References in Popular Culture
- A1A is the title of a 1974 album by Jimmy Buffett; one of the album's tracks, "Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season", also mentions the road.
- A1A was mentioned in the 1989 Vanilla Ice song "Ice Ice Baby": "The block was dead, yo/So I continued to A1A Beachfront Avenue".
- A1A was again mentioned in the 1991 Vanilla Ice song "Rollin' in My 5.0": "My head leaned to the side / I cruise the A-1-A with a plan in mind."
- A1A was mentioned in Kenny Chesney's songs "Outta Here" and "Coastal".
- A1A was mentioned in Patty Griffin's song "Florida".
- "I will never live west of A1A" is a saying among some residents of the Florida Atlantic Coast and items such as shirts can be found bearing the saying.
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