Structure 23602830800412 · Orleans County, LA
Carries Us0090-b over R/r City Sts, .4 Mi South Of I-10.
Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 6 of 9.
How ratings work4,481 ft end to end, longest span 177 ft: about 12 football fields. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a multi-beam bridge.
| State | Louisiana |
| County | Orleans |
| Location | .4 Mi South Of I-10 |
| Carries | Us0090-b |
| Crosses | R/r City Sts |
| Coordinates | 29.94562, -90.07940 |
| Material | Steel |
| Design | Stringer/Multi-beam |
| Total Length | 4481.0 ft (1365.8 m) |
| Max Span | 176.8 ft (53.9 m) |
| Deck Width | 44.9 ft (13.7 m) |
| Deck Area | 18711.5 sq m |
| Main Spans | 72 |
| Year Built | 1960 |
| Avg Daily Traffic | 154,311 (2021) |
| That is about 77,155 vehicles per lane per day — beyond what any U.S. road carries (the busiest freeways run about 25,000–30,000). It is almost certainly a data-entry error in the National Bridge Inventory, so we leave this bridge out of traffic rankings. | |
| Truck Traffic | 25% |
| Lanes On Bridge | 2 |
| Lanes Under Bridge | 5 |
| Last Inspection | April 2024 |
| Inspection Frequency | Every 24 months |
| Owner | State Highway Agency |
| Historical Significance | Bridge is not eligible for the National Register |
| Scour Critical | Not applicable |
| Structure Number | 023602830800412 |
Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."
A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.