate the work you put in the infos, there is just enough that its entertaining to check the whole video. Cheers!

Oh yes that had to be my favorite of them all, I use to drive down there every year in the summer and loved that trip so much, watching this makes me want to go down again, maybe next summer, thank you SO much for posting this Jim!!

Excellent looking video and a very fun ride through Florida. The music helped a whole lot. Looking forward to see what you do next year. Thanx for posting this.

Another superb video Jim!! Heading there in 3 weeks for the drive........and thanks for putting a face with the name at the end! Best wishes in your upcoming adventures!

Great video. Thank you. It brought back a lot of fond memories from when I lived in the Keys in the '80's. I think I'll watch it again.

This was the PERFECT finale to this year's season. I cannot begin to describe how much I enjoyed this video! The soundtrack was incredible, too! Jimmy Buffett and Eric Clapton are among some of my favorite musicians, very nice to hear them in this video. Lots of other great music, some of which I was introduced to for the first time, so thank you! US Highway 1 across the keys was certainly spectacular. It was very exciting to see the southern end of this magnificent, dignified American Highway. The length of this video was a true treat for me, since I enjoy your content so much. Also intriguing to hear the history of he railroad and the bridges along the way - VERY NEAT! I cannot thank you enough for your hard work and quality content, this made this Friday evening very good for me. Thanks for the ride, and see ya next year!!

Hey Freeway Jim! Nice video. I HAVE to take the wife and kids on a road trip to Key West. it is a mission, and I have told my wife that we need to plan a trip for sometime next year . I told her that we will take a week at least. Drive with our 3 kids from Atlanta to Key West, and come back and spend a couple of days in Miami before heading back home. Great trip!! My wife actually agreed to the trip despite the fact that she HATES spending large amounts of time in the car on road trips lol. The video convinced her. THANK YOU!!!! lol.

Fun watching this video again on June 10, 2023. Also a Saturday.

Whole 42 mins! Loved it! Spectacular view along the way. Wish I would have the chance to drive down there. Must be an unforgettable memory of a lifetime! Thank you for this video!

Done this drive twice. Things I remember: Cuba on AM radio, breathtaking movement of tropical clouds, 7 mile bridge with no land in sight. Fantastic production, both video and supporting music. Right up there with your I-90 Wyoming video with Seal.

Thank you for taking me back to my teenage years spent at The Keys. We always stayed in Islamorada on weekends. Your soundtrack adds something extra special. Ty again. Cheers.

I've done this drive numerous times before, and it's. Even absolutely magical every time. Glad you got to enjoy it!

Omg i needed this video in my life. I miss florida so badly. This was my favorite weekend drive when i lived there.

Finally got to watch this relaxing on a Friday nite and I was waiting for you to say how much US-1 is to US-17 in the SC Lowcountry (18.33) LOL. Thanks for the great ride down Number 1 thru the keys!

Great video Jim!! I couldn't stop watching. Excellent soundtrack too (strong finish with a classic by the great Bob Marley)! Thank you for posting Jim.

Jim,forgot to mention the music was awesome, my favorite that still touches me today as it has in the beginning Robert Palmer it takes every kind of people,so powerful,thank you :))lolwes

Excellent end of season video and great to put a face to the name "Freeway Jim".

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful videos I really enjoyed so much that's I will never be tired to watch it again and again thank you so much

Thanks man! I was looking for this ride the first time i saw the road on a map. Greetings from Spain! :)

Your videos are a great tool for me; gives me a perspective of far away places from the highway point of view. So when I travel, I will tend to commute instead via the non highway small roads to view local sites. Thanks very much for the videos and keep up the great work.

Great video.I believe this one and the nighttime Miami video were your best of the season.Keep up the good work.

Thanks for sharing the road trip Jim. Have a good winter. Look forward to next year`s trip.

what an awesome ride! Some day, I'll have a chance to visit Key West!

Very nice video Jim! Really, Key West is a beautiful area. I hope to visit one day. The music and the scenery just makes this video calm and cool!

