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Sunshine Bridge

St. James Parish, Louisiana
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in February 2012

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Overview
Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on LA 70
Location
St. James Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1963
Design
Cantilever through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 824.9 ft.
Total length: 9,099.7 ft. (1.7 mi.)
Deck width: 63.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.09833, -90.91167   (decimal degrees)
30°05'54" N, 90°54'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/701238/3331521 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Donaldsonville
Inventory number
BH 19108 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
16,200

Categories 

Built 1963 (140)
Built during 1960s (1,216)
Cantilevered (242)
Cantilevered truss (222)
Flared (407)
Have street view (9,896)
LA 70 (3)
Louisiana (518)
Mississippi River (155)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,314)
 Over a mile long (192)
Owned by state (9,808)
Span length 500-1000 feet (313)
St. James Parish, Louisiana (5)
Through truss (9,210)
Toll (115)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)
Truss (23,574)
Warren through truss (927)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • February 24, 2012: New photos from Ben Tate
  • April 19, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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Sunshine Bridge
Posted February 25, 2012, by Tom Hoffman

Neat four tower cantaliever truss in the middle of the flats.