Huey P. Long Bridge Widening Animation

[noway2009]

Wonder what will happen to the old Huey P Long Bridge bcuz it's still there even though the new one is being built right next to it.

[dog68691]

Where is the Bicycle Path on the Bridge??? They need to show it...

[HueyPBridgeWidening]

It is not being taken down. It is being widened to three 11-foot lanes in each direction with an eight-foot outside shoulder and a two-foot inside shoulder. The rail bridge will stay exactly where it is. You will be able to see it!

[shadowknight227]

is the huey P being take down?

Will the rail bridge still be there?

I am a railfan, and before i die, i wanna see that rail bridge!

[YounqRidaBby]

if y'all can just c how it look now ! #smh , i live in bridge city . It look differnt now . ! its almost compelet iguess .! But we got the new rode and the lights up and wrkin . now they just have to do the bridge where he light are now . on the eastbank ,. they just started over there .But the bridge city side , almost done .

[wildbill057]

WHY DONT THEY JUST BUILD ANOTHER BRIDGE BETWEEN LULING BRIDGE AND THE HUEY P OR BETWEEN HUEY AND THE GNO????

[tdavis105us]

What gets me is the Belle Chasse tunnel and bridge. Why is there only one bridge in that area for all the residents and business there? Traffic is always stopped because of passing boats or they close the bridge to allow trucks with heavy truck loads to come on through. Damn they didn't think alot of things through when designing these bridgeways.

[NOLALongboards]

nicely rendered animation, bet that took a minute or two... never really needed to go over the huey p very often, took a wrong turn and ended up havin to go all the way over and back once tho, other than that just to eat at my friends favorite chinese restaraunt

[tdavis105us]

@noway2009 Yea it's drivers like you that I hate meeting up with on the Huey P and the Belle Chasse tunnel.

[noway2009]

@tdavis105us Just kidding bro. Don't take it personal.

[blocklockdown27]

I used to use that bridge all the time growing up in Bridge City.B/c Katrina I only visit every so often,and now I get nervouse when I have to cross it.

[biggwill211]

I agree with Groisles there should have been a direct connection to the unused Earhart xpy.

[wargraymon2006]

more better for me i do 80 mph on the bridge now i can do 140 mph on how it looks like by widening

[YounqRidaBby]

i stay in Bridqe City..They have the side (When U Go On The Bridqe)..Up. But They

about 2 qet ready to do the side (when they come down).. But the part they really qotta do is when its over the river. &nd the side when they in the east bank.

[crescentcomics1]

About gyaddam time, you ask me ;-)

[smclean2004]

Glad its getting expanded but I'm actually going to miss the old huey p long.

As horrible as it is, it just makes it that much more special.

[firmingitup]

That's a great looking animation. I'm looking forward to the widening b/c as it stands now the Huey P scares me.

[bar19890]

widening, that's going to be a whole new bridge

[Terrytown7O056]

I take the Huey P when necessary but I have to have total concentration on the curve going down and when people pass so close. When the new bridge is finished, this will be a great alternative getting out to Metairie...I'm sure to use it a lot more than the Crescent City Connection/I-10.

[cobaltpap]

I have no problem with this bridge. I drive it everyday pulling my trailer.

[killerbees177]

Good we can still see the trains while driving by. I always had a weird feeling while driving on that bridge, like any moment it can collapse

[eyeonwashparish]

I drove on this bridge yesterday. Hadn't been to NO in years(a few years before the hurricane) and decided to sight see...you know take a different route to Algiers to kill some time. I got on this bridge.....I was on pins and needles the whole way across. LOL Widening it would be a good idea to say the least.

[RayMichel]

You should have the ULTIMATE Huey experience- stopped in heavy traffic on top of the bridge with a train coming- the bridge shakes!

[eyeonwashparish]

Sounds like fun. LOL

[drago812]

you got it kinda wrong, stop in heavy traffic going up the bridge in the rain with a stick shift

[rushnick]

I kind of think of the Huey as a love/hate relationship. I marvel at the structure, the immense of this bridge...from a distance as well as close up.

Yet, I am scared as you-know-what- to drive it; not so much my personal truck, but definitely my work truck.

Nevertheless, the times I do use this bridge, I always make the Sign of the Cross just as I get on and off; I don't want to have any traffic accidents on this monster.

I'm looking forward to completion in 2013...countdown's on.

[p0ptartluvr]

this new bridge is gonna be the awsomist thing!!!

[goisles]

This should have been done years ago. I live in the New Orleans area, and I hate that bridge. If I'm heading to the West Bank from JP, there are times that I would rather make the trip all the way around to the CCC than deal with the traffic on Clearview and that bridge with 2' wide lanes.

Just one question: Why not make a direct connection to Earheart and I-10?

[soundwave000]

cause that would be just too damn easy now wouldnt it

[zaffiara]

i remember this bridge louisiana native til i die