Crescent City Connection
| | Official name | Crescent City Connection (Formerly Greater New Orleans Bridge) | | Carries | 8 lanes of BUS US 90 / I-910
2 reversible HOV lanes | | Crosses | Mississippi River | | Locale | New Orleans, Louisiana | | Maintained by | Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Crescent City Connection Division | | Design | Twin steel cantilever bridges | | Longest span | 480.06 meters (1,575 feet) | | Total length | 4,092.9 meters (13,428 feet) | | Width | 15.9 meters (52 feet) (eastbound)
28.0 meter (92 feet) (westbound) | | Clearance below | 51.8 meters (170 feet) | | AADT | 172,000 | | Opening date | April 1958 (eastbound)
September 1988 (westbound) | | Toll | Cars: $1.00 (Eastbank bound)
$0.40 with toll tag | | Coordinates | 29°56′19″N, 90°03′27″W |
 The Crescent City Connection, abbreviated as CCC, (formerly the Greater New Orleans Bridge) refers to twin cantilever bridges, that carry U.S. Route 90 Business over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. Today, they are the tied as the 5th longest cantilever bridges in the world. Each span carries four general-use automobile lanes; additionally the westbound span has two reversible HOV lanes across the river. The westbound span, which carries motorists into the city's Central Business District on the Eastbank, requires a toll of $1 ($0.40 with an electronic toll tag). It is the most downstream bridge on the Mississippi River. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (922x389, 41 KB) Crescent City Connection, New Orleans, LA. March or August 1992. ...
U.S. Highway 90 Business (officially U.S. Highway 90-Z[1]) is a business route of U.S. Highway 90 in and near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. ...
Interstate 910 (abbreviated I-910) is the secret designation given to the east-west West Bank Expressway in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes. ...
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Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area - City 350. ...
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1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Image File history File links CCCD_Seal. ...
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U.S. Highway 90 Business (officially U.S. Highway 90-Z[1]) is a business route of U.S. Highway 90 in and near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. ...
The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the longest river in the United States; the second-longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ...
Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area - City 350. ...
Official language(s) English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area Ranked 31st - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 16 - Latitude 29°N to 33...
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History
What later became known as the Crescent City Connection was the second bridge to span the Mississippi south of Baton Rouge after the Huey P. Long Bridge a few miles up river from the city, and the first bridge across the river in New Orleans itself. Capitol Building Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana, a state of the United States of America. ...
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The Mississippi River Bridge Authority began construction of the first span in November 1954, which opened in April 1958 as the Greater New Orleans Bridge. At its opening, the bridge was the longest cantilever bridge in the world, although in terms of main span length it was third after the Forth Bridge and the Quebec Bridge. It carried two lanes of traffic in each direction, and spurred growth in the suburban area known as the West Bank (for its location on the western bank of the river; it is geographically south of New Orleans). Construction of the second span began in March 1981. Despite promises that it would be ready for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, it did not open to traffic until September 1988. The second span was originally designated as the Greater New Orleans Bridge No. 2. Both bridges were designed by Modjeski & Masters. As soon as the new span was opened, the old span was temporarily closed in phases to replace the asphalt-on-steel deck with concrete. All the exits and entrances to the bridge were replaced as well. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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For the nearby road bridge, see Forth Road Bridge. ...
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After completion of the second span, a public contest was held in 1989 to rename the bridges. Following this contest, the Louisiana Legislature officially designated the bridges as the Crescent City Connection. It is maintained and policed by the Crescent City Connection Division (CCCD), a special division of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The separate police agency, commonly nickamed the "Bridge Police," is required because of the high traffic volume and the two spans briefly cross into Jefferson Parish, therefore, it could not be policed by the New Orleans Police Department. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jefferson Parish is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ...
Due to the Mississippi River's winding course through the New Orleans area (the river is flowing north at the place where the two bridges cross), the eastbound span actually carries Business US 90 West, while the westbound span carries Business US 90 East. The Crescent City Connection is the fifth most traveled toll bridge in the United States, with annual traffic exceeding 63 million vehicles (approximately 172,000 daily).[1]
The bridge is the center piece of the Crescent Connection Road Race (CCRR), an annual event held on the first Saturday in September following Labor Day. The bridge remains open to vehicular traffic during the race, which only uses the two HOV lanes. The CCRR was originally started as a fundraiser for the bridge's decorative lights.
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Hurricane Katrina As Hurricane Katrina approached the city in August 2005, the CCCD halted toll collections on August 26 to aid in speed of evacuation of the Metro area. Two overhead signs were blown down on the older span, but no other damage occurred to either bridge. After the storm passed, much of the east bank of New Orleans flooded severely (see Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans). With all other major and minor highways out of town flooded in both directions, the CCC was the only open highway into or out of the eastbank of Orleans Parish. Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ...
