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A storied road even before it was known as A1A, the oceanshore stretch from St. Johns through Flagler County is now an All-American Road, only the second such designation of a road in Florida. (© FlaglerLive)
State Road A1A, or at least the region surrounding it even before it took on that relatively recent name, has always had a primordial place in Florida. Originally published in 1939, the WPA guide to Florida devotes its very first tour, out of 22 in the book, to the 102 miles between Jacksonville Beach and Daytona Beach, on what were then State Roads 78 and 140, the previous designations for A1A. The guide described the roads as “hard surfaced roadbed except for occasional short stretches of shell road; watch for cattle and sand drifts.” ....

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