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.[1] This bridge was enacted by Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Roadway view in 2017, with draw span up

Old Roosevelt Bridge
Coordinates	27.203092°N 80.260676°W / 27.203092; -80.260676
Carries	CR 707 (Dixie Highway)
Crosses	St. Lucie River
Locale	Stuart, Florida
Owner	Florida Department of Transportation & United States Coast Guard
Maintained by	Transfield
ID number	890003
Followed by	Roosevelt Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Bascule bridge
Material	Steel
Total length	1,229 feet
Width	28 feet
History
Opened	1964
Statistics
Daily traffic	11,500
Location

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.