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General Information

Other name(s): Luling-Destrehan Bridge; Luling Bridge
Official designation: NBI: 024504503700001
Completion: 6 October 1983
Status: in use

Project Type

Awards and Distinctions

1984 award winner  

Location

Location: , , ,
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Address: I-310
Crosses:
  • Mississippi River
Coordinates: 29° 56' 33" N    90° 22' 27" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 3 261 m
main bridge
main span 372.5 m
total length 678.6 m
deck deck depth 4.27 m
deck width 25.1 m
number of cells 2
pylons height 122 m
number 2

Cost

cost of construction United States dollar 135 000 000
main bridge
cost of construction United States dollar 84 300 000

Materials

deck weathering steel
piers reinforced concrete
pylons weathering steel

Chronology

7 May 1983

Completion.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge (also known as the Luling–Destrehan Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. It is named for the late United States Congressman Hale Boggs. The bridge was dedicated by Governor David C. Treen and Bishop Stanley Ott of Baton Rouge and opened to traffic on October 8, 1983 connecting Louisiana Highway 18 on the West Bank and Louisiana Highway 48 on the East Bank. The Hale Boggs Bridge was the third major cable-stayed bridge in the United States after the 1,255-foot John O'Connell Bridge of Sitka, Alaska (the United States' first vehicular cable-stayed girder spanned bridge) and the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge or Ed Hendler Bridge in Washington.

In 1993, the Hale Boggs Bridge was incorporated into the newly completed Interstate 310 and was the first cable-stayed bridge to be added to the interstate highway system. Upon completion of Interstate 49, I-310 and the Hale Boggs Bridge will serve as a connection between I-49 and Interstate 10 on the western edge of metropolitan New Orleans.

Design

The superstructure and West approaches of the Hale Boggs Bridge were designed by the prime consultant, Frankland and Leinhard of New York, NY (E. Stanley Jarosz, Vice-president & Chief Engineer, & Myron Lepkaluk, President). The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation recognized Jarosz's and Frankland & Leinhard's design achievement with a major award in the year the bridge was completed. The foundations of the main span and the East approaches were designed by Modjeski and Masters of Harrisburg, PA. Original construction was by a team headed by Williams Brothers Construction Co, Inc.

The Hale Boggs's design features unpainted weathering steel towers and superstructure, an orthotropic steel box girder superstructure, and two planes of cables in a fan pattern. Weathering steel exhibits uniform oxidation or "rusting" that results in a uniform protective patina and reduces maintenance requirements. The bridge's weathered bronze color is intended to blend with the muddy waters of the Mississippi River.

The prefabricated cables, the Swiss manufacturer of which was selected by Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc. featured a heavy polyethylene sheathing that began cracking even before installation, leading to moisture intrusion and cable deterioration. There were additional problems with rust and water leakage in the anchorages. A project to replace the cables began in summer 2009.

MV George Prince Gerry disaster

The bridge was under construction on October 20, 1976 when the Luling–Destrehan Ferry, George Prince, was struck by a tanker while crossing the river from Destrehan to Luling; the same communities connected by this bridge. Seventy-eight people perished when the ferry capsized; only eighteen survived. There is a memorial on the East Bank in Destrehan to honor all the people who died in the disaster.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20000545
  • Published on:
    21/11/1999
  • Last updated on:
    29/01/2023
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