Paris Road Bridge

Photos 

LA 47/Paris Road Bridge

Steel Arch over the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in January 2010

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BH Photo #152313

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Steel through arch bridge over Gulf Intercoastal Waterway on LA 47 (Paris Road)

Location

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1967

Design

Steel through arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 702.1 ft.
Total length: 6,622.4 ft. (1.3 mi.)
Deck width: 58.1 ft.

Also called

Green Bridge (refers to original paint color)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+30.00503, -89.93915   (decimal degrees)
30°00'18" N, 89°56'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/216477/3322981 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Little Woods

Average daily traffic (as of 2016)

29,900

Inventory number

BH 43884 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of August 2018)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• April 11, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
• October 5, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• September 26, 2014: New photos from Irma Hale
• July 8, 2010: New photo from Nathan Morton
• April 14, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
• February 2, 2010: Updated by Bob Morgan: moved map marker to center of span
• January 12, 2010: Added by Bob Morgan

Sources 

• Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] att [dot] net
• Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Paris Road Bridge (Gulf Outlet Canal Bridge, Green Bridge) - HistoricBridges.org

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