Photo courtesy of Town of Jupiter.
This week, February 17, 2016, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will host a public meeting on the replacement of the US 1 Bridge, connecting the Town of Jupiter to the Village of Tequesta. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Jupiter Community Center.
The bridge, constructed in 1958, spans over the Loxahatchee River and Intracoastal Waterway. It has been deemed "structurally deficient and functionally obsolete". In September of 2014, the bridge was structurally checked out and received "substandard sufficiency ratings providing justification for replacement".
Back in 2013 a $16 million rehab of the bridge was taken into consideration. Replacing the 50 plus year old
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