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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

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

Comments 

Maestri Bridge Age Correction
Posted June 12, 2011, by Jared (albermarle52 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

It was built in '28, not '38.