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The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (French: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain), also known simply as The Causeway, [2] is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is 23.83 miles (38.35 km) long.
The I-10 Twin Span Bridge, officially known as the Frank Davis "Naturally N'Awlins" Memorial Bridge, a nearly 5.5-mile (8.9 km) causeway near New Orleans. It consists of two parallel trestle bridges. These parallel bridges cross the eastern end of Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana from New Orleans to Slidell.
The Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge is a rolling lift trunnion bridge that carries a single-track of Norfolk Southern rail line over Lake Pontchartrain between Slidell and New Orleans, Louisiana, parallel to the Maestri Bridge [2] At 5.8 miles (9.3 km) long, it is the longest railroad bridge in the United States and the longest rail bridge over water in the world.
Within the state of Louisiana, the highway travels 31 miles (50 km) [1] from the national southern terminus at US 90 in New Orleans to the Mississippi state line south of Picayune. From New Orleans East, US 11 crosses Lake Pontchartrain on the nearly five-mile-long (8.0 km) Maestri Bridge.
The Causeway Bridge, said to be the "Longest Bridge in the World Over Water," according to its website spans 24 miles over Lake Pontchartrain connecting Metairie with Mandeville, both part of the ...
A divided four-lane thoroughfare known as West Causeway Approach branches off of LA 22 and provides access to several area schools and more residential subdivisions. It also acts as a long ramp to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, a 24-mile-long (39 km) toll bridge to the New Orleans area. LA 22 proceeds about one mile (1.6 km) further to its ...
Travel has again been slowed on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway outside New Orleans one day after numerous crashes caused by foggy conditions forced officials to close the span for hours.
Taking I-12 to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway allowed entry and exit to and from the Greater New Orleans area from the East. On October 14, 2005, at 3:00 pm, the eastbound span was reopened to two way traffic.