New Orleans 4K - World's Longest Bridge - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
9,500 concrete pilings, 5 ft wide each, across 24 miles of water! This is a little different from my driving in cities content but I couldn't resist publishing this video. I'd like to experiment with more infrastructure related videos. Let me know in the comments if you like it!
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is 23.83 miles (38.35 km) long. The bridges are supported by 9,500 concrete pilings. The two bridges feature a bascule, which spans the navigation channel 8 miles (13 km) south of the north shore.
Since 1969, it was listed by Guinness World Records as the longest bridge over water in the world; in 2011, in response to the opening of the longer Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China, Guinness World Records created two categories for bridges over water: continuous and aggregate lengths over water. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway then became the longest bridge over water (continuous) while Jiaozhou Bay Bridge the longest bridge over water (aggregate).
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New Orleans is the largest city located in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for its french style, distinct music, Creole cuisine, unique dialect, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and vibrant nightlife along Bourbon Street. The city has been described as the "most unique" in the United States, owing in large part to its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage.
Tourism
New Orleans has many visitor attractions, from the world-renowned French Quarter to St. Charles Avenue, (home of Tulane and Loyola Universities, the historic Pontchartrain Hotel and many 19th-century mansions) to Magazine Street with its boutique stores and antique shops.
According to current travel guides, New Orleans is one of the top ten most-visited cities in the United States; 10.1 million visitors came to New Orleans in 2004.
A 2009 Travel + Leisure poll of "America's Favorite Cities" ranked New Orleans first in ten categories, the most first-place rankings of the 30 cities included. According to the poll, New Orleans was the best U.S. city as a spring break destination and for "wild weekends", stylish boutique hotels, cocktail hours, singles/bar scenes, live music/concerts and bands, antique and vintage shops, cafés/coffee bars, neighborhood restaurants, and people watching.
The French Quarter (known locally as "the Quarter" or Vieux Carré) contains popular hotels, bars and nightclubs. Notable tourist attractions in the Quarter include Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the French Market (including Café du Monde, famous for café au lait and beignets) and Preservation Hall.
Founded in 1718 by the French, New Orleans was once the territorial capital of French Louisiana before being traded to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. New Orleans in 1840 was the third-most populous city in the United States. The city's location and flat elevation have historically made it very vulnerable to flooding. State and federal authorities have installed a complex system of levees and drainage pumps in an effort to protect the city.
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It's hard to understand just how long this bridge is without seeing it! I've also seen posts recently on Reddit about a certain "theory" that shall not be mentioned :) that relates to this bridge. Link below to a size comparison of bridges and a great picture from Reddit! libertycruise.nyc/packages/compendium-of-us-bridges www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/cmkrrv/this_extremely_zoomed_in_photo_of_the_lake/
@padeng5032
5 жыл бұрын
Can you do Minneapolis
@Jack3md
5 жыл бұрын
food It is the longest still, over water (continuous), the Chinese is the longest aggregate over water
@EugeneAyindolmah
5 жыл бұрын
@food The world records for all infrastructure are in Asia (Middle East or East Asia)
@GlaringDiamon
4 жыл бұрын
Urrmm the longest bridge is the Hong kong-zuhai-macau bridge at a total of 22 miles long.
@etherealceleste
4 жыл бұрын
@@GlaringDiamon The Causeway is over 23 miles uninterrupted of NOTHING but water, no land, no islands, no breaks, no tunnel, just water and more water. The longest uninterrupted section of the kong-zuhai-macau bridge over water is only 13.9 miles.
My grandfather helped build it!
@earlemorgan5068
4 жыл бұрын
That is really cool. When I was a kid living in Kenner, I loved travelling the Causeway. It was almost a mythological experience.
@IamToon24
3 жыл бұрын
Cap 🧢
@fuman-chu1805
3 жыл бұрын
Lies
@RealhaitianZOE
3 жыл бұрын
Is he still living becus I have questions for him.