This video is so cool, and so well done! Love the music, especially the cover of "People Gotta Move", love the key changes in it (get it, Key changes?!) at 23:20 going over the Seven-Mile Bridge. What memories this brings back, as the original by Gino Vannelli was probably still playing on the airwaves the first time I drove the Overseas Highway in 1975! Yes, driving across the old bridge was quite an experience and thrill, we did so three times between 1975 and 1979, it WAS very narrow, no shoulders, the guard rails (which were made out of the old railroad track rails) were right outside the passenger window. I remember passing seven cars at once in my VW Beetle! Years later, when the new bridge was built, my wife and I bicycled out on the old bridge south-bound to Pigeon Key. I never knew that there is a sort of "off/on ramp" onto the island from the bridge! Thanks, Freewayjim, for this wonderful post, we will be making this trip again in December, 2021! PS: Google maps of the old bridge reveal "Fred the Tree", and "Donna the Bush", two pieces of "flora" that are actually growing out of the concrete and asphalt, and have been designated as a photo op (obviously while moving), and are clearly visible at 24:48. Where did these names come from?! Maybe a bumper sticker we saw in the 90's on a Keys' resident's car can answer that question: "We're all here... because we're not all there" :) Edit note: upon our making the aforementioned trip in 12/21, we happened to cross the Seven-Mile Bridge in the dark. Sure enough, there was "Fred the Tree" all lit up for Christmas! What a sight! Don't ask me who did it or how it is powered up, or how anyone even got there (that section of the old bridge is cut off on both ends), but that's all part of the mystique. PPS: At 24:33, I sent that same post card to any number of people back in the 70's, when I was a young and adventuresome college kid. And I drove it in a '68 VW Beetle! Thank you, Freewayjim! :) PPPS: At 21:38, there is an interesting comment about the mural on the K-Mart, on the left side of US 1 southbound. We stopped by on 12/7/21, there is a Winn-Dixie almost next door, the K-Mart is unfortunately closed, but the mural is still there, and looking good! I hope that some entrepreneur will take up that building and make it into something good, including this really cool mural.

Finally, due to school I have not been able to see this very much anticipated video! Key West is way nicer and cozier of a town than I expected, nice video!

That was a fantastic ride from the comfort of my couch. Now I'm tempted to try it from the comfort of my car. I hadn't really considered it before. I know there's always more to the view, and I'm more the kind to stop-n-gawk and eat at little holes in the wall. I bet there are some really neat ones along here, from the fun and kitschy to the old historic charm, just seeing you pass them. Thanks for the great video! ~ Michelle F.

This is one I've been waiting for. I love the tropical scenery. Thanx :)

Very nice ride! Was worth waiting to see so I could enjoy it without a problem and no distractions! Very nice ride- and a great soundtrack- this is also one of my bucket-list rides too- as I have always wanted to see more of the US and all! Very nice ride- sad to see the season end- will look forward to next year and the new season ahead!

Great trip! Was in Key West in 1983, at which time I got my wallet stolen from motel room. Now that we live in Florida, I hope to get back soon with much better results. Thanks for taking US 1 to the end. I've been to both ends--Key West and Ft Kent, Maine--and covered much of the road in between.

That was a Great Summer Finale! It's longest video you ever made plus you made it to the Key West while dealing with Norrow roads & oncoming traffic and it was kind of great seeing the sites of the old railroad bridges in the video.

Thanks Jim. Thanks a lot. Now, I'm really missing KW today. One of my favorite vacation spots in the US.

Honestly, I'm glad you chose this section of US-1 as the Final Video for the Year. It's incredible how much stuff is between Miami and Key West along the US-1 Corridor. It makes for a very fascinating Final video compared to I-520 in Augusta. But seriously, 2 1/4 Hours to Cover 100 Miles? Must've felt like a drag to get to Key West at some Points. Even worse, US-1 is essentially the ONLY route to the Mainland of Florida from the Islands out there. If any of those Bridges Go (aka get Damaged or Destroyed), You'd have thousands of People trapped around those Islands with no way back to the Mainland. Overall, Nice work on this!

Oh yeah! This one is on the bucket list for sure! :)

Jim, you're wonderful. Keeping enjoying the roads; we're always there with you.

