Moores Creek Bridge, Historic concrete bridge in Fort Pierce, United States.
Moores Creek Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch structure spanning approximately 46 feet (14 meters) that links residential neighborhoods with downtown and waterfront districts in Fort Pierce. Its distinctive curved design creates the structure's most recognizable feature.
The structure was built in 1925 by the Luten Bridge Company during Florida's real estate development boom. It replaced an earlier wooden bridge that had served the same location.
Locals call it Tickle Tummy Bridge or Tickle Tummy Hill, a name that refers to the feeling in the stomach when a car crests the high arch over so short a span. The bridge carries North 2nd Street between Avenues B and C, linking a residential section to downtown and the waterfront.
The bridge carries North 2nd Street between Avenues B and C, linking the residential section to downtown and the waterfront. It is a single span of 46 feet including the run up, so drivers cross a short, steep arch; pedestrians use the same roadway. The 1997 retrofit by Fort Pierce Main Street, the city and the Florida Department of Transportation reopened it on December 7, 1997.
This bridge is one of only about 15 remaining examples of early twentieth-century concrete arch bridges from Florida's development period. Most others from that era have been replaced or destroyed over the decades.
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