St. Lucie River

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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.

[edit] 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.

Bridge	Route	Location	Coordinates
	CR 712 Midway Road west of Florida's Turnpike	Fort Pierce	27°22′27″N, 80°27′03″W
	‎Florida's Turnpike	Fort Pierce
	Interstate 95	Fort Pierce
	Selvitz Road	Fort Pierce
	Florida East Coast Railroad Lake Harbor Branch	Fort Pierce
	Florida State Road 615 Hawley Road	Fort Pierce
	CR 712 Midway Road west of Sunrise Blvd.	Fort Pierce
	Prima Vista Boulevard State Road 778	Port St. Lucie-River Park
	Florida State Road 716 Port St. Lucie Blvd.	Port St. Lucie
old Roosevelt Bridge drawbridge	Florida State Road 707 Old Dixie Highway	Stuart
	Florida East Coast Railroad drawbridge	Stuart
new Roosevelt Bridge fixed span	U.S. Route 1/Florida State Road 5	Stuart
Evans Crary Bridge fixed span	Florida State Road A1A S.E. Ocean Blvd.	Sewall's Point
Palm City Bridge fixed span	Florida State Road 714 Monterey Rd, Martin Downs Blvd.	Stuart to Palm City