Woodland Bridge (Old)

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Honeymoon Bayou Bridge

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013

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Description

This bridge was originally built in 1955 to provide a crossing for Woodland Highway, which was severed by a newly dug branch of the Intracoastal Waterway (also known as the Algiers Canal or Algiers Cutoff Canal) through the Algiers Lower Coast. It was officially part of Louisiana Highway 407. In the late 1960s, General De Gaulle Drive was extended from Holiday Drive to Woodland Drive to tie-in with the bridge. Portions of the approach roads on either side of the old bridge survive, including half of the original Y-junction at LA 406.

Facts

Overview: Lost vertical lift bridge over Intracoastal Waterway (Algiers Canal) on LA 407
Location: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1955, replaced by a fixed high span in 1985
Design: Warren through truss vertical lift
Also called: Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Algiers Cutoff Canal Bridge
Intracoastal Canal Bridge
Honeymoon Bayou Bridge
Algiers Lower Coast Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +29.90509, -89.98605 (decimal degrees)
29°54'18" N, 89°59'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/211663/3312017 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Chalmette
Inventory number: BH 62106 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

April 28, 2017: Updated by Roger Collins: Added names, changed year built, added description.
August 9, 2014: New photo from Luke
August 7, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
July 30, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources

Douglas Butler
New Orleans Vertical Lift - December 1963
Luke