St. Claude Avenue Bridge

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St Claude Avenue Bridge

Steel Bascule Bridge over the Industrial Harbor Navigation Canal

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in January 2010

BH Photo #152307

Overview: Bascule through truss bridge over the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (Industrial Canal) on St. Claude Avenue (LA Hwy 46)
Location: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1919 by the Bethlehem Steel Bridge Corporation as a combination rail/highway bridge; later converted to an all highway bridge
Builders: - Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads: - New Orleans Public Service Incorporated (NOPSI)
- Streetcar
Design: Strauss trunnion bascule bridge
Dimensions: Span length: 137.1 ft.
Total length: 137.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +29.96385, -90.02753 (decimal degrees)
29°57'50" N, 90°01'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/786856/3318498 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: New Orleans East
Elevation: 17 ft. above sea level
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 21,400
Inventory number: BH 43883 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.1 (out of 100)
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