Paris Road Bridge

The Paris Road Bridge is the name of the bridge carrying Louisiana Highway 47 across the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet between St. Bernard Parish and New Orleans East in Louisiana, United States. It is also known as the Green Bridge. The name "Green Bridge" came from it originally being painted green. It was repainted brown in 1980, and recently repainted grey, but locals continue to call it "the Green Bridge".

Paris Road Bridge
Coordinates	30°00′18″N 89°56′20″W
Carries	4 lanes of LA 47
Crosses	Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
Locale	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Other name(s)	Green Bridge
Maintained by	Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Characteristics
Design	Steel through arch
Material	Concrete, steel
Total length	6,642 feet (2,024 m)
Longest span	702 feet (214 m)
No. of spans	3
Piers in water	2
Clearance below	135 feet (41 m)
History
Designer	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Constructed by	Foster and Creighton Company
Construction start	June 1964
Construction end	November 14, 1967
Construction cost	$12,250,000
Opened	July 21, 1967 (1967-07-21)
Replaces	Paris Road pontoon bridge
Location

The bridge was built by the Army Corps of Engineers and opened to traffic on July 21, 1967 with the bridge being completed on November 14 of that year.^[1]

Interstate 510 ends just north of the bridge. Both ends of the bridge are in Orleans Parish, but Chalmette is a short distance south of the bridge, which provides the most important road link for St. Bernard Parish, and is one of only four routes into the parish, the others being Judge Perez Drive, the Chalmette Ferry, and the St. Bernard Highway.

References

1. Engineers, United States Army Corps of (1993). Annual Report FY 1993 of the Secretary of the Army on Civil Works Activities. Department of the Army, United States of America. p. 11-2. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

30°0′18.0″N 89°56′20.5″W