@RealhaitianZOE
3 жыл бұрын
@Azubike Mojike de bridge is so unique . I'm an architect. At age 25
😀I cant wait to drive across this bridge listening to my old school music back in the 80's with the windows down appreciating life and the beauty it has to offer❤
My family used to drive across this bridge every week I wish I could appreciate those memories one more time
I visited New Orleans last year from England and flew over Lake Ponchartrain, I seen the bridge out of the window. Next time I go back hopefully I will drive over it. Louisiana is the best!
@DA-db9bi
4 жыл бұрын
New orleans is a beautiful city
@thecraplordsell4575
4 жыл бұрын
_ Angel zavala sure sure
@SteveCarras
Жыл бұрын
Went over it north in 1995,with my parents but was stopped y the drawbridge
@Mehwhatevr
24 күн бұрын
yall come back now ;)
Imagine running out of gas or breaking down 😮
@lilhaati2267
3 ай бұрын
I was just thinking that 🤣🤣🤣
I enjoyed this bridge video because this bridge is the definitive proof that the earth is a round ball and the water over this span of 23.8 miles is curved and if you viewed it from the water level you would not see a building that was 354 ft high for perfect weather viewing. I just loved watching the things on the shore come up into view as you got closer and they came above the water horizon. If anyone is interested there are also videos of the length taken with a telescope by soundly that show the waters curvature in amazing photos.
Smooth driving, pleasure to watch.
About middle way is when I would probably start to have a panic attack for sure especially at night.
@SilkyLew
Жыл бұрын
I'll panick at the start, but after a couple of minutes I'll be alright. Because I'll tell myself, it's no turning back now. The only way through it is to keep going. But if I'm the only car on the bridge I might go full panic attack lol
@bunnyman6321
7 ай бұрын
Exactly 😂
@user-rz8bu6vl8x
4 ай бұрын
Me too, I can't handle bridges over water!
@ladonna1902
2 ай бұрын
I would panic at night, too. I at least thought this bridge had lights. But I don't see very many. So I know this is hella scary in the dark. Yikes!
I live in Brazil and my dream is to visit New Orleans, love so much this atmosphere, idk how to explain, there something different there... i think it's because the swamp...
@imagesinla8575
5 жыл бұрын
When you visit New Orleans make sure to go to Port of Calls on Esplanade Street for a great New Orleans experience. The best burger and baked potato ever. Then cross the street and walk two or three blocks for some great live music spots.
@Matheus55032
5 жыл бұрын
@@imagesinla8575 thanks, bro, I really wanna go there someday
@imagesinla8575
5 жыл бұрын
@@Matheus55032 the last weekend in April, and the first weekend in May is the world famous New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. People from all over the world come to this event. Not only jazz, but all types of music form soul to rock n roll. Look it up online for more info.
@clarhck6
5 жыл бұрын
Be careful. Not to be negative but new Orleans was once the murder capital of America
@Matheus55032
5 жыл бұрын
@@clarhck6 I have careful, i live in one of the most dangerous country in the world, 60k murders per year...
They should have a rest stop in the middle of the bridge. 😅
@Genious.
5 жыл бұрын
And then a Starbucks could open up. Or two. Or six.
@MaseTravels
5 жыл бұрын
Daniel Drader 😂
@moneyblue8466
4 жыл бұрын
Mase Travels 😂really
@ashleys1145
4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Drader and a motel....
@toddmccowen8206
4 жыл бұрын
WHYYY?!
Thanks. I enjoyed the ride. Brings back memories.
My anxiety would be through the roof driving on this thing.
@CarlosM-vw4pp
3 жыл бұрын
It´s better listening to music
@sundance81677
3 жыл бұрын
Mine was just watching it.
