Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel underneath Harvey Canal on Old Business US 90 in New Orleans
- Location
- New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Open to four lanes of traffic with pedestrian access
- History
- Built 1957
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 1,079.7 ft.
Deck width: 43.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.89667, -90.07833 (decimal degrees)
29°53'48" N, 90°04'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 19033 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 09/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 66.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 60,800
Comments
Harvey Tunnel
Two questions actually: 1.) How did someone build a tunnel in an area that is below sealevel?? 2.) Did the tunnel have any damage due to Katrina?? Thank you for your time to answer these questions.
Harvey Tunnel
How much of the tunnel is underwater and how much is underland.
Thank you