Lane closures on US-1 hit multiple Keys construction zones
US-1 lane closures hit Vaca Key, Stirrup Key and Plantation as crews worked across a string of bridge and landscaping projects. FDOT said the Keys corridor stayed active from MM 75.02 to MM 112.953.
Lane closures on US-1 were squeezing traffic at Vaca Key, MM 48, Stirrup Key, MM 52, and Plantation, MM 90, as roadwork continued across several Monroe County construction zones. On the Overseas Highway, even short lane blocks can ripple through school runs, work commutes, deliveries and emergency access because US-1 is the only main road tying the island chain together.
Florida Department of Transportation project listings showed a busy corridor with multiple active jobs in Monroe County, including landscaping between MM 75.02 and MM 81.44, landscaping from MM 108.426 to MM 112.953, rehabilitation work on the Long Key Bridge, construction at the Channel 5 Bridge, work over the Bahia Honda Channel, the Seven Mile Bridge over Moser Channel, the Ohio Bahia Honda Channel bridge project and construction at North College Road. The agency’s traffic warnings page directed motorists to Florida 511 for current roadway updates and major construction information.
FL511’s roadwork and alerts pages were carrying real-time lane-blocking notices and caution advisories, giving drivers a way to check detours, planned start times and expected end times before they headed out. The alert feed was being updated regularly on June 12, with construction notices spread across the Keys corridor.
FDOT has described the US 1 Keys corridor as a priority route for safety, congestion management and multimodal connectivity in Monroe County, a label that reflects how heavily the roadway is used by residents, workers, visitors and freight moving between islands. With bridge work and landscaping projects running at the same time, the most disruptive slowdowns were concentrated where traffic already narrows and where any closure can back up miles of single-lane travel.
For Monroe County drivers, the practical message was simple: the bottlenecks were not limited to one work zone or one island. Vaca Key, Stirrup Key and Plantation sat in the middle of a longer string of active projects, and FDOT and FL511 were the places to check before taking US-1 through the Keys.
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