Carries CR 707 (Dixie Highway) Locale Stuart, Florida Design Bascule bridge Bridge type Bascule bridge Followed by Roosevelt Bridge | Crosses St. Lucie River Maintained by Transfield Location Stuart Body of water St. Lucie River ID number 890003 | |
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Owner Florida Department of Transportation & United States Coast Guard Similar Roosevelt Bridge, Bascule bridge, Stuart Heritage Museum, House of Refuge at Gilbert's, Lyric Theatre | ||
The Old Roosevelt 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.
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.
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Old Roosevelt Bridge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA