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; . The city is a major music production city and attracts many annual music festivals such as Ultra Music Festival. An American alligator and an invasive Burmese python in Everglades National Park. ! .

. American Airlines planes at Concourse D 13 Sunrise Broward 85,779 84,439 95,458 +13.05% The first bridge across Biscayne Bay was the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) wooden Collins Bridge built in 1912 by John S Collins and his son-in-law Thomas Pancoast who formed the Miami Beach Improvement Corporation; financing was provided by Carl G Fisher and the Miami banker brothers John N Lummus and James E Lummus Construction began on July 22 1912 Although the cost of the project was initially $75,000 the construction project faced delays and cost overruns the budge was partially completed in 1913 the bridge was "hailed as the longest wooden vehicle bridge in the world and opened up the area as a luxury winter resort and playground." the bridge terminated at the Dixie Highway built by Carl G Fisher the bridge was a toll bridge; in 1920 the toll was reduced from 20 cents each way (for two-seat cars) to 15 cents one way (and 25 cents round-trip) the bridge was sold to the Biscayne Bay Improvement Association which developed five artificial islands that became known as the Venetian Islands: Biscayne and San Marco in Miami San Marino Di Lido and Rivo Alto in Miami Beach the bridge was torn down in 1925 and replaced with the "more substantial" Venetian Causeway the next year. 11 External links, About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km) not including the contribution of the many barrier islands Florida has a total of 4,510 islands that are ten acres or larger in area This is the second-highest number of islands of any state of the United States; only Alaska has more It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil Florida has the lowest high point of any U.S state the climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south the American alligator American crocodile American flamingo Roseate spoonbill Florida panther bottlenose dolphin and manatee can be found in Everglades National Park in the southern part of the state Along with Hawaii Florida is one of only two states that has a tropical climate and is the only continental state with either a tropical climate or a coral reef the Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States and the third-largest coral barrier reef system in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef), Miami Lakes ? Politically speaking the region is heavily Democratic Broward County is the second most reliably Democratic county in the state behind only Gadsden County Palm Beach County like Broward is largely Democratic as well especially amongst its Jewish community while the rest of Florida tends to follow Southern politics and vote more Republican with the exception of certain parts of Florida where Southern culture is not as influential With a majority Hispanic population in Miami-Dade Republican votes are mainly by older generations of Cuban Americans most of whom had fled to the United States to escape the Communist reign of Fidel Castro but Miami-Dade County still remains very Democratic when compared with most of Florida's other counties in the 2016 presidential election 62.3% of voters in the Miami metropolitan area voted Democratic This was the 6th highest of any metro area in the United States. Private schools The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is a highly regarded student awards programs the purpose of this Awards program is to recognize outstanding individuals & leaders who have maintained good grades and have applied their knowledge and talents to contribute service to their schools and communities the Silver Knight Awards program was instituted at the Miami Herald in 1959 by John S Knight past publisher of the Miami Herald founder and editor emeritus of Knight-Ridder Newspapers and 1968 Pulitzer Prize winner. . [icon] The Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay is a part of Florida's interstate system. Main article: Seminole BayView Student Housing (BBC Campus) Fall 2016. .