Huey P. Long Bridge
The Huey P. Long Bridge, located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, is a cantilevered steel through-truss bridge that carries a two-track railroad line over the Mississippi River at mile 106.1, with three lanes of US 90 on each side of the central tracks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: cantilevered steel through truss bridge that carries a two-track railroad line over the Mississippi River at mile 106.1 with three lanes of US 90 on each side of the central tracks
- Also known as: “Huey P Long Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ochsner Medical Center and Riverdale High School.
Ochsner Medical Center
Hospital
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Ochsner Medical Center, historically also known as Ochsner Clinic, Ochsner Hospital, and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, is a hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana, a short distance from the city limits of New Orleans. Ochsner Medical Center is situated 2 miles northeast of Huey P. Long Bridge.
Riverdale High School
School
Riverdale High School is a public secondary school in Jefferson, unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Riverdale High School is situated 1¼ miles north of Huey P. Long Bridge.
Jefferson Parish Library
Library
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Jefferson Parish Library is the library system of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It has its headquarters in the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie, an unincorporated area in the parish. Jefferson Parish Library is situated 2 miles west of Huey P. Long Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridge City and Elmwood.
Bridge City
Hamlet
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Jefferson Parish is in Louisiana, in the Greater New Orleans region. The parish seat is Gretna, located on the Westbank.
Elmwood
Village
Jefferson is an unincorporated area in Louisiana's Jefferson Parish along the East Bank the Mississippi River, just upriver from New Orleans. Jefferson has few attractions, but is close to New Orleans, Louisiana's largest city and main visitor attraction. Elmwood is situated 1½ miles northwest of Huey P. Long Bridge.
Jefferson
Jefferson is an unincorporated area in Louisiana's Jefferson Parish along the East Bank the Mississippi River, just upriver from New Orleans. Jefferson has few attractions, but is close to New Orleans, Louisiana's largest city and main visitor attraction.Huey P. Long Bridge
- Categories: truss bridge, cantilever bridge, railway bridge, and transportation
- Location: Jefferson Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.94285° or 29° 56′ 34″ northLongitude
-90.16961° or 90° 10′ 11″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
76XFWRVJ+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 1173539225OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From French to Vietnamese—“Huey P. Long Bridge” goes by many names.
- French: “Pont d’Huey P. Long”
- German: “Huey P. Long Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר יואי פ. לונג”
- Japanese: “ヒューイ・ロング橋”
- Spanish: “Puente de Huey P. Long”
- Spanish: “puente Huey P. Long”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Huey P. Long”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Huỳnh Phi Long”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Huey P. Long Bridge”. Photo: Dunncon13, Public domain.