New Orleans 4K - World's LONGEST Bridge over the water - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge
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).
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.
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I have crossed this span many times to get to the Northshore. Beautiful towns. Sailboats on the lake looks like miniatures.
@TJake-gs5jt
10 күн бұрын
How long do you take to cross it
Drove this for a solid 20 years until 2020 to go to work in New Orleans. I haven’t driven it since. I don’t miss it. Driving at rush hours is hairy. Being led across in “convoys” on Winter fog mornings at 30mph is hell (our fog gets thick like probably no one except the residents of the English moors would recognize). Accidents back up traffic for hours. Then there are the average of half a dozen people a year that end up in the water with their car. Most don’t survive.
@DeloresMcBride-uw7pb
4 ай бұрын
I have never driven over this bridge but want to. It sounds similar to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge where I have driven over it dozens of times. I hopefully will cross this bridge off my bucket list.
Drove it at night 30 years ago . Kinda' freaked me out 😬
Imagine when it rains. 😬
Hell no
@user-rz8bu6vl8x
4 ай бұрын
Me too, can't handle bridges. Major panic attacks!
@veronicathomas1877
3 ай бұрын
@@user-rz8bu6vl8x ME TOOOOO!!!
The MAIN reason I have never been to NOLA and WILL NOT
Don't understand the problem of crossing that bridge! I am from IA and I thought it was one of great American engineers to design and build you going to boat across the lake???
@wintermoondardar1277
3 ай бұрын
I have crossed this span many times to get to the Northshore. Beautiful towns. Sailboats on the lake looks like miniatures.