@VVxNoah
3 жыл бұрын
im driving on it rn, its in louisiana
@JessycaLunawoona
3 жыл бұрын
@@VVxNoah Wtf are you doing on KZread when you’re driving? That’s dangerous
@VVxNoah
3 жыл бұрын
@@JessycaLunawoona im 14 im not driving 😎
It's like crossing an ocean.
@jaylenyoung2632
3 жыл бұрын
It’s a lake not an ocean
@jakobbecker6435
3 жыл бұрын
@@jaylenyoung2632 no shit he said it’s like not it is
@tlunceford77
3 жыл бұрын
It does look that way. It's like driving along the coast, without the beach
@Reverend-Race-Horsey
3 жыл бұрын
People have actually swam in the ocean because they fell over the bridge here! /dead
@delanabrown28
2 жыл бұрын
@@jaylenyoung2632 🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Very similar to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge here in Virginia Beach except ours has tunnels too ! I hate it lol.
Hello J Utah. I'm from Russia. I look with pleasure your videos. Very cool👍🚘🚦🇷🇺🇺🇸😊😉
@user-ll6ks3sf9i
5 жыл бұрын
Ахаха
@user-ll6ks3sf9i
5 жыл бұрын
Moonlight girl ты чего тут забыл? Ладно я живу в Финиксе, а ты
@user-ll6ks3sf9i
5 жыл бұрын
Moonlight girl ой забыла
@user-ll6ks3sf9i
5 жыл бұрын
Moonlight girl перепутал
I don't know if this is still possible due to the light pollution, but during the mid 1960s, I would drive across at night and marvel at the distant lights popping into view as they came up from behind the earth's curvature.
@NotVeryGudGamer
2 жыл бұрын
The earth is flat
@SilkyLew
Жыл бұрын
@@NotVeryGudGamer Thank you. These guys really think we have a round planet lol
@ezequielvargaslopez655
Жыл бұрын
@@SilkyLew 🤦 earth is round just look at the moon and the sun
@SilkyLew
Жыл бұрын
@@ezequielvargaslopez655 Who told you that? The government?
@ezequielvargaslopez655
Жыл бұрын
@@SilkyLew no, it's just common sense. When you're in boat in the middle of the ocean and you see another boat in the horizon that's really far away it slowly comes up as you get near it, as if its rising from the sea, which is proof for earths curvature. This is all proof I need because I experienced it myself, also it just makes sense that the moon and the sun are round why would the earth not be? Sorry for my bad english
By the way, the town at the other side of the bridge is a nice place to visit.
@ThatsTheWayWeRoll
5 жыл бұрын
For the weirdest 2 hours of your life, visit the "Abita Springs House of Mystery". It will only cost you $3.00 per person. But the "memories" you will walk away with will be priceless.
@ThatsTheWayWeRoll
5 жыл бұрын
P.S. take lots and lots of pictures. They have proof that UFOs and aliens actually really did (or do) exist! (We took a ton of pictures while there, but we are so far behind in our KZread work that we can't even hint when all of it will eventuallly be uploaded. But, stay tuned...)
@kimmib1987
3 жыл бұрын
@@ThatsTheWayWeRoll abbita Root beer is absolutely the best.!!
Sort of hypnotic, really... gray sky, gray road, gray water... sucks on a cloudy day.
@LucianoVicente77
Ай бұрын
Vdd Mesmo né pelo menos um que tem um má visão agussada nesses comentários o resto só gavoleteiam a ponte não é tudo isso que falam não pare gente ..
World's longest bridge OVER WATER!
I was so stunned and awed by the length of this bridge, we had to drive over and back twice!
@michelewalburn4376
2 жыл бұрын
My sister and I went to New Orleans this past February. We went over that bridge multiple times just because it was fun. Well that and we kept getting lost. Lol. It was fun though.
Awesome video. I would love to see more infrastructure based videos. Keep up the good work
@jutah
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! I wasn't sure how this one would do. I will try more later. Any suggestions, let me know!
