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Danzinger Bridge (Old)

Orleans Parish, Louisiana

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Danzinger Bridge (Old)

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #291015

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Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Industrial Canal on US 90 Chef Menteur Highway
Location
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Opened to traffic in May 1932; replaced in 1988
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Deck plate girder bascule
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.00804, -90.02701   (decimal degrees)
30°00'29" N, 90°01'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/786780/3323399 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 62421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,024)
Built 1932 (885)
Built during 1930s (10,582)
Deck girder (4,503)
Girder (7,966)
Have street view (22,091)
Lost (18,689)
Lost 1988 (150)
Lost during 1980s (1,049)
 Louisiana (655)
Movable (2,705)
New Orleans, Louisiana (58)
Orleans Parish, Louisiana (55)
Owned by city (4,491)
Plate girder (6,137)
Replaced by new bridge (12,388)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (170)
Strauss underneath counterweight bascule (49)

Update Log 

  • April 27, 2017: Updated by Roger Collins: Added year built.
  • August 10, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

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