TRANSPORTATION

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) began a roadway improvement project on October 8, 2023, along SR 5/US 1/Overseas Highway, in Monroe County.

Nighttime paving operations are scheduled this week on Ramrod Key from Mile Marker (MM) 26.2 to MM 27.4, Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Please stay alert and follow the posted speed limit.

WORK TO BE PERFORMED

SR 5/US 1/Overseas Highway from MM 19.4 to MM 19.8, MM 20.6 to MM 23.1:

• Repaving and restriping the roadway SR 5/US 1/Overseas Highway and the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
• Raising the roadway  
• Improving the guardrail
• Upgrading signage and pavement markings
• Widening the roadway shoulders in some areas  
• Improving drainage at isolated locations
• Trimming the mangroves encroaching the roadway

SR 5/US 1/Overseas Highway from MM 26.2 to MM 27.4:

• Repaving and restriping the roadway SR 5/US 1/Overseas Highway and the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
• Raising the roadway
• Reconstructing the shared use path
• Improving the guardrails
• Upgrading all vehicular signage and pavement markings
• Enhancing pedestrian signage
• Installing special emphasis crosswalk markings at the trail crossings
• Adjusting manholes

LANE CLOSURE INFORMATION

• A temporary barrier wall is in place at approximately MM 21.2, where northbound traffic shifts, eliminating the center turning lane. Vehicles exiting Colson Drive to travel south on SR 5/US 1/Overseas Highway may prefer to use Sunny Lane to Sawyer Drive. Detour signage is in place. Vehicles exiting Old State Road 4a to go north on SR 5/US 1/Overseas Highway may prefer to use Blimp Road.
• Additional travel lanes may be closed only during non-peak hours on non-event days. Non-peak hours are: 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sunday through Thursday nights.