Judge Perez Bridge
The Judge Perez Bridge, also known as the Belle Chasse Bridge, was a vertical-lift bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana which carried northbound Louisiana Highway 23 over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Belle Chasse and Terrytown.Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belle Chasse Tunnel and Southern Seaplane Airport.
Belle Chasse Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
The Belle Chasse Tunnel was built starting in March 1954 to accommodate the new branch of the Intracoastal Canal. After nearly two years of construction, the $2,436,000 structure opened in February 1956 with the Canal beginning operations later that year.
Southern Seaplane Airport
Aerodrome
Southern Seaplane Airport is an airport and seaplane base located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Belle Chasse, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Ochsner Medical Center West Bank Campus
Hospital
Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank is a hospital in Gretna, Louisiana, USA. The 107-bed hospital opened in 1984 as Meadowcrest Hospital and was run by Tenet Healthcare. Ochsner Medical Center West Bank Campus is situated 1½ miles northwest of Judge Perez Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Timberlane and Belle Chasse.
Timberlane
Hamlet
Timberlane is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 10,364 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
Belle Chasse
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belle Chasse is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Belle Chasse is situated 1½ miles southeast of Judge Perez Bridge.
Terrytown
Village
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5.
Terrytown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is on the "Westbank" of the Mississippi River. Terrytown is situated 3 miles northwest of Judge Perez Bridge.
Judge Perez Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: Vertical-lift bridge in Louisiana
- Categories: vertical-lift bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.87179° or 29° 52′ 18″ northLongitude
-90.00881° or 90° 0′ 32″ westNamed after
Leander PerezOpen location code
76XFVXCR+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 706998949OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q6302620
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