Love all your videos. They're a mini stay at home vacation for me. This is definitely one of those drives where you have to let your vacation start when you leave the mainland and take it easy. I give myself at lease a half day to get from Miami to KW I got 'stuck' in Marathon as the 7 Mile Bridge was closed due to a motorcycle accident with fatalities.

I've downloaded this one ..great work and ever song fits ..im going to play this in my car very good work Jim..im moving next month to Alabama from Illinois going to Huntsville ty for all your great work jim!!

I made this drive back in 1999... really fun seeing all this. Thank you!

All your videos are superb Sir, I always enjoy music

Thanks for allowing us to join you for the ride. I wondered what I was like to drive to Key West.

Loved this video. I have driven this road to Key West three times in the last four years, and will drive it again when we visit Key West in two weeks from today. I think I would have freaked out driving the original Seven Mile Bridge in the dark. I got a chance to walk on the easternmost part of the original Seven Mile before it was closed for rehabilitation. The original rails were used as side rails to keep cars from falling into the water as the bridge was so narrow. Happy the State of Florida updated the road, along with many bridges, in the past 30-40 years. The original Bahia Honda bridge must have been some experience also (driving on top of the original railroad bridge). Yes, there were times I wished the road was wider, but as it is, is such a beautiful drive. Cannot wait to do it again. Thanks for posting this excellent trip, along with all your other videos.

I like your taste in music. you introduced me to a lot of artists I didn't have a clue about them before like Quincy Jones. keep it up man.

Great video! I did this drive years ago. I like your commentary and all the side information.

Thanks for another great season Jim!

Great ride and the music the best👍♥️🎶, thanks from New York

Awesome! I'm usually on the Gulf Coast for vacation but I seriously need to rent a convertible and make this drive!

Simply amazing...I always wondered what this highway was like after seeing it on maps

LOVE Spyro Gyra and their music from that time! one of my fave songs from that era.

Cool soundtrack. Thanks for the memories. Some things haven't changed much on this highway.

Great video, thanks for sharing. I've always wondered what it was like to drive through the Keys like that.

I love your videos! Your music choices are spot-on! Thanks for this! 😎 👍 🏖️ ☀️

Fun fact: The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (oversees both Turnpike and Parkway) actually sued them because of the logo. Case got thrown out in federal court. My tax dollars at work.....

Great video! Always enjoyed when I drove to Key West. I'm surprised you didn't mention that the Southern End of US-1 passed right next to Ernest Hemingway's Key West house, and that the "Southern" terminus of US-1 actually faces Northeast. In spite of those missed opportunities, I loved the job you did cataloguing the drive down!

Went to middle school there at HOB (Horace O Bryant). You passed it on the left right into old town. Also went to Key West high for 2 years. It was great we would take class trips diving and have beach days.

Great one to end the season and how cool to hear some Ocean Blue very clever, and took me back to my high school years. Hope you enjoyed KW it's one cool and unique place!

Great music choices as usual and a fitting finale to this year's series.

Awesome...I always wanted to see what driving there was like. Thank you FreewayJim!

Thanks for making this video

LOL @ Mr Mustang. Been stuck behind him every drive to Key West. Beautiful drive, when someone else is behind the wheel.

Morning dance. One of my fave songs from that time period and from SG.

Once again awesome video. Good job.

Fitting video for the season finale. Massive like. I am reliving my 2015 drive over and over with this. Juxtaposition of three concurrent threads (video, music and commentary) makes this a must watch. Who needs GoT when we have Freewayjim :)

Excellent video, Jim!

A nice epic to end the season. Thanx for the ride...

What a great way to end the season!! Really enjoyed that, the soundtrack worked well with the surroundings & it was fun & interesting to see the Keys all the way down to Mile 0!!

yesss 42 minutes... I'm here for all of it

Watching this while hurricane harvey bangs on my door. Another fantastic video!!

Man I love your vids!

I've always thought I would love to live in Key West. After watching this wonderful vid, I still feel that way, but I can see that I would dread the drive along that narrow highway with so many small towns.

One of my dream roads. Really cool to see!

