St. Claude Avenue Bridge -- New Orleans LA - Moving Bridges on Waymarking.com

This very cool truss bascule bridge served as a refuge for people whose ninth Ward neighborhoods were drowning during Hurricane Katrina. For several months after the hurricane this bridge was the only connector between the lower Ninth Ward and the rest of the city of New Orleans.

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"St Claude Avenue Bridge

Steel Bascule Bridge over the Industrial Harbor Navigation Canal
Overview

Bascule through truss bridge over the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (Industrial Canal) on St. Claude Avenue (LA Hwy 46)

Location
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Status
Open to traffic

History
Built 1919 by the Bethlehem Steel Bridge Corporation as a combination rail/highway bridge; later converted to an all highway bridge

Builders- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois

Design
Strauss trunnion bascule bridge

Dimensions

Span length: 137.1 ft.
Total length: 137.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.

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Average daily traffic (as of 2005)25,200"

Bridge Type: Drawbridge (Bascule Bridge) Built: 01/01/1919 Span: 137.1 ft Pedestrian Traffic: no Bicycle Traffic: no Vehicular Traffic: yes Railway Traffic: no

Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the bridge and record the exact coordinates where the picture was taken.

Recent Visits/Logs:

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