KEY WEST, Fla. – Key West workers have installed permanent rainbow crosswalks on the Florida island city’s main thoroughfare.Spanning all four corners of the intersection at Duval and Petronia streets, the crosswalks installed Monday feature long bands of all six colors of the rainbow flag, an internationally recognized LGBTQ symbol.The crosswalks are composed of pre-formed thermoplastic color stripes.
After the stripes were laid on the street by city workers, they were heat-treated with propane torches to affix the colors permanently on the pavement.“The rainbow crosswalks mean that everybody is welcome, everybody is equal, everybody is recognized and that we do really abide by the ‘One Human Family’ spirit,” Key West Mayor Teri Johnston.