re: LA's 2022 budget will likely include funding for bridges in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles

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Not sure. Maybe there was something upstream from the bridge that used to see particularly tall vessels?

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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.