Hidden beneath suburban Winter Springs is the old village of Wagner and its once-infamous dead man’s curve.
Roads
Rounding Wagner’s Curve
Conners Highway Rivals Impact of Flagler’s Railway
Between 1915 and 1930, there was perhaps no more substantial issue in Florida than the quality of roads. The opening of the first paved road through the Everglades in 1924 was a turning point for South and Central Florida.
Brick Highways of Orlando: The Fading of Highway 22
During the 1910s and 1920s, brick roads connecting towns throughout Florida were all the rage. The few remaining today are fading fast. One hundred years ago, in 1916, brick highways were considered state-of-the-art. The now antiquated paving material was a revolutionary...