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 ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)
U.S. Route 190 → crossesVia → Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) ⓘ
Bridge City → hasNearbyBridge → Huey P. Long Bridge over Mississippi River ⓘ
linked to: Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)