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Port Fourchon Bridge
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Chevron Canal Bridge
Still in operation for motor traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
BH Photo #413451
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Greater Laf. Port Comm on LA 3090
- Location
- Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1960
- Design
- Through truss swing
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 163.1 ft.
Total length: 413.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Also called
- Chevron Canal Bridge
Chevron Oil Company Canal Bridge
AO Rappelet Road Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.11104, -90.19066 (decimal degrees)
29°06'40" N, 90°11'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/773394/3223550 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Belle Pass
- Inventory number
- BH 50907 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2015)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 35 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Douglas Butler
Comments
Port Fourchon Bridge
This Bridge was originally the Leeville bridge from around 1945 and replaced by the Leeville lift bridge in 1970 and placed here in 1974-75. According to the Lafourche Parish Port Commission The bridge was condemned by the Louisiana DOTD Inspection. The bridge was removed during the week of March 3 through March 21, 2018.
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Forgot to add This bridge was a narrow two lane bridge before rehabilitation work around 2007-2008.