On June 17, 2020, chunks of concrete fell off the bridge, causing a large crack along the underside of the southbound bridge, which put the bridge at suspected risk of an imminent collapse. The entire bridge in both directions closed later that day. Dixie Highway was also closed, since it passes under both spans near the crack. With detours needed, tolls were temporarily waived on Florida's Turnpike from Stuart to Port St. Lucie to help ease traffic congestion during this closure. After severe corrosion and ruptured steel tendons were found on the bridge, Mayor Mike Meier issued a local state of emergency for the city of Stuart "based upon hazardous conditions currently existing with the Roosevelt Bridge. The declaration provides for the performance of public works and taking necessary actions to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the community."[6] After inspection, the northbound bridge reopened on June 20 carrying four lanes of car traffic (two in each direction) with a 5 ton restriction. Dixie Highway and the Old Roosevelt Bridge also reopened.[7] The southbound bridge remained fully closed until November 5, 2020. Soon after, both spans returned to full three-lane traffic with no weight restrictions. During the closures, both spans received new topcoat sealant to prevent water from seeping into the concrete.
Referencesedit
^"Bridgepros Roosevelt Bridge Project". Bridgepros. from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^"Florida DOT Structural Design of Roosevelt Bridge".
^"Florida DOT Aesthetic Lighting of Roosevelt Bridge".
^"State of emergency issued in Stuart after severe corrosion, ruptured steel tendons found on Roosevelt Bridge". Meghan McRoberts. 18 June 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^"Roosevelt Bridge updates". Florida Department of Transportation.
roosevelt, bridge, florida, roosevelt, bridge, major, highway, segmental, bridge, across, lucie, river, stuart, florida, carrying, route, federal, highway, unsigned, state, road, built, supersede, roosevelt, bridge, which, twin, parallel, drawbridges, northbou. The Roosevelt Bridge is a major highway segmental bridge across the St Lucie River in Stuart Florida Carrying U S Route 1 Federal Highway unsigned State Road 5 it was built to supersede the old Roosevelt Bridge which had twin parallel drawbridges one for northbound traffic opened in 1934 27 12 10 N 80 15 36 W 27 202783 N 80 259898 W 27 202783 80 259898 and the other for southbound opened in 1964 27 12 09 N 80 15 35 W 27 202475 N 80 259762 W 27 202475 80 259762 The new bridge completed in 1996 is raised and much longer than the older twin drawbridges The southbound span of the old bridge is still functional for road and boat traffic and now carries two way road traffic for what is now known as Dixie Highway County Road 707 The new high level Roosevelt Bridge is approximately one mile long and is made of two three lane sections running parallel to each other The northbound bridge was completed first and housed two lanes of both north and south bound traffic until the second bridge was finished 1 2 3 4 5 Because of high traffic volume and visibility the Roosevelt Bridge is a frequent location for many protests and political campaigning in the area citation needed Roosevelt BridgeCoordinates27 13 N 80 16 W 27 21 N 80 26 W 27 21 80 26CarriesUS 1CrossesSt Lucie RiverLocaleStuart FloridaNamed forFranklin D RooseveltCharacteristicsDesignsegmental bridgeHistoryConstruction end1996ReplacesOld Roosevelt BridgeLocationStructural damage editOn June 17 2020 chunks of concrete fell off the bridge causing a large crack along the underside of the southbound bridge which put the bridge at suspected risk of an imminent collapse The entire bridge in both directions closed later that day Dixie Highway was also closed since it passes under both spans near the crack With detours needed tolls were temporarily waived on Florida s Turnpike from Stuart to Port St Lucie to help ease traffic congestion during this closure After severe corrosion and ruptured steel tendons were found on the bridge Mayor Mike Meier issued a local state of emergency for the city of Stuart based upon hazardous conditions currently existing with the Roosevelt Bridge The declaration provides for the performance of public works and taking necessary actions to ensure the health safety and welfare of the community 6 After inspection the northbound bridge reopened on June 20 carrying four lanes of car traffic two in each direction with a 5 ton restriction Dixie Highway and the Old Roosevelt Bridge also reopened 7 The southbound bridge remained fully closed until November 5 2020 Soon after both spans returned to full three lane traffic with no weight restrictions During the closures both spans received new topcoat sealant to prevent water from seeping into the concrete References edit Bridgepros Roosevelt Bridge Project Bridgepros Archived from the original on April 8 2014 Retrieved 8 October 2014 Roosevelt Bridge at Structurae Finley McNary Engineering Project Roosevelt Bridge Florida DOT Structural Design of Roosevelt Bridge Florida DOT Aesthetic Lighting of Roosevelt Bridge State of emergency issued in Stuart after severe corrosion ruptured steel tendons found on Roosevelt Bridge Meghan McRoberts 18 June 2020 Retrieved June 18 2020 Roosevelt Bridge updates Florida Department of Transportation 27 12 26 N 80 15 32 W 27 207198 N 80 258979 W 27 207198 80 258979 nbsp This article about a bridge in Florida is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roosevelt Bridge Florida amp oldid 1100388699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
