Crescent City Connection

Crescent City Connection
Coordinates29°56′19″N 90°03′27″W / 29.93861°N 90.05750°W / 29.93861; -90.05750
Carries8 lanes of

US 90 Bus. / I-910 (unsigned) / Future I-49
2 reversible HOV lanes
CrossesMississippi River
LocaleNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Other name(s)CCC, Greater New Orleans Bridge
Maintained byLA DOTD
ID number023602830802441 (eastbound)
023602830802442 (westbound)
Characteristics
DesignTwin steel truss cantilever bridges
Total length13,428 ft (4,093 m)
Width52 ft (16 m) (eastbound)
92 ft (28 m) (westbound)
Longest span1,575 ft (480 m)[1]
1,594 ft (486 m)[2]
Clearance below170 ft (52 m)
History
Construction cost$50 million (1958)[3]
$550 million (1988)[3]
OpenedApril 1958 (eastbound)
September 1988 (westbound)
Statistics
Daily traffic180,000[4]
120,000 (2008)[citation needed]
TollDiscontinued (collected 1958-1964 on original span; 1989-2013 on new span)
Location
Map
The Crescent City Connection and the New Orleans skyline

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).
  1. ^ Crescent City Connection (1958) at Structurae
  2. ^ Crescent City Connection (1988) at Structurae
  3. ^ a b "Construction Facts - The Sourcebook of Statistics, Records and Resources" (PDF). Engineering News Record. Vol. 251, no. 20a. McGraw Hill. November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  4. ^ Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. "Tolls to resume on Crescent City Connection bridge, ferries" (Press release). Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Archived from the original on October 28, 2005. Retrieved August 16, 2006.