Part of a bridge in Florida is closed for repairs after a large crack appeared underneath

A Florida bridge is at 'risk of an imminent collapse' after a large crack appears underneath

The Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, Florida, is "at risk of an imminent collapse," the Coast Guard warned.

Officials have closed off the southbound lanes indefinitely. Northbound lanes have been split to accommodate southbound and northbound traffic. Commercial boating traffic has been halted.

The Roosevelt Bridge was built 24 years ago and spans the St. Lucie River.

COST: $83.7 million, 80 percent federal and 20 percent state and local.

DEDICATION: Saturday, Nov. 1, 1997.

DESIGNER: LoBuono, Armstrong and Associates, an architectural and structural engineering firm in Tallahassee, for the Florida Department of Transportation. Others involved: Figg Engineering of Tallahassee; Reynolds, Smith & Hills of Jacksonville, and Finley McNary Engineers of Tallahassee.

PRIME CONTRACTOR: Recchie America, Inc., now known as America-Condotte, an Italian firm, with U.S. offices in Miami.

RS&H was one of my former customers.  Great company, great people to do business with.