Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)

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The Huey P. Long Bridge in Baton Rouge is a major Mississippi River crossing that carries both highway and rail traffic, named after the influential Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey P. Long.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippi River bridge
cantilever bridge
railway bridge
road bridge
truss bridge
alsoKnownAs Old Mississippi River Bridge (Baton Rouge)
carries Kansas City Southern Railway
U.S. Route 190 NERFINISHED
rail traffic
road traffic
connects east bank of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
west bank of the Mississippi River at Port Allen vicinity
constructionStartDate 1937
country United States
crosses Mississippi River
designedFor combined rail and highway use
hasApproachStructureType trestle
hasClearanceBelow approximately 135 feet
hasDeckConfiguration roadway flanking central railroad tracks
hasHistoricalSignificance early combined rail-highway Mississippi River crossing in Louisiana
hasLanes 4 highway lanes
hasMainSpanLength approximately 825 feet
hasNumberOfSpans 3
hasToll no
hasTotalLength approximately 4.5 miles
isNamedStructureIn Baton Rouge transportation network
isOlderThan Horace Wilkinson Bridge
isOneOf major Mississippi River crossings in Louisiana
locatedIn Baton Rouge, Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana
United States
locatedNear downtown Baton Rouge
maintainedBy Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
material steel
namedAfter Huey P. Long
namedForPositionHeldByEponym Governor of Louisiana
United States Senator from Louisiana
opened 1940
openedToTraffic August 1940
owner State of Louisiana
linked to: Louisiana
partOf U.S. Highway System
railTracks 2
regionServed Baton Rouge metropolitan area
trafficType freight rail
vehicular

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana hasBridge Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)
Ralph Modjeski notableWork Huey P. Long Bridge (New Orleans)
linked to: Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)
Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) alsoKnownAs Old Mississippi River Bridge (Baton Rouge)
linked to: Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)