St. Claude Avenue Bridge (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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The St. Claude Avenue Bridge is a bascule bridge with four vehicular lanes. This was originally a combination railroad/automobile bridge, with the two pairs of railroad tracks in the center of the lift span and automobile lanes straddling it. However, the railroad is long gone, and one lane in each direction passes through the truss of the bridge and one lane passes alongside the truss. The bridge is integrated into the Industrial Lock structure, on the river side of the lock chamber, and raises when marine traffic enters or exits the lock.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Claude_Avenue_Bridge
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Coordinates:   29°57'49"N   90°1'39"W
This article was last modified 15 years ago