The engineering firm that designed the collapsed bridge near Florida International University in Miami also designed former Clark County Commissioner David Madore’s pet project, the east county bridge.

FIGG Engineering Group, now Figg Bridge Engineers, was tapped by Madore and the project’s supporters to design an alternative to the controversial Columbia River Crossing — a project whose demise Madore was heavily involved in.

In 2014, the Florida-based company drafted the latest version of a four-lane bridge that would have started at 192nd, across Government Island and ended at Northeast Airport Way in Portland.

According to The Columbian’s archives, Madore described FIGG’s work as “pro bono” and said FIGG was interested in receiving the contract.

A post on EastCountyBridge.com, a website devoted to third crossing, celebrated the firm’s involvement.