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re: LA's 2022 budget will likely include funding for bridges in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles
Posted on 1/24/22 at 11:48 am to aTmTexas Dillo
Posted on 1/24/22 at 11:48 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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Do they have to build a high in the sky bridge over the Calcasieu? I've been over that I10 bridge a bunch and have never seen an ocean going ship on the north side.
Not sure. Maybe there was something upstream from the bridge that used to see particularly tall vessels?
I think Lake Charles will eventually need a crossing around Moss Lake too.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 12:00 pm to member12
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Not sure. Maybe there was something upstream from the bridge that used to see particularly tall vessels?
It was built in 1952. There may have been plans to keep the channel at depth and navigable early on. But it was never used. I grew up around there and I just never saw ships up there. I have three memories etched in my mind about that bridge. My mom and dad used to tell me there were crossed guns on the rails. I didn't notice those for ten years. My mom also drove an old Chevrolet with a clutch I believe. She alway yanked my chain by telling me she hoped we would not just roll backwards down the bridge in a traffic jam. We didn't. Finally I had a job that required that I drive a medium sized truck with a standard over that bridge often. It wasn't a problem. But there were traffic halts at times and I really got good at keeping that truck moving in the right direction with clutch management. No drifting backwards. I don't think I could do it now.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 3:01 pm to member12
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I think Lake Charles will eventually need a crossing around Moss Lake too.
Agreed. Build it now rather than later. A bridge down there would still need to be high enough to accommodate the ocean-going vessels that use the ship channel.
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