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U.S. Route 319
U.S. Route 319 (US 319) is a spur of U.S. Route 19, US 19. It runs for from US 98 at the foot of the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge across from downtown Apalachicola, Florida to U.S. Route 1 in Georgia, US 1/Georgia State Route 4, SR 4 in Wadley, Georgia, through the Florida Panhandle, Panhandle of Florida and the southern portion of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Route description Florida The route starts as a two-lane highway at the eastern end of U.S. Route 98 in Florida, US 98's bridge over the Apalachicola River near the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge, John Gorrie Bridge in Apalachicola, Florida, and is concurrent with US 98 from its starting point. After crossing the East Bay portion of Apalachicola Bay via the John Gorrie Bridge, US 319 runs along the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf coast of Florida, Florida's Florida Panhandle, Panhandle to Carrabelle, Florida, Carabelle in Franklin County, Florida, Franklin County, and departs the coast, and its concurrency with US 98, about halfway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apalachicola, Florida
Apalachicola ( ) is a city and the county seat of Franklin County, Florida, United States, on the shore of Apalachicola Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. History The Apalachicola people, after whom the river and, ultimately the city, are named, lived along the lower part of the Chattahoochee River in Alabama and Georgia in historic times, until the 1830s (the Spanish included the Chattahoochee as part of the Apalachicola River). The name is a combination of the Hitchiti words ''apalahchi'', meaning "on the other side", and ''okli'', meaning "people". In original reference to the settlement, it probably meant "people on the other side of the river". Between the years 1513 and 1763, the area that now includes the city of Apalachicola was under Spanish jurisdiction as part of Spanish Florida. While the Spanish established missions with the Apalachee people to the northeast of the city of Apalachicola (centered around Tallahassee), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