That’s is one long bridge 🌉
Imprssive bridge, but i can't drive for this long with out listening to the radio. 😊
Long live the USA! Best regards from Germany!
Thank you for sharing your moments with one and all..!!
Wow! Just wow! That's why it is safe to say that the US is the greatest country in the world!
@pnkvera
4 жыл бұрын
Murat Saygın Are you serious-
@newtfigton8795
4 жыл бұрын
@•ms believer Hey, let’s keep things nice here. It’s just their opinion, and it does look like a really cool place.
@razorbacks1983
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@newtfigton8795
3 жыл бұрын
@Lincoln Schiffer I think you’re in the wrong thread bro. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
@newtfigton8795
3 жыл бұрын
@Lincoln Schiffer Wtf does that have to do with anything I said here? The person I replied to’s comment isn’t even there anymore.
Been across it many times lol
@razorbacks1983
4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@josephhamilton8124
4 жыл бұрын
Meant, wee hours of the morning- say 2AM- daybreak.
Imagine if you had to open a store on the other side . you arrive there to find out you left your keys at home 😭😭😭
@krakenytcr5223
4 жыл бұрын
Remember this... There is a place to turn to opposite direction bridge
@creoletatted8790
3 жыл бұрын
@@krakenytcr5223 he said you didn’t realize you left your keys until you make it to the other side of the bridge not while you’re still on the bridge
As a NOLA 'newbie"...I find all of this fascinating. Thanks!! We live in the French Quarter, drove down from NYC July 2019. Now resettled in the Easy.
@EmpressLilith222
4 жыл бұрын
I will never understand how people from outside Louisiana would actually CHOOSE to live in New Orleans
@earlemorgan5068
3 жыл бұрын
@@EmpressLilith222 I agree. It is really a pretty decent place to visit except for all those asinine voodoo shops. But I lived there. Day in day life there is a grind.
This bridge should have lights on both sides for the entire length for safety. But noooooo, that would be too expensive!
@ambigawankpegh9966
4 жыл бұрын
Liberal Cities don't care.
@remington_2432
3 жыл бұрын
They’re working on it.
Wonderful, great America
My nightmare is having four flat tires or a car fire in the middle of the causeway.
@mrjones8546
3 жыл бұрын
There are patrolman that work the bridge just for that and any type of incidents
@EF-fc4du
Жыл бұрын
Yes they clean up messes on the Causeway pretty quickly.
Lucio Fulci shot an iconic scene on this very bridge for his movie "The Beyond".
When I go New Orleans, I have ride on this bridge.
Definitely gonna take some vodka along for the ride but I'll be fine. 😁 beautiful scenery. Can't wait to go!
@waynepryce34
3 жыл бұрын
This is the last place I would want to be drunk driving on...You might as well kiss yo ass good bye
Great video as always. Sir please do video on twin cities and Austin
This would be a very bad place to be in a zombocalypse.
All your videos are relaxing 😌
Kenta Nunnery driving on the longest bridge in the world 🌍🌍🌍🌍the lake pontchartrain bridge in a blue Chrysler car go to Mississippi
@poloslim9073
3 жыл бұрын
Kenta you driving on the longest bridge in new orleans la the lake pontchartrain bridge 👍👍👍👍
Hell no. There's no way I could drive over that!
@MrTblackmon
2 жыл бұрын
I did 😌
@delcarmen1377
Жыл бұрын
u get used to it 🤷🏻♀️
Great man, like a Rio Niterói in Brazil...without the traffic
After watching this video, I have been thinking how much it cost the Government of this Great nation to build this lengthy bridge.Wow ! It seems like i wasn't in the world when I was watching the clips. So Amazing 🇺🇲
wake me when we get there...
@bruhmoment7931
4 жыл бұрын
Charles Keating no words can’t beat this truth
@Reverend-Race-Horsey
3 жыл бұрын
The car horns/accidents will wake you up! For sure. Or the SRS airbags.
