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There are two ways to cross the bottom of the Florida peninsula — the fast four-lane Alligator Alley (I-75), or the more scenic two-lane Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41).

Both roads will take you through miles of Everglades scenery with glimpses of alligators sunning along the waterways and Everglades birds in the trees.

But the Tamiami Trail gets you closer to the scenery, and it offers several outstanding stops along the way. (You’ll also drive across a historic 1-mile-long bridge designed to return natural water flow to Everglades National Park. The $81 million bridge opened in 2012 and is part of the largest construction project in the history of the National Park Service.)

If you’re visiting South Florida and want an Everglades experience, a day exploring along the Tamiami Trail is a suitable substitute for a day in Everglades National Park, as long you take your time, walk the boardwalks and visit a state park or Big Cypress National Preserve visitor center along the way.
The Loop Road
County Road 94, better known as Loop Road, is what the National Geographic Magazine's August 1976, edition referred to as a "quiet dirt byway off of the Tamiami Trail." It stretches south and east from Monroe Station for 24 miles until it eventually rejoins the Tamiami Trail. The appearance of the dirt road makes it seem unfinished, which hints at once-grand development plans that were never fully realized.
In 1915, James Franklin Jaudon, a successful Miami businessman and owner of a real estate company, envisioned an east-west highway through the South Florida swamp, allowing goods to reach other parts of the state more quickly. The retired army captain also saw lots of business potential along this would-be highway.

After several years working on the Tamiami Trail out of Miami, he and his company, the Chevelier Corporation, broke ground in 1921, on Chevelier Road, later named Loop Road. And along this road, would be the town of Pinecrest. Billed as the "next Miami," he envisioned dozens of residential blocks, a school, and community center.
Because of Loop Road's seclusion and penchant for inspiring rumors and tall tales of all types, perhaps the most famous and persistent one is that of Al Capone owning a speakeasy and gambling den in Pinecrest during the prohibition era. This establishment was allegedly run by a relative, with whom he would occasionally visit, while in town.

Although it is known that Al Capone favored the Florida weather, and in 1928, purchased a vacation home on Palm Island, located in Miami, no proof of his involvement on Loop Road exists.

The rumor often concludes with, "the property burned down in 1928, and today, the front steps are all that remain."