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re: Best Bridge in Louisiana
Posted on 5/20/20 at 11:58 pm to RyanMartin835
Posted on 5/20/20 at 11:58 pm to RyanMartin835
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Cote Blanche pontoon bridge. Cut Off, LA
My favorite.
I know it when I am almost home from a long day at work.
Unfortunately sometimes, it is open for boat traffic. Time to wait for it to close and open back for car traffic.
I remember when they refurbished the Cote Blanche bridge and the Galliano pontoon bridge several years ago. After it was done, there was some interesting debate at the local council meeting when one of the bridge tenders complained about the size of the bathroom on the bridge. She couldn’t fit inside of it.
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Posted on 5/21/20 at 12:42 am to Sneaky__Sally
The Shreveport-Barksdake bridge is cool when you drive towards Bossier and see Barksdale AFB straight ahead. there are also scenic parkways there on either side of the river.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 1:35 am to Eightballjacket
I'm partial to this bridge.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 1:44 am to QuietTiger
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bridge over the intercostal heading to English Turn
Woodland Bridge
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:03 am to Ric Flair
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Anyone remember this bridge? It was a one way bridge where you had to wait at the base of the bridge for a stoplight to tell you to wait or go. (The old bridge in the foreground, not the new one in the background).
That's the Red River bridge at Coushatta. Crossed it many a time.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:10 am to StringMusic
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Best because no traffic ever?
The Official Bridge Of The OT. I use it all the time. It's what a bridge should be.
They actually made it for me- but I have no qualms about others using it.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:14 am to StringMusic
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Best because no traffic ever?
That's not fair, it sees a couple hundred cars every single day.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:30 am to shawnlsu
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:35 am to Sneaky__Sally
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Ya occasionally you can see a little smoke from the stacks,
You better pray you never seen smoke from those stacks.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:37 am to Cdawg
Dipshit local legislators in Lake Charles area want assurances that the state will spend an unnecessary frickton on mimicking those goofy guardrails before supporting a replacement bridge. They probably also want a dangerously high grade, too.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:51 am to Sneaky__Sally
That first pic must be a artist rendering because there hasn't been that much traffic on the Audubon bridge at one time. He'll I don't think that many cars has been on it since it opened.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:59 am to Jester
quote:I'm not sure that's true.
Dipshit local legislators in Lake Charles area want assurances that the state will spend an unnecessary frickton on mimicking those goofy guardrails before supporting a replacement bridge. They probably also want a dangerously high grade, too.
I do hope that they put a good looking bridge because it is kind of the front door to Lake Charles and the rest of Louisiana coming from Texas.
It would be a shame to have just a simple concrete span, like over the Sabine, especially since it would be replacing such a historic and iconic landmark. But, I can assure you, the grade will be much, much less, although the height of a new bridge is still somewhat of an ongoing dispute.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 9:00 am to VernonPLSUfan
This goes back a ways....Anyone remember when the Huey P. Long Bridge in Baton Rouge ("The Old Bridge") had the original rails with the iron fleur-de-lis attached?
People used to stop and "borrow" them as souvenirs over the years until there were practically none left....
People used to stop and "borrow" them as souvenirs over the years until there were practically none left....
This post was edited on 5/21/20 at 9:03 am
Posted on 5/21/20 at 9:03 am to PhiTiger1764
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I got to go up the elevator to the top of one of the pillars 2011 when I was a student worker at LTRC.
I've also been to the top in 2013. That stair climb to the top in the semi dark felt like forever. I had pictures on my work computer leaning up against that guide wire at the top, but I think they got archived somewhere or deleted.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 9:23 am to LSUDAN1
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The Bridge to nowhere
horse shite. It goes right on over to 61. Gets me from my home to Beaver Creek golf course or The Francis for dinner.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 9:24 am to Ric Flair
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Anyone remember this bridge? It was a one way bridge where you had to wait at the base of the bridge for a stoplight to tell you to wait or go. (The old bridge in the foreground, not the new one in the background).
I was there stopped in traffic when they set the charges off for the old bridge!!!
Posted on 5/21/20 at 10:26 am to Sneaky__Sally
I've got to say for as many river crossings as there are in this state, we've got a pretty pitiful collection of bridges. I could only come up with 6 bridges that were worth a mention in any list of "best" bridges. They are as follows in no particular order.
Westlake Bridge I-10 Bridge Lake Charles
Texas St Bridge, Shreveport
Mellville Pipeline Bridge
Luling Bridge
Audubon Bridge
Paris Rd. Bridge
Westlake Bridge I-10 Bridge Lake Charles
Texas St Bridge, Shreveport
Mellville Pipeline Bridge
Luling Bridge
Audubon Bridge
Paris Rd. Bridge
Posted on 5/21/20 at 3:13 pm to Emteein
Good effort though
Posted on 5/22/20 at 1:24 am to Sneaky__Sally
There's nothing like the Estherwood bridge in Acadia parish floating away and disappearing from flooding. It's a one lane, pontoon draw bridge with a speed limit of 5 mph.
This post was edited on 5/22/20 at 1:25 am
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