Florida Keys from Islamorada to Seven Mile Bridge

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Contributor and pilot TampaRandy created this drone tour of a stretch of the Florida Keys running from Islamorada and Seven Mile Bridge. While it's not actually seven miles (it's 10.9k meters or about 6.8k miles), it was one of the longest bridges in the world when it opened in 1912 as a railway extension. The popular drive is actually two bridges now; the more recent one was built in 1982. The bridge was the filming scene in the 18th James Bond film License to Kill (1989) in which a truck is driven off of it.

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Aerial of the Florida Keys featuring the Overseas Highway and the Seven Mile Bridge. We follow the Highway 1 with aerial footage from Islamorada to Marathon Florida. The original roadway from the Mainland to Key West opened in 1928 as State Road 4A, however there was a 41 mile gap from Lower Matecumbe and No Name Keys. When the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 destroyed parts fo the Overseas Railroad, the bridges where retrofitted with concrete for vehicular traffice. In 1938 the highway opened as Route 1 and finally connected Key West with the Mainland.
The Seven Mile bridge is actually 6.79 miles and opened in 1982. The old bridge is now used for pedestrian and bicyclist traffic. In 2014 the Florida Department of Transportation approved a $77 Million plan to restore the old bridge.
We used the new X-Star Premium drone for this. We have done reviews on the picture quality which is much better than the Phantom youtube.com/watch?v=FNnX5HFlmFs . but this video was impressed with how it dealt with wind. At times we had very strong gusts of wind, probably about 25mph, and it the drone still remained very steady, and even against the wind was still able to maintain about 7-10mph.
For more on our Aerial Photography see celebrationsoftampabay.com/aerial-photographers-tampa/ or contact Randy@CelebrationsofTampaBay.com