Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish)
cantilevered steel through truss bridge that carries a two-track railroad line over the Mississippi River at mile 106.1 with three lanes of US 90 on each side of the central tracks
The Huey P. Long Bridge is a bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It is a cantilevered steel through-truss bridge. It carries a railroad line and US 90 over the Mississippi River.
Huey P. Long Bridge | |
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 The Huey Long Bridge in 2007, when widening work had just begun. | |
| Coordinates | 29°56′39″N 90°10′08″W / 29.94417°N 90.16889°W |
| Carries | 6 lanes of  US 902 tracks of the NOPB |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Maintained by | New Orleans Public Belt Railroad |
| ID number | 022600060100001 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilever truss bridge |
| Total length | 8,076 feet (2,462 m) (road) 22,996 feet (7,009 m) (rail) |
| Longest span | 790 feet (241 m) |
| Clearance below | 153 feet (47 m) |
| History | |
| Construction cost | $13.4 million[1][2] (equivalent to $203 million in 2020 dollars) |
| Opened | December 1935 (widened June 2013) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 43,000 (2008) |
| Location | |
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The bridge opened in December 1935. It was named for the Governor Huey P. Long, who was killed on September 8 of that year. It was designed by Polish-American engineer Ralph Modjeski. It is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
References
change- ↑ Betsy Swanson (2003). Historic Jefferson Parish: From Shore to Shore. Pelican Publishing. p. 100.
- ↑ Andrea Shaw (June 13, 2013), $1.2 billion Huey P. Long Bridge widening to end steering-wheel death grip, Nola, retrieved November 1, 2021