Maestri Bridge

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North Approach

Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2010

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Overview

Bascule bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on US 11 in New Orleans

Location

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1928

Design

Bascule

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 24,915.5 ft. (4.7 mi.)
Deck width: 29.8 ft.

Also called

Pontchartrain Bridge
Watson-Williams Bridge
Five Mile Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+30.15528, -89.85611   (decimal degrees)
30°09'19" N, 89°51'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/224907/3339437 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

North Shore

Inventory number

BH 19088 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 08/2011)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 9.0 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2011)

9,100

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Update Log 

• June 12, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: changes build date
• March 25, 2010: New photos from David Backlin

Sources 

• David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
• Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Jared Mixson

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