@youraveragejoe2
3 жыл бұрын
We're here.
I've been on that bridge and its truly amazing, you sure do travel a lot, where do find the time?
@MaseTravels
5 жыл бұрын
Ruben Joyas That’s a crazy long bridge...
@imagesinla8575
5 жыл бұрын
I've driven across that bridge as well. Love New Orleans. Make sure you go to Port of Calls on Esplanade Street for the best burger and baked potato on the planet. BTW the atmosphere there is down home New Orleans.
Great video like always
This terrifies me... I'm taking a train to New Orleans this coming weekend 🤪
That gives me anxiety it kinda looks like the bridges I dream of that collapse on me and I wake up right as I start going in the water
@WuzzyYT
3 жыл бұрын
This bridge has survived 94 hurricanes since it was built pretty sturdy and safety checks are done daily. It even has its own coast guard and police force in the case of an emergency.
WHEW!!! what a ride....!
Lord knows bridges freak me out but for some reason I am ready to drive this bridge for some good food. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@bunnyman6321
7 ай бұрын
Did you drive it yet?
We visit there annually and always cross this bridge on a motorcycle. Little did we know how quickly they shut this bridge down because of inclement weather. (And motorcycles are the first to be banned.) Last trip across, during May of this year, we just got onto the bridge when the rest of the traffic behind us was banned due to the rain.( Love crossing that bridge, though! It is super cool!)
If I was on that bridge, I'd say, "I think I'm gonna be seasick."
Long bridge with no shoulder for an emergency car stop. if something happens, at best, one line will be blocked and when firefighters and an ambulance arrive, the entire bridge is blocked. Imagine stuck in such a long bridge? No place for maneuver.
Beautiful Art of Engineering how many miles length 🌹🌷🥀💐🏵️🌸🌺
@Courdorygirl
5 жыл бұрын
26 Total miles in length
@koilamaoh4238
5 жыл бұрын
@@Courdorygirl ack! thats long lol..
I swear to you, I couldn’t do it…. I , I just couldn’t do it!!!!!! 😆😆😆
The ride isn't that bad in the beginning but the one time I did ride on it it was king a creepy due to the fact you are over open water for so long.
@bunnyman6321
7 ай бұрын
That's the reason I never drove over this bridge 😂
First generation immigrant here. We drove from California to Virginia. My partners were a bit weirded out by crossing it, just found out this is the longest bridge away from water in the WORLD. that’s crazy.
@ev1836
6 ай бұрын
Wait actually I’m not an immigrant lollll
I did 100 mph across that bridge! Freaked me out
@JysMe
4 ай бұрын
Dang bro for 30mins? lololol 😂 idk if I would make it after 8 mins
@dluttrell78
4 ай бұрын
@@JysMe hell yeah lol...
@JysMe
4 ай бұрын
@@dluttrell78 lololol yeeesh
Bro I did not know this was the world's longest bridge I've been on it like 100 times
@AllThingsFitnessandLifestyle
3 жыл бұрын
I can’t! And I will rather fly which also terrifies me.
@knoelbabin4340
Жыл бұрын
Me too, my whole family lives around there so we crossed on the Causeway countless times.
Very cool! Thank you J Utah !
There’s certainly something surreal about a bridge that extends over a seemingly endless body of water, I can see why Lucio Fulci used this as a filming location for The Beyond.
Drive from tne Northshore back to the Southshore on a clear day and you will clearly see the curvature of the Earth!
Isn't the bridge between Macau and Hong Kong the longest in the world?
@CHUUMPASS
5 жыл бұрын
no
@plusoriginalde5727
5 жыл бұрын
yep since this bridge is only 38 km compare to Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge which is nearly 55 km.
@CHUUMPASS
5 жыл бұрын
@@plusoriginalde5727 well the hk-zh-mac way is not actually a full bridge in the strict sense, it is sectioned and not continuous, it is the combined length of that road way.
