Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on US 11 in New Orleans
- Location
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1938
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 24,915.5 ft.
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +30.15528, -89.85611 (decimal degrees)
30°09'19" N, 89°51'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 19088 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 08/2001)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 7.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 6,700