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Danziger Bridge (Old)

Orleans Parish, Louisiana

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Danzinger Bridge (Old)

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #291015

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Street View 

Facts 

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
Dimensions
Total length: 344.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.00859, -90.02709   (decimal degrees)
30°00'31" N, 90°01'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/786770/3323460 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spanish Fort
Inventory number
BH 62421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,083)
Built 1932 (975)
Built during 1930s (11,951)
Deck girder (6,088)
Girder (10,807)
Have street view (27,851)
Lost (26,852)
Lost 1988 (180)
Lost during 1980s (1,462)
Louisiana (719)
 Movable (3,076)
New Orleans, Louisiana (61)
Orleans Parish, Louisiana (59)
Owned by state (16,270)
Plate girder (8,428)
Replaced by new bridge (18,223)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (178)
Strauss Underneath Counterweight Bascule (51)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,376)

Update Log 

  • December 23, 2017: New photo from James Rhed
  • April 27, 2017: Updated by Roger Collins: Added year built.
  • August 10, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

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Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • James Rhed

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