Rating:
19079
{64}%
6 votes
Crescent City Connection Bridge
Photos
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
Enlarge
BH Photo #139724
Description
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.
Facts
- 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, Opened to traffic in 1988
- 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
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.93879, -90.05775 (decimal degrees)
29°56'20" N, 90°03'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/784009/3315643 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- New Orleans East
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 175,200
- Inventory number
- BH 19079 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 51.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 12, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker; also bridge is no longer tolled
- June 14, 2017: New photos from John Christeson
- June 23, 2016: New photo from Roger Deschner
- February 24, 2012: New photos from Ben Tate
- June 25, 2011: New photos from Ken Roberts
- May 28, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
- May 3, 2009: Updated by Bob Davis: Add photos, alternate name
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Mike Roegner
- Ken Roberts - kendroberts1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
- John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
The toll booths have been demolished and tolls will no longer be collected on the CCC