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Atchafalaya Basin Bridge
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Atchafalaya Basin Bridge
Looking West near Atchafalaya River
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
BH Photo #317980
Description
These twin bridges span the entire Atchafalaya Basin. Built in the early 1970s, these bridges are two of the longest, and most-heavily traversed bridges in the state of Louisiana. NBI has them broken into 4-mile segments; the length in feet is approximate for the entire structure.Facts
- Overview
- Pair of 16+ mile bridges over the Atchafalaya Basin on I-10
- Location
- St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1971
- Design
- Stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 573.2 ft.
Total length: 23,441.1 ft. (4.4 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +30.33230, -91.75897 (decimal degrees)
30°19'56" N, 91°45'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/619297/3356260 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cecilia
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 28,300
- Inventory number
- BH 46720 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.7 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- March 14, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- October 29, 2010: Updated by Cliff Darby: Edited Description
- October 28, 2010: Updated by Cliff Darby: Updated Information
Sources
- Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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