Old Roosevelt Bridge

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Old Roosevelt Bridge
OldRooseveltBridge10-19-2014.jpg
Coordinates 27°12′11″N80°15′38″W / 27.203092°N 80.260676°W / 27.203092; -80.260676
CarriesCR 707 jct.svg CR 707 (Dixie Highway)
Crosses St. Lucie River
Locale Stuart, Florida
Owner Florida Department of Transportation
Maintained byLouis Berger Hawthorne Services [1]
ID number 890003
Followed by Roosevelt Bridge
Characteristics
Design Bascule bridge
Material Steel
Total length1,229 feet
Width28 feet
History
Opened1964
Statistics
Daily traffic 11,500
Location
Old Roosevelt Bridge

The Old Roosevelt Bridge (also called the St. Lucie River Bridge) is a bascule bridge that carries the old Dixie Highway (County Road 707) across the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Florida. It used to have twin parallel bascule drawbridges - one for northbound traffic (opened in 1934), and the other southbound (opened in 1964) - before the new Roosevelt Bridge (US 1) was built. When the new bridge was completed in 1996 the northbound span of the bridge was torn down, leaving the southbound span which now carries traffic in both directions. [2] This bridge was enacted by Roosevelt's New Deal.

Roadway view in 2017, with draw span up St Lucie River Bridge - roadway view during drawbridge opening (2017).jpg
Roadway view in 2017, with draw span up

Although the rest of the old Dixie Highway adjacent to the bridge has been given to the city of Stuart, the Florida Department of Transportation continues to maintain the bridge as unsigned State Road 707.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Active Asset Maintenance Contracts" (PDF). Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  2. Alice L. Luckhardt; Greg E. Luckhardt (13 October 2013). "Historical Vignettes: Martin County bridges and bridge tenders". TCPalm. Retrieved 7 October 2014.