Traffic rolls Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Key Largo, Fla., on the southern portion of the 18-Mile Stretch, a facet of U.S. Highway 1 that connects South Florida with the Florida Keys. On Wednesday, Florida Department of Transportation officials marked the completion of the almost seven-year, $330 million construction project that provides a safer drive to and from the Keys. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)(Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A deadly motorcycle accident early Monday morning temporarily shut down U.S. 1 between the mainland and Key Largo.
Around 4:45 a.m., the motorcyclist, who was heading north on the highway, lost control and struck a guard rail at mile marker 106. The driver was thrown from the bike which skidded across the northbound lanes, over the median and across the southbound lanes where it ended up in a ditch.
During the course of their investigation, the Florida Highway Patrol closed both lanes of the road and drivers were diverted to Card Sound Road.
