General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Girder bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
| 2013 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA Mandeville, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Next to: |
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (1969)
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| Coordinates: | 30° 21' 50.79" N 90° 5' 37.70" W |
| Coordinates: | 30° 1' 17.14" N 90° 9' 14.27" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 38 km | |
| span lengths | 17 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 30 700 000 |
Materials
| deck |
precast concrete
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Participants
Design
Contractor
Repairs (2005)
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 153.
- (2017): Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 87, n. 5 (May 2017), pp. 42-45.
- (1962): Pilotes de compresion y de tracción en hormigón pretensado. In: Hormigón pretensado, v. 13, n. 65 (4th Quarter 1962), pp. 14-27.
- (1957): Le pont en béton précontraint sur le lac Pontchartrain (E.-U.). In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 33, n. 5-6 (May 1957), pp. 159-166.
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 460-461.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002287 - Published on:
11/11/2001 - Last updated on:
05/05/2024
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