Fort Pike Bridge
The Fort Pike Bridge, named after nearby Fort Pike, carries U.S. Route 90 across the Rigolets on the eastern side of Lake Pontchartrain between New Orleans and Slidell in Louisiana.- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Also known as: “New Rigolets Bridge”, “Rigolets Bridge”, and “Rigolets Bridge (2008)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Pike State Historic Site.
Fort Pike State Historic Site
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Photo: Olineman, Public domain.
Fort Pike State Historic Site is a decommissioned 19th-century United States fort, named after Brigadier General Zebulon Pike. It was built following the War of 1812 to guard the Rigolets pass in Louisiana, a strait from the Gulf of Mexico, via Lake Borgne, to Lake Pontchartrain bordering New Orleans.
Fort Pike Bridge
- Categories: road bridge and transportation
- Location: Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Fort Pike Bridge” goes by many names.
- French: “pont des Rigolets”
- French: “Pont des Rigolets”
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