St. Claude Avenue Bridge

The St. Claude Avenue Bridge is a bascule bridge with four vehicular lanes over the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. The bridge was designed by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company of Chicago and built in 1919 by the Bethlehem Steel Bridge Corporation.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frederick A. Douglass High School and New Orleans Mint.

Frederick A. Douglass High School

School

Frederick A. Douglass High School is a public high school in New Orleans, Louisiana named for Frederick A. Douglass. It is under the authority of the Orleans Parish School Board and is a part of KIPP New Orleans. Frederick A. Douglass High School is situated 3,100 feet west of St. Claude Avenue Bridge.

New Orleans Mint

Museum

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The New Orleans Mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over US$307 million. New Orleans Mint is situated 2 miles west of St. Claude Avenue Bridge.

Marigny Opera House

Theater building

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Marigny Opera House, also known as the Church of the Arts, is an opera house and performing arts center in Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans, Louisiana. The Marigny was originally a Catholic parish church known as Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Marigny Opera House is situated 1¼ miles west of St. Claude Avenue Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holy Cross and Bywater.

Holy Cross

Hamlet

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Holy Cross is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lower Ninth Ward District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St.

Bywater

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The Bywater is a portion of New Orleans down the Mississippi River from the French Quarter and the Faubourg Marigny. Its boundaries are often debated. Most New Orleanians and the city's historic district office describe it as being bounded St.

Lower 9th Ward

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The Lower 9th Ward is a section of New Orleans, east of the Bywater neighborhood, north of the Mississippi River, and west St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

St. Claude Avenue Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana
Categories: bascule bridge, railway bridge, road bridge, and transportation
Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.96387° or 29° 57′ 50″ north

Longitude

-90.02745° or 90° 1′ 39″ west

Open location code

76XFXX7F+G2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 705686226

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q7587614

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Highlights include Music Box Village and Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum.

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