Fort Pierce - Thursday January 26, 2023: The City of Fort Pierce on its Facebook page has posted an advisory stating that "anticipated construction" on the North Causeway Bridge Replacement Project "is set to begin around May 2023."
A public meeting will be held and provide a project update closer to May and before starting construction work and notices will be sent before the meeting,. NO meeting date has been set yet.
The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2026 at an estimated construction cost of $111.5-million.
Scope of Work
The project includes constructing a new high-level fixed bridge connected directly to US-1 over the FEC Railroad, Old Dixie Highway, and the ICWW.
The bridge will feature:
- one (1) 12-foot travel lane in each direction and navigational clearances of 85-feet vertical and 125-feet horizontal at the waterway channel
- installing a barrier protected sidewalk on the south side of the bridge and a barrier protected
- buffered shared-use path on the north side of the bridge
- building an Observation Deck beneath the west side of the new bridge structure
- installing 7-foot buffered bicycle lanes within shoulders on either side of SR A1A
- constructing a shared-use path along Old Dixie Highway to provide connectivity to the East Coast Greenway
- constructing a new access road under the bridge to businesses east of the FEC Railroad
- extending Juanita Avenue from US-1 to Old Dixie Highway
- connecting US-1 and Old Dixie Highway along Sunny Lane
For more information about the project contact the FDOT District Four Treasure Coast Operations Construction Engineer, Chad Rucks, via email at chad.rucks@dot.state.fl.us.