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The current bridge spans were constructed in the second half of the 2000s after the original bridges were extensively damaged by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The first span opened to eastbound traffic on July 9, 2009. [1] On April 7, 2010, the second span was opened to traffic and the old twin spans were permanently closed to traffic. [2]
Several major bridges were among the worst damaged, with the I-10 Twin Span Bridge as the most catastrophic failure with over 470 spans separated from their supports and nearly 65 fallen completely into the water. Other vital bridges damaged enough to impede traffic included the Pontchartrain Causeway, St. Louis Bay Bridge, and Biloxi Bay ...
I-10 Twin Span Bridge: New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana: United States 29 August 2005: Two parallel trestle bridges crossing the eastern end of Lake Pontchartrain: After Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, the old Twin Spans suffered extensive damage, as the rising storm surge had pulled or shifted bridge segments off their piers. 0 killed ...
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The old Twin Span will be demolished in the near future. [56] In 2014, the Louisiana State Legislature officially named the Twin Span as the Frank Davis "Naturally N'Awlins" Memorial Bridge. [57] A $68.9 million three-year construction project was completed between Causeway Boulevard and the 17th Street Canal in Metairie, Louisiana. It added ...
An engineering firm studying the damaged westbound side of the Washington Bridge has found that repairs to the structure "have limited viability" and a full replacement of the span may be the only ...
Most of the city’s major roads were damaged. The only route out of the city was east to the West Bank of New Orleans on the Crescent City Connection bridge. The I-10 Twin Span Bridge traveling east towards Slidell suffered severe damage; 473 spans were separated from their supports and 64 spans dropped into the lake. [28]