I’ve been there twice, and I can definitely say it needs to be on any bucket list

Hehe... just before your comment about passing lanes popped up, I was thinking the same thing. Looks like a beautiful road, I probably would've been frustrated by Mr. Mustang too. Sometimes I just have to take a deep breath and make up my mind to enjoy the scenery and get out of 'freeway mode'.

over 5 years since I've been on the overseas highway (lived in the keys from 2006-2010 and took a vacation there in 2013) and I still remember that bridge between stock island and key west!

Been to Key West too, awesome drive from Dallas along the coastline. Love the golfcarts on the road in Key West :). Brilliant place, great food.

Fantastic drive! I want to drive this myself. I plan to take the AutoTrain from near Washington DC to near Orlando, Florida. Not sure if I will take the train both ways, or "Take the Long Way Home." That would be great music for a drive, if you haven't used it already. Thanks for the virtual vacation FreewayJim! I look forward to next year.

10 years ago (after a VERY stressful spring watching my mother get treated for stage 4 cancer), me & my family went to Miami & Key West! Key West was definitely expectation shattering for me (specifically how old that town is), but the LONG, at-grade, mostly 2 lane drive... Along with the super shallow ocean waters at their beaches was all part of the "Never Again!" package for both my parents...

This video is remarkable. I'm truly amazed. I wasn't sure what to expect. Just as you mentioned, I also seriously wonder what it would be like to live there. I was surprised a little by the number of businesses! And, how cool would it be to buy a car from a dealer in Key West? I'd love having that advertisement on the back of my car! Great video, Jim! Thank you!

My Dad took me on that drive and back in 1976. Even though the first 40 miles and Marathon is so much more built up every place in the Keys is as laid back as I remember. Anybody that burns out or gets an anxiety disorder instead of going broke paying for a shrink would be better off spending time anywhere in the Keys. Thanks for the season, it was short but sweet concluded by the great finalle. Already waiting for next year while hoping you can find the time to sneak in a quickie off season trip.

thanks i really enjoy your videos

Amazing video!! And you're right, a passing lane would be pretty cool for such a long ride.

Nice job Jim and this section of US-1 which you filmed to Key West has earth equipment like excavators due to Hurricane Irma covering overseas highway with sand since it was on CNN today with John King and wolf Blitzer

Good video, thanks Jim.

AWESOME RIDE!! ThankU!!🙏🏿😍🚙

Hey Freewayjim I like your videos just started watching them a few days ago. Now in the intro of this video u are crossing the Skyway Bridge in Tampa Florida. I have been across that bridge and have actually fished under it for some Tarpin! I even crossed the bridge in the same lane as u lol. And one more thing I am planning a trip to Colorodo next year to see my friend and I have watched your vids on CO and it helped me a lot thanks!

I too hope everyone there is okay after what has happened. A very different drive than i thought it would be considering ive seen only photos news items and movie scenes about the area .Thank you for sharing this and hopefully others will get to see it in all its beauty and splendour.

Great video! Well worth being the season finale for sure. Nice to have a face to put with FreewayJim!

Whoa that was a close call at 14:12 :-O

Going in October 2022 can't wait!!!!!!!

Love the scenery and music

watching this makes me feel homesick.

I lived in Key West for 5 years! This road brings back memories!

Amazing!

"Down South" by Tom Petty was a great pick from his catalogue. Makes me miss him even more, every time I hear it (R.I.P. Tom)

Great video and great idea for a channel! :D

But I do have a question for you about ATL roads. With the collapse of I-85 between Midtown and Buckhead. There has been renewed talk of the GA-400 tunnel to I-285 South, the so called "Northern Arc" or a complete second beltway around metro Atlanta (particularly important to me since I live in Cartersville ), and MARTA transit expansion into Cobb, Gwinnett, further in Fulton , DeKalb, and Clayton counties. And by expansion, I mean primarily heavy rail. Plus expansion of the Atlanta Streetcar. And possibly BRT transit. Do you think any of these initiatives will actually happen, or will it be the same NIMBY that has contributed to Metro ATL's traffic whoes that has stopped transportation solutions in the past? I'm interested in your take. BTW, I LOVE your videos.