The new A1A North Causeway Bridge opened to drivers on Friday. But the bridge is officially named the E.C. Summerlin Family Bridge.
It’s a family that’s synonymous with Fort Pierce and St. Lucie County history.
North Causeway Bridge is named after historic Fort Pierce family
WPTV listened to Peggy Summerlin-Allen, great-granddaughter of E.C. Summerlin. He was one of the first residents of what would become St. Lucie County, back in 1888.
Summerlin was a pineapple farmer, then a fishing guide and game warden. He and his wife Polly Ann charted many of the first churches in the county…