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What later became known as the Crescent City Connection is the second bridge to span the Mississippi south of Baton Rouge, the first being the Huey P. Long Bridge, a few miles upriver from the city, and is the first bridge across the river in Orleans Parish, coterminous with the city of New Orleans. The Mississippi River Bridge Authority, known ...
The Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge (also known as the Luling Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. [2] It is named for the late United States Congressman Hale Boggs. [3] With a total length of 10,699 feet (3,261 m; 2.0263 mi), it is one of the longest bridges in the world.
Mississippi River: Locale: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Other name(s) The New Bridge, Mississippi River Bridge: Maintained by: LaDOTD: ID number: 611704500900001: Characteristics; Design: Cantilever bridge: Total length: 4,550 feet (1,387 m) (superstructure) 14,150 feet (4,313 m) (overall) Width: 80 feet (24 m) Longest span: 1,235 feet (376 m ...
The purpose of the CCCD is to plan, construct, operate, maintain and police all Mississippi River crossings in Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Bernard Parishes. Prior to the 1989, the CCCD was known as the Mississippi River Bridge Authority (MRBA) and had control of only the Greater New Orleans Bridge (now the Crescent City Connection). The ...
(The Center Square) — The Capital Area Road and Bridge District's planned project for Interstate 49 expansion and a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge remains on track despite shifts in ...
Memphis & Arkansas Bridge: I-55, Mississippi River Trail, US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 79: 1949 ... Huey P. Long Bridge: US 90 New Orleans Public Belt:
New Orleans is facing a drinking water crisis amid a saltwater intrusion on the quickly shrinking Mississippi River. Local water resources in south Louisiana are being strained as saltwater from ...
The Huey P. Long Bridge, [5] located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, is a cantilevered steel through-truss bridge that carries a two-track railroad line over the Mississippi River at mile 106.1, with three lanes of US 90 on each side of the central tracks. It is several kilometers upriver from the city of New Orleans.