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The Maestri Bridge (originally referred to as the Pontchartrain Bridge and later because the Watson-Williams Pontchartrain Bridge and therefore the 5 Mile Bridge) carries U.S. Route eleven across Lake Pontchartrain between urban center and Slidell, Louisiana. The bridge opened on Feb eighteen, 1928 because the initial permanent crossing of Lake Pontchartrain. The 4.78-mile (7.69 km) bridge was the longest concrete bridge within the World upon completion. The bridge is thirty five feet (11 m) wide and has two draw spans for passing vessels and barges. The bridge was originally a toll facility, costing $1.25 for a vehicle with one driver, plus $0.10 for every extra traveller.Louisiana Governor Huey Long was opposition toll bridges and offered to own the state purchase the bridge from its personal house owners. The supply was rejected, therefore Governor Long created 2 free bridges to the east on U.S. Route ninety across cook Menteur Pass and therefore the Rigolets Pass. With a free various, the toll bridge featured financial disaster and was oversubscribed to the state in 1938 for $940,000. Following the acquisition, the bridge’s name was modified to the Maestri Bridge, named when Robert Maestri, the city manager of recent Orleans. U.S. Route 11, once co-signed with U.S. Route ninety across the cook Menteur and Rigolets Bridges, was re-routed onto the Maestri Bridge around 1941.In 2005, cyclone Katrina nearly destroyed the I-10 Twin Span Bridge to the east. However, thanks to its durable construction, the Maestri Bridge was for the most part undamaged and was the sole route to urban center from the East till the dual Spans can be briefly mounted (US-90 was additionally closed thanks to injury to the Fort Pike Bridge). The bridge was enclosed Jan 2012 for repairs. LA DOTD awarded a $5.7 million contract to rehabilitate the bridge’s railings. It reopened on might twenty first.
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