 Several prominent land owners were successful in diverting the original highway around their properties.Just south of Snapper Creek, the road once ran through the Montgomery Estate (now Montgomery Botanical Center), right past the main house, proceeding through what is now the Gulliver School property.Further south, the road ran through Chapman Field USDA Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, and further, through the Charles Deering Estate, past the historic Richmond Cottage early settlement on Biscayne Bay.