@user-rr7st2ie1t
4 жыл бұрын
CHUUMPASS you can watch news
Not the world's longest bridge anymore. China built one 34 miles long.
@Sprixx3D
5 жыл бұрын
It's the longest bridge over water
How much would it suck to make a wrong turn onto this bridge when you're late for work?
@bc7634
3 жыл бұрын
It’s all good, they ha e turn arounds every 3 miles ....I cross it 2x per week have have had to turn around before
Try driving accross this damn thing at night, only the way stations and cars have any lights
this a long ass bridge my guy
this is so cool
I don’t know who needs to hear this…but this bridge is too damn long!!! I literally dozed off TWICE and it still wasn’t over, and I don’t like bridges 🤷🏽♂️
Круто не то что на океане а на земле нету такой дорога
Thank you for the video, I felt like I was there.
Hi J Utah, I've been a fan of your videos for a while now, and I also happen to like the band Pantera. The band's singer Phil Anselmo grew up not far from the area we can see here if I understand what he says in an interview I have just watched, and he mentioned the longest bridge in the world. So here I am again on one of your videos! Cheers from Paris.
Nice lil trip. Maybe next time a little Cajun music. 😩
Is this a tollway? Or do they just collect tolls from the southbound side?
This is TOO MUCH bridge for me. I rode on the shorter bridge (about 10 miles long) on I-10 between New Orleans and Slidell and that was long enough.
I did it and it is long way with ONLY WATER like crossing an Ocean if you could. Imagine like crossing the Great Lakes
@JysMe
4 ай бұрын
Which side did you drive on friend lol inner or outside
love it!!
really great I want to be here .....
Hmm would hate to be the person Who can’t swim and then have a blow out or crash over the side.., Are there any lights on the bridge at night????
@zaytube4499
4 жыл бұрын
I’m the person who can’t swim😢
I have a question. When New Orleans have storms do the waves get tough and close enough for it to get on the bridge? It looks pretty low
@SilkyLew
Жыл бұрын
I think they close the bridge down for any inclement weather.
Cool
Bridge gets all kinds of nasty in fog otherwise a very smooth drive
Bridges always remind me of final destination
Not a good place to have a panic attack
We have driven across this many times. I to,d my husband no the last visit because too much water
Very good!
Amazing!
The other side of this bridge was part of the original. It was only two way traffic. Before they built the second one.
I've been on that bridge a lot of times
Let's see the driving video ^^
Imagine bad weather on dat
I would get sleepy driving this
Y'all ever notice this man has merch?
@jutah
5 жыл бұрын
:D Any suggestions? I am clearly not a graphic designer!
@howtowithelizabeth7513
4 жыл бұрын
J Utah still shots of the most beautiful scenery you’ve captured while driving with where it was taken in fine print under it and of corse don’t forget to add you’re channels name to
COOL VIDEO. NOT ENOUGH COLOR. DIDN'T DO THE WATER JUSTICE. I STILL LIKED IT. 😏
@razorbacks1983
4 жыл бұрын
The water isn't blue. Its muddy crossed that bridge 6x in my life
Great Video. What camera did you record the video with. It is wonderful.
Can you play 1440p resolution on your iPad ? Because I can see maximum 1080p resolution on my 2018 iPad. KZread have changed the codec of 1440p and 4K Resolutions to WebM. Earlier it used to be MP4. Now MP4 is there only for 1080p and below. And WebM takes less storage but requires more processing than MP4. That's why Google stopped WebM support on mobile devices altogether it seems.
@ShellymanStudios
5 жыл бұрын
No, it used to play 1440p on iPads but KZread removed it save some money. 1440p is only available to certain Android phones now.
Are we there yet?
The last time I traveled this bridge was back in 97, I think? There were open railings on the sides, not concrete. It was like you were driving on the water.
24 miles of water lol.. I use to cross this bridge daily
World's longest bridge over water