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Overview

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South tower

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Driving across northbound

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North tower

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View from distance

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Luling interchange

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Ramps at Luling interchange

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View of river downstream

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From tower

This photo was taken by Desmond Cook during a 1997 inspection of the bridge

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Facts 

Overview
Cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River on I-310 west of New Orleans, near Luling
Location
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1983 at a cost of $135 million
Design
Cable-stayed
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,234.6 ft.
Total length: 2,744.4 ft.
Deck width: 76.4 ft.
Also called
Hale Boggs Bridge (official name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.94276, -90.37334   (decimal degrees)
29°56'34" N, 90°22'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/753525/3315344 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Luling
Inventory number
BH 19106 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2007)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 36.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
39,000

Categories 

Built 1983 (23)
Built during 1980s (213)
Cable-stayed (26)
Flared (137)
Louisiana (211)
Mississippi River (87)
Navigable waterway (707)
Open (21,925)
Owned by state (6,683)
Span length over 1000 feet (71)
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana (2)
Structurally deficient (11,309)
Total length over 2500 feet (363)

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Luling Bridge design
Posted July 30, 2008, by Cartrecia Chi DiMaggio (chidimaggio [at] cox [dot] net)

The design company of the Luling Bridge was never mentioned.

Franklin Leinhardt, a Bridge and Road Design Engineering firm based in New York City, designed and engineered the Luling bridge along with partner Majesk Master.

The bridge was conceptualized by a Ukrainian American named Myrin Lepkaluk the owner of Franklin Leinhardt. Although, Myrin's original design was altered by Louisiana Department of Highways in Baton Rouge,it still remains one of the most beautiful bridges in the world.

Locals think it was designed by an Asian company.

I did Engineering Public Relations for Franklin Leinhardt while living in New York City in the 90's.

Every beautiful design warrants mention of its creator.

Thanks,

Cartrecia DiMaggio

Tulane Engineering Grad and Global PR Consultant

Luling Bridge
Posted May 3, 2008, by M

I live near this bridge, and to get to Destrehan from Luling you must go over this bridge, and vice versa coming from Destrehan to Luling. I travel on this bridge at least once a week, and its a very big piece of history.

1st Picture taken: 03/18/07 Going towards Destrehan

2nd Picture taken: 03/04/07 East Bank Bridge Park [Destrehan] view

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4th Picture taken: 03/04/07 East Bank Bridge Park [Destrehan] view

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