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The I-10 Twin Span Bridge, a nearly 5.5-mile (8.9 km) causeway officially known as the Frank Davis "Naturally N'Awlins" Memorial Bridge, consists of two parallel trestle bridges. These parallel bridges cross the eastern end of Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana from New Orleans to Slidell .
With the I-10 Twin Span Bridge severely damaged, the causeway was used as a major route for recovery teams staying in lands to the north to get into New Orleans. The causeway reopened first to emergency traffic and then to the general public – with tolls suspended – on September 19, 2005. Tolls were reinstated by mid-October of that year.
New Orleans: Industrial Canal Bridge: December 21, 1965 [44] New Orleans: Industrial Canal to Morrison Road: December 8, 1966 [45] New Orleans: Morrison Road to Paris Road: October 18, 1972 [46] New Orleans: Paris Road to US 11: April 24, 1967 [47] US 11 (New Orleans) to I-12/I-59 (Slidell) (including Lake Pontchartrain Twin Span Bridge ...
On December 21, 1965, the I-10 Twin Span Bridge was dedicated to the public. At a length of 5.4 miles (8.7 km), it allowed travelers to make a continuous journey from Slidell to New Orleans. The opening of the bridges also filled up the final gap in I-59, allowing travelers to make a continuous journey from Slidell to New Orleans. [18]
Officials awarded a $30.9 million contract to repair the, "twin spans" I-10 bridge to New Orleans to Boh Brothers Construction Co. on September 12, 2005. It was estimated that 45 days would be required before the bridge could reopen to normal traffic. [ 34 ]
U.S. Highway 11 (US 11) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that spans 1,645 miles (2,647 km) [a] [2] from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Rouses Point, New York. Within the state of Louisiana, the highway travels 31 miles (50 km) [ 1 ] from the national southern terminus at US 90 in New Orleans to the Mississippi state line south ...
Timber piles can be found in all sorts of bridges; the twin spans that carry Interstate 95 over U.S. 421 in Dunn were built on wooden piles in the early 1950s, Hanks said.
The I-10 Twin Span Bridge runs from Slidell to New Orleans East across Lake Pontchartrain. Slidell Airport (ICAO: KASD, FAA LID: ASD) is a city-owned public-use airport four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Slidell's central business district.