Crescent City Connection

Crescent City Connection
Coordinates	29°56′19″N 90°03′27″W / 29.93861°N 90.05750°W / 29.93861; -90.05750
Carries	8 lanes of US 90 Bus. / I-910 (unsigned) / Future I-49 2 reversible HOV lanes
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Other name(s)	CCC, Greater New Orleans Bridge
Maintained by	LA DOTD
ID number	023602830802441 (eastbound) 023602830802442 (westbound)
Characteristics
Design	Twin steel truss cantilever bridges
Total length	13,428 ft (4,093 m)
Width	52 ft (16 m) (eastbound) 92 ft (28 m) (westbound)
Longest span	1,575 ft (480 m)[1] 1,594 ft (486 m)[2]
Clearance below	170 ft (52 m)
History
Construction cost	$50 million (1958)[3] $550 million (1988)[3]
Opened	April 1958 (eastbound) September 1988 (westbound)
Statistics
Daily traffic	180,000[4] 120,000 (2008)[citation needed]
Toll	Discontinued (collected 1958-1964 on original span; 1989-2013 on new span)
Location

The Crescent City Connection (CCC), formerly the Greater New Orleans (GNO) Bridge, is a pair of cantilever bridges that carry U.S. Highway 90 Business (US 90 Bus.) over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They are tied as the fifth-longest cantilever bridges in the world. Each span carries four general-use automobile lanes; additionally the westbound span has two reversible HOV lanes across the river.

It is the farthest downstream bridge on the Mississippi River. It is also the widest and most heavily traveled bridge on the lower Mississippi; the only other comparable bridges on the Mississippi are in the St. Louis area, those being the Poplar Street Bridge, the Jefferson Barracks Bridge, and the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Skyline of New Orleans Central Business District from the Mississippi River with the Crescent City Connection in the foreground to the left. This panoramic view faces south (left side) and west (right side).