Top Ranked Louisiana Bridges

I-10 Pontchartrain Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Steel stringer bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on Interstate 10

Built 1963. Heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Repaired 2006 with Bailey Pony Truss sections added to westbound span. Traffic routed to new span in 2010.
Magnolia Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Bayou St. John on Harding Drive
Open to pedestrians
1896-1897; moved here 1909; Rehabbed 1936 by WPA; Restored for pedestrian usage in 1989
Bayou Vidal Bridge (Madison Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Abandoned timber stringer bridge over Bayou Vidal on Abandoned Railroad
Derelict/abandoned
Crescent City Connection Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 91% with 2 votes
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on eastbound Business US 90 in New Orleans
Open to four lanes of eastbound traffic, plus two reversible HOV lanes
Built 1985
Bayou Liberty LA 433 Bridge (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 91% with 2 votes
Swing bridge over Bayou Liberty on LA 433
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1981; replaced 2010
Cross Bayou Bridge (Caddo Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 88% with 5 votes
Waddell "A" truss bridge over Cross Bayou on the Kansas City Southern Railroad in Shreveport, near Spring Street. One of only 2 surviving Waddell "A" truss bridges in the US, the Linn Creek Bridge in Missouri being the other.
Abandoned
Originally built in 1890 over the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. Re-erected over Cross Bayou adjacent to downtown Shreveport in 1926. Used by KCS into the 1980's.
Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish) (Jefferson Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 85% with 4 votes
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 90 in Jefferson
Open to traffic
Opened to traffic December 16, 1935
Aloha Bridge (Grant Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 84% with 4 votes
Abandoned concrete bridge over Bayou Grappe on Old US 71 south of Aloha
Abandoned, but intact
Built circa 1920
Atchafalaya River US 90 Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 84% with 4 votes
Through truss bridge over Atchafalaya River on US 90 between Berwick and Morgan City
Open to traffic
Built 1975
Natalbany River Bridge (Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 84% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Natalbany River on La Rock Road
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1950
DSRR Ouachita River Bridge (Union Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 84% with 5 votes
Abandoned through truss bridge over Ouachita River on Railroad
Derelict/abandoned
Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) (East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 82% with 3 votes
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 190 in Baton Rouge
Open to traffic
Opened August 10, 1940 to serve US 190 and Kansas City Southern Railroad. Rehabilitated in 1989 to add four feet of road for auto traffic.
Krotz Springs Railroad Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Through truss swing bridge over Atchafalaya River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Luling Bridge (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 80% with 3 votes
Cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River on I-310 west of New Orleans, near Luling
Open to traffic
Built 1983 at a cost of $135 million
Melville Ferry (St. Landry Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 80% with 4 votes
Ferry across Atchafalaya River on LA 10 (formerly US 71)
Closed
Closed 2010
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 76% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Calcasieu River on I-10 in Lake Charles
Open to traffic
Built 1952
Greater New Orleans Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 71% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on westbound Business US 90 in New Orleans
Open to traffic
Built 1957, opened to traffic April 15, 1958
Wax Lake Outlet Railway Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Rated 71% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Wax Lake Outlet on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1941 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. for the Southern Pacific Railway