Collier Boulevard stretches from the Caxambas Pass area on Marco Island to Immokalee Road, west of Orangetree – nearly 27 miles. It has many designations, among them CR 951 (county road), for the county-maintained portions, SR 951 (state route), for the state-maintained ones.
The first segment, south of US 41 (Tamiami Trail), was known as Isles of Capri Road. It was built in 1955 on top of an abandoned railroad bed that had previously been the Atlantic Coast rail line to Marco Island from 1927 to 1944. Its construction coincides with the further development of Isles of Capri.
This new road replaced an earlier route, known as Old Marco Road, which ran just to the west of the new construction, and led to a ferry offering service to Marco Island. Ferry service ended in 1938 when the first Goodland Bridge was built further east…