No Name Key

No Name Key is an island in the Florida Keys. It is part of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Florida.

The area of ​​the island is 4.04 km ², with a length of 4.8 kilometers and a maximum width of 1.8 km. It is inhabited by about 45 homeowners.

The island has the status of "Area of Critical State Concern". The use of land and resources shall so special authorization by the State Administration. This status is used to protect nature and the landscape. It prevents the approval of large projects to develop the infrastructure.

History

The name " No Name" for the island appears in 1849 in a travelogue of FH Gerdes.

1927 a wooden bridge of Big Pine Key was built to No Name Key. The island was thus the beginning of State Road 4A, which opened up from here the western islands of the Florida Keys to Key West. There was a car ferry to the mainland of Florida on the eastern side of No Name. At the ferry terminal, a hotel under the name "No Name Lodge " was operated.

1948, the wooden bridge was destroyed by a storm. The transport connection between the Florida Keys and the mainland was led out to No Name Key pass directly from Big Pine Key to the east. The No Name Lodge and the link road across the island were left to decay.

In 1967 the bridge was re-built in concrete to Big Pine Key.

In 1982, the pier of the ferry and coastal defense related were removed at the request of the Florida Department of Environment Protection.