LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. - The stretch of road connecting Longboat Key to Sarasota and Manatee Counties has been called Gulf of Mexico Drive for as long as anyone remembers, but the state road signs calling by that name have come down.

The backstory:

A new law in Florida requires all maps and publications to be updated to the name 'Gulf of America.'

The Town of Longboat Key will have a discussion in about two months on whether to keep the name or change it.

"It’s our primary access on and off of the Island," said Isaac Brownman, the assistant town manager of the Town of Longboat Key.

The 10-mile stretch of road has been known as Gulf of Mexico Drive since 1957.

"It is a state road. It is identified as State Road 789," Brownman explained.

A new name could possibly be coming, after

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