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Downtown New Orleans Bridge Over Mississippi

Photo of two spans from Ship Terminal Parking Lot with sculpture in foreground

Photo taken by Bob Davis on May 3, 2009

There was only one bridge until the later 80's when the second bridge was built. The single bridge used to be called the Greater New Orleans Bridge.

Overview: Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on eastbound Business US 90 in New Orleans
Location: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Status: Open to four lanes of eastbound traffic, plus two reversible HOV lanes
History: Built 1985
Design: Cantilevered Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 1,574.7 ft.
Total length: 3,018.2 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 91.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 25.1 ft.
Also called: Greater New Orleans Bridge over the Mississippi River
Approximate latitude, longitude: +29.93667, -90.05833 (decimal degrees)
29°56'12" N, 90°03'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/783960/3315407 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: New Orleans East
Inventory number: BH 19079 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2008): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 87,720

Crescent City Connection Bridge

Posted March 19, 2011, by Theo (totheoc [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Do you know where the NB & SB HOV on-ramps are located?