Crescent City Connection
Crescent City Connection | |
|---|---|
The bridge in 2011 | |
| Coordinates | 29°56′19″N 90°03′27″W / 29.93861°N 90.05750°W |
| Carries | 8 lanes of US 90 Bus. / I-910 (unsigned) / Future I-49 2 reversible HOV lanes |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Other name(s) | CCC, Greater New Orleans Bridge |
| Maintained by | LA DOTD |
| ID number | 023602830802441 (eastbound) 023602830802442 (westbound) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Twin steel truss cantilever bridges |
| Total length | 13,428 ft (4,093 m) |
| Width | 52 ft (16 m) (westbound) 92 ft (28 m) (eastbound) |
| Longest span | 1,575 ft (480 m) |
| Clearance below | 170 ft (52 m) |
| History | |
| Construction cost | $50 million (1958) $550 million (1988) |
| Opened | April 1958 (eastbound) September 1988 (westbound) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 180,000 |
| Toll | Discontinued (collected 1958-1964 on original span; 1989-2013 on new span) |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Crescent City Connection | |
The Crescent City Connection (CCC), formerly the Greater New Orleans (GNO) Bridge, is a pair of cantilever bridges that carry U.S. Highway 90 Business (US 90 Bus.) over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They are tied as the fifth-longest cantilever bridges in the world.