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The John James Audubon Bridge, completed and opened in May 2011, ... Construction progress as of December 4, 2010 Traffic begins crossing the newly opened bridge.
It is the second newest Mississippi River bridge in Louisiana (due to the completion of the John James Audubon Bridge), one of many built to replace the ferry system following a 1976 accident that killed 78 when a ferry with an inebriated pilot and crew sank after being struck by a ship. [3]
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
John James Audubon Bridge may refer to: John James Audubon Bridge (Ohio River), former name of the northbound bridge; John James Audubon Bridge (Mississippi River), a ...
Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned [1] American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 patents. [2]Eads' great Mississippi River Bridge at St. Louis was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 1964 and on October 21, 1974 was listed as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American ...
The bridge was designed by John Turner Bell. [5] Construction of the entire Skyway required 20,000 short tons (18,000 t) of steel and 90,000 cubic yards (69,000 m 3 ) of concrete. [ 6 ]
The bridge's central span, 520 metres (1,710 ft) long, is also the longest cable-stayed span in North America, 37 metres (121 ft) longer than that of the John James Audubon Bridge in St. Francisville, Louisiana. [6] Construction on the bridge began on 21 February 2008. [10]
It was the only bridge across the Mississippi in Baton Rouge from its opening until April 1968, when the Horace Wilkinson Bridge ("the new bridge") carrying Interstate 10 opened. Until 2011, when the John James Audubon Bridge opened between St. Francisville and New Roads , it was the last bridge crossing the Mississippi before the Natchez ...