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

BH Photo #139724

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, 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

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

Greater New Orleans Bridge (Downstream) - These two bridges are paired eastbound and westbound

Crescent City Connection Bridge

Posted June 15, 2013, by Cliff (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The toll booths have been demolished and tolls will no longer be collected on the CCC

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?