Water spills onto the Old Highway and U.S. 1 at mile marker 91 in Tavernier in the Florida Keys on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says there is a water-main break.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
Weekend traffic was slowed along U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys due to a water-main break on U.S. 1, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.
The break happened around 11:30 a.m. Saturday at mile marker 91 in the Upper Keys community of Tavernier, which is between Key Largo to the north and Islamorada to the south.
The sheriff’s office said the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, which maintains the line, is working to fix the break.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware.