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 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; a second Huey P. Long Bridge is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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.
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Huey P. Long Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 29°56′39″N 90°10′08″W |
Carries | 6 lanes of US 90 2 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) |
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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.