Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 90 in Jefferson
- Location
- Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Opened to traffic December 16, 1935
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 789.8 ft.
Total length: 9,160.7 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.94500, -90.16833 (decimal degrees)
29°56'42" N, 90°10'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 19034 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection
- Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 1,300
Comments
Huey P. Long Bridge
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is currently undertaking a project to widen the vehicular lanes on the span. The project will take a while, so if you need to cross via the Huey P Long bridge, exercise caution while they work on it!
Huey P. Long Bridge
Longest railroad bridge in the US