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Crosstown Parkway is a 10 mile, 6 lane[1] thoroughfare running east-west in Port St. Lucie, the seventh largest city in the state of Florida, running between Interstate 95 and US Highway 1, where the road becomes Village Green Drive. The primary intent of the construction of this road was to ease congestion on the other two east-west routes through the city, Prima Vista Boulevard and Florida State Road 716, which carries Port St. Lucie and Gatlin Boulevards.

History

Throughout most of Port St. Lucie's history, there were only two primary east-west routes through the city, Port St. Lucie and Prima Vista Blvds. The need for a third east-west thoroughfare has been recognized since 1980. Construction on the first stretch of road began in 2007 to 2009, reaching from it's current interchange with Interstate 95 to Manth Lane, where it turned into West Virginia Drive.

Construction on the extension to US-1, including a 4,000 foot bridge over the North Fork of the St. Lucie River started in 2017, and the bridge was opened to the public with a party on September 28, 2019[2]. At the intersection is a pair of towers, topped with sculptures of swimming fish and further decorated with tiles of wildlife in the St. Lucie River. Currently, there is a superstreet intersection at Floresta Drive, the first in Florida; recently, residents have been petitioning to change the superstreet intersection to one that is easier and less time-consuming to navigate[3].

One proposed project is a linear park under the Crosstown Bridge, to be called "The Plaza Under the Bridge", which will include lighting, irrigation, a proposed floating dock, a gazebo, and a coquina hardscape [4].

References

  1. ^ "Crosstown Parkway Extension, Manth Lane to US 1". American Consulting. American Consulting Professionals, LLC. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ Idle, Jillian. "Expansion of Crosstown Parkway opens to the public in Port St. Lucie". 5 WPTV. Scripps Local Media. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ Gardner, Keona. "Fighting Floresta: Online petitions urging Port St. Lucie to change controversial intersection". TCPalm. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Construction". Crosstown Extension.

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