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It opened in 1956 at a cost of $46 million (equivalent to $390 million in 2023 dollars). This included not just the bridge, but three approach roads on the north end and a long stretch of road on the south end. [8] On June 16, 1964, six people died when barges tore a gap in the bridge and a bus plunged into the lake. [9]
What later became known as the Crescent City Connection is the second bridge to span the Mississippi south of Baton Rouge, the first being the Huey P. Long Bridge, a few miles upriver from the city, and is the first bridge across the river in Orleans Parish, coterminous with the city of New Orleans. The Mississippi River Bridge Authority, known ...
Steel box girder deck, concrete pylons 4 lanes ... New Orleans Louisiana [63] [64] 28 ... Road bridge New York City Subway ...
Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds that knocked out power ...
The weather service in New Orleans said during a 9 p.m. briefing that water was entering homes and businesses across St. Charles Parish, getting close to that in St. John the Baptist Parish, and ...
The designation begins on I-10 near the Orleans–Jefferson parish line at the I-610 Split. The expressway follows I-10 into the Central Business District (CBD) of New Orleans (by the Superdome) and then follows US 90 Bus. to the Crescent City Connection. The expressway takes its name from Pontchartrain Boulevard, which the expressway replaced ...
Get a grip on winter driving: How to prepare for snow and ice on the roads. Drive defensively, seek distance from other cars. Last year, USA TODAY spoke with the teacher of driving teachers, Bill ...
The damage to the Twin Spans and to U.S. Route 90 to the east left only one route into New Orleans from the east, the U.S. Route 11 bridge just west of the Twin Spans. The Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD) accepted a bid of $30.9 million from Boh Brothers Construction Company on September 9, 2005, to reconstruct the ...