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  2. Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge originally named the Luling–Destrehan Bridge, was dedicated by Governor David C. Treen and Bishop Stanley Ott of Baton Rouge and opened to traffic on October 6, 1983 connecting Louisiana Highway 18 on the West Bank and Louisiana Highway 48 on the East Bank. The dedication even featured a Louisiana political stunt.

  3. Bayou Corne sinkhole - Wikipedia

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    As the symptoms worsened towards the end of July, Texas Brine officially denied the likelihood of a sinkhole. In reality, the Oxy3 cavern had begun to collapse. [11] Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal issued an evacuation order on August 3, 2012, after residents reported smells of crude oil throughout the town. [13]

  4. Calcasieu River Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Calcasieu River Bridge, or the Pistol bridge officially named the Louisiana Memorial World War II Bridge in June 1951 [1] is an arched cantilever, rivet-connected Warren through truss (main span) [2] located on Interstate 10 between Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Westlake, Louisiana. It was the only major bridge in Lake Charles, until the ...

  5. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Rope bridge collapse Munnar, India 120 1 February 1942 Nuns' school chapel collapse Biblian, Ecuador 117 1951 Heiwa Lake Dam failure Kameoka, Japan 115 12 September 2014 2014 Synagogue Church Building Collapse: Lagos State, Nigeria: 114 17 July 1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Kansas City, Missouri, United States 111 11 September 2015

  6. Champ Clark Bridge (1928) - Wikipedia

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    The Champ Clark Bridge was a five-span truss bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Louisiana, Missouri with the state of Illinois via US 54. It opened in 1928. It opened in 1928. In 2019, the bridge was replaced by a new bridge of the same name .

  7. Louisiana advances a bill expanding death penalty methods in ...

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    In an effort to resume Louisiana’s death row executions that have been paused for 14 years, lawmakers on Friday advanced a bill that would add the use of nitrogen gas and electrocution as ...

  8. Claiborne Avenue Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Claiborne Avenue Bridge, officially known as the Judge William Seeber Bridge, is a vertical lift bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana over the Industrial Canal.It was built by the Louisiana Department of Highways (later renamed the Department of Transportation and Development) and opened to vehicular traffic in 1957.

  9. List of bridge failures - Wikipedia

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    Scott City roadway bridge collapse Scott City, Missouri: United States: 25 May 2013: Concrete road bridge A Union Pacific train T-boned a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train outside of Scott City, Missouri, at approximately 2:30 am. The impact caused numerous rail cars to hit a support pillar of a highway overpass, collapsing two sections of the ...