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In the initial weeks following the storm, only emergency personnel and contractors were permitted to use the bridge. The bridge reopened to traffic in mid-September as decreasing water levels on the Eastbank of Orleans Parish allowed Interstate 10 to reopen and residents to return, but then was temporarily closed to regular traffic again when another evacuation was declared due to Hurricane Rita, with the bridge again reopening in late September. Toll collection resumed on October 10, 2005 after a six-week suspension, as the revenue was needed to maintain operations.[2] Long lines at the toll booth lanes during non-rush times became common, due to a shortage of toll collectors and electronic toll tags, combined with heavy usage of the bridge due to the many East Bank New Orleanians staying with friends and relatives on the West Bank while they worked on gutting and repairing their flooded East Bank homes. Lowest pressure 895 mbar (hPa)[1] Damages $10 billion (2005 USD)[1] Fatalities 7 direct, 113 indirect Areas affected Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Rita is the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most...
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Tolls The tolls collected on the Crescent City Connection are defined in Louisiana state law R.S. 47:820.5(B).[3]. This law states that from October 1, 1994 through December 31, 2012, tolls will be collected at a rate of $0.20 per axle for toll tag users, and $0.50 per axle for cash users.
In March 2006, House Bill 415[4] was proposed by Represenative Roy Quezaire, D-Donaldsonville on behalf of the Louisiana DOTD. This bill would increase toll tags to $0.35 per the axle, while maintaining the current cash toll beginning on July 1, 2006. A similar bill in the state Senate, Senate Bill 97[5] was proposed by Senator Derrick Shepherd, D-Marrero. This bill would raise toll toll tags to $0.40 per axle, leave cash tolls unchanged and eliminate tolls between midnight and 7:00 AM. Senator Shepard later claimed that his bill's toll increase was a mistake, and that he would present an updated bill the second week of April 2006. This updated bill will propose increasing cash tolls to $1.25, reducing tag tolls to $0.35, and eliminating tolls from midnight to 7:00 AM. Donaldsonville is a town located in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. ...
Marrero is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. ...
These proposal have been made in order to address the bridge's post-Katrina revenue stream and to help alleviate congestion caused by increases in truck traffic and decreases in the number of toll tag users.
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Toll Tags The Crescent City Connection introduced toll tags on January 4, 1989, becoming the first toll facility in the United States to use electronic toll collection. The system was originally designed and installed by TransCore, who continues to manage the system [1]. However, in the first quarter of 2005 the CCCD awarded a contract to Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) Corporation to design, develop and implement a replacement toll collection system.[6] There are currently over 100,000 tags in operation. To encourage use of the toll tags, the Crescent City Connection offers several benefits to commuters: 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Many ETC systems use transponders like this one to electronically debit the accounts of registered cars without their stopping Transponder used in some Chilean freeways Electronic toll collection (ETC), an adaptation of military identification friend or foe technology, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads. ...
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- Reduced Toll: $0.40
- Dedicated Toll Tag lanes
- Use of HOV lanes when carrying eastbank-bound traffic
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Interstate 49 In addition to the CCC's designation as Business US 90, the bridge, along with its approach roads: the Pontchartrain Expressway and Westbank Expressway also serves as Interstate 910. This designation is federal only and no signs identify the bridge as I-910. This is a temporary designation until Interstate 49 is completed between New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, at which time the bridge will be signed as I-49. The Pontchartrain Expressway should not be confused with the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway which connects the north and south shores of Lake Pontchartrain. ...
The Westbank Expressway is an elevated 6 lane highway carrying Business US 90 through the West Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans, Louisiana metro area. ...
Interstate 910 (abbreviated I-910) is the secret designation given to the east-west West Bank Expressway in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Interstate 49 (abbreviated I-49) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana, United States. ...
Lafayette is a city located on the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ...
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Trivia The spans are a recent favorite of movie production crews. The HOV lanes are frequently used for filming, as they are not heavily used, and are separated from normal traffic by barrier walls. Both spans were briefly closed on April 9, 2006, to allow filming with stunts and pyrotechnics for a Denzel Washington movie titled "Deja Vu". Denzel Washington at premiere of The Hurricane, 2000 Berlinale, photo by Michael Weiner Denzel Jermaine Washington, Jr. ...
 Crescent City Connection at Dusk [edit] Image File history File links CCC_Bridge_at_Dusk. ...
Image File history File links CCC_Bridge_at_Dusk. ...
See also [edit] This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Mississippi River from the Ohio River downstream to the Gulf of Mexico. ...
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References - ^ LA DOTD. CCCD Bridges. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
- ^ LA DOTD. Tolls to resume on Crescent City Connection bridge, ferries. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
- ^ State of Louisiana. RS 47:820.5. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
- ^ Louisiana Representative Roy Quezaire. House Bill No. 415. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
- ^ Louisiana State Senator Derrick Shepherd. Senate Bill No. 97. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
- ^ Electronic Transaction Consultants Corportation. Crescent City Connection Division. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
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