90, on the Mississippi-Louisiana border, St. 11 over Lake Pontchartrain, Orleans Parish: electrical/mechanical repairs, Boh Brothers. ![]() 23, Plaquemines Parish: electrical, mechanical and machinery house repairs, General Engineering and Construction. 302, Jefferson: electrical/mechanical repairs, Boh Brothers, seven days. 90, Orleans Parish: electrical/mechanical repairs, Coastal Bridges, 30 days a new high rise bridge is under construction as of 2007 to replace the original bridge. 90, Orleans Parish: electrical/mechanical repairs, Boh Brothers, 60 days. Tammany Parish: total repair of pontoon bridge, Coastal Bridges, estimated six months. Movable bridges in eastern Louisiana affected by Katrina.įrom the “DOTD says 22 movable bridges damaged in area affected by Katrina” LADOTD press release, September 16, 2005:įollowing is a list of the 17 state-owned bridges damaged in the storm, the contractor assigned and estimated repair time, if available:.90 otherwise was fully open to traffic from the Rigolets Bridge east to Bay St. Repairs of the span were expected to be completed by late January of 2006. The truss bridge over the Chef Menteur Pass in east New Orleans remained closed through Novemdue to structural damage. More on the bridge project found at the Twin Bridges guide. 14 Funding for projects was covered under the special funding package from Congress passed September 12, 2005. Work began in June 2006 on the $733-million project, which covered construction of 30 foot high spans with three lanes and two 12-foot shoulders per bridge. During the first quarter of 2006, LADOTD sought bids for a pair of replacement spans for the Interstate 10 Lake Pontchartrain crossing. Construction Co., of New Orleans, the winning bidder of the bridge repair contract, undertook bridge maintenance of the repaired spans for a three year period after completion of the initial project. Periodic lane closures occurred regularly between 9 am and 1 pm Monday through Thursday.īoh Bros. 13 Later the bridge accommodated two lanes of traffic with a 45 mph restricted speed limit and no shoulders. The westbound span reopened on Januwith the addition of temporary metal truss spans to carry one lane of traffic. The eastbound span opened to two-way traffic on Octowith a speed limit of 50 mph. completed the repairs of one of the twin bridges 14 days ahead of schedule. Completion of overall project was expected by January 2006.īoh Bros. In conjunction with that project, contractors affixed the more damaged bridge with temporary metal panels to allow for one lane of traffic on that bridge. Crews first repaired the least damaged of the two spans to accommodate at least one lane of traffic in each direction by salvaging as many of the precast concrete bridge deck portions from the more damaged bridge for use on the least damaged span. ![]() ![]() The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) announced on Septemthat a 45-day $30.9-million project would restore at least three lanes of traffic between St. Many portions of the bridge deck were toppled by Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge in similar fashion to the Interstate 10 Escambia Bay Bridges in Pensacola due to Hurricane Ivan the previous year. 11 at Irish Bayou and the North Shore at Slidell suffered tremendous damage. The 5.4-mile long bridges spanning Lake Pontchartrain between U.S. Interstate 10 twin spans over Lake Pontchartrain.LADOTD 511 provided an overview of storm related closures and for updated Parish Road closures information. Tolls resumed along the Crescent City Connection Bridge and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. 11 span between New Orleans and Slidell, and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. These include Interstates 10, 510, and 610, Interstate 55, Interstate 310, the U.S. 3Īs of October 18, 2005, all of the major arteries through the New Orleans metropolitan area reopened in some capacity. Adjustments to the signals along main streets and arterials, removal of some signals and restricted left-turn access, and the possible restriping of Interstate 110 to allow six lanes of traffic instead of four were underway to improve the situation. Although Baton Rouge was well west of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina, the influx of thousands of New Orleans refuges took its toll on the local area road network.
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