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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.
On September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Long was an extremely popular and influential politician at the time, and his death eliminated a possible 1936 presidential bid against Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The American Progress was an American newspaper founded by Democratic Louisiana Governor Huey Long in March 1930 as the Louisiana Progress to promote his political aims and attack his opponents. He forced state employees to subscribe and distribute copies, [ 2 ] plus state agencies had to place ads.
In a bizarre series of events early Monday morning, a hotel desk clerk in La Jolla, California, stabbed a guest before fleeing and driving his car off a pier, according to San Diego police.
Although the bridge is named after former Louisiana governors Huey P. Long and Oscar K. Allen, it is known locally in the Baton Rouge Area as "the old bridge". [3] It was the only bridge across the Mississippi in Baton Rouge from its opening until April 1968, when the Horace Wilkinson Bridge ("the new bridge") carrying Interstate 10 opened.
The most popular story of Huey P. Long and the hotel is set in The Sazerac Bar. "Someone tried to assassinate him here in The Sazerac Bar, the gunshot hole is right up there.
Huey P. Long Bridge may refer to: Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) , in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish) , in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States (near New Orleans), a civil engineering landmark
The railroad is managed by the Public Belt Railroad Commission, which also owns and maintains the Huey P. Long Bridge. NOPB covers over 160 kilometers (100 mi) of track with ten locomotives. No funding is received from the city; operating and capital expenses are covered by operating revenues. [2] [3]