St. Lucie River

St. Lucie River

The St. Lucie River is a river in St. Lucie and Martin counties, Florida.Its North Fork flows south from St Lucie County into Martin County where it joins the north-flowing South Fork, which was once called the Halpatiokee River, just south of the old Roosevelt Bridge (Old Dixie Highway) in Stuart to form the main St. Lucie River. It then passes under the Florida East Coast Railway drawbridge and the new high-level Roosevelt Bridge (U.S. Route 1) and flows east with Rio on the North side and Stuart on the South until it reaches the northern end of the Sewall's Point peninsula, where is runs south under the Evans Crary Bridge to the end of Sewall's Point, where it flows into the Indian River Lagoon directly west of the St. Lucie Inlet which goes into the Atlantic Ocean.

The headwaters of the North Fork are in the farmlands of St. Lucie County near Interstate 95 at an elevation of 20 feet.

The entire river is accessible to Lake Okeechobee by the Okeechobee Waterway.

A Club Med resort lies on the north shore of the river at Greenridge Point.

The river passes through the places of Sewall's Point, Stuart, and Port Saint Lucie.

List of crossings

This is the list of bridges crossing the river, starting with the from the North Fork, then going down the main river and then jumping back to where the South Fork joins the North Fork to form the main river and going South up the South Fork.

See also

*Indian River Lagoon
*Port Saint Lucie

External links

* [http://www.cruisersnet.net/index.php?categoryid=64 List of bridges and locks on Okeechobee Waterway from Stuart to Ft. Myers]


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