- DOTD announces start of construction for I-20 project in Bossier & Caddo Parishes.^ Camera (mm 131.5- east) Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine- Retrieved 16 April 2013.
Bridge condition Īs of September 2010, inspection showed the deck condition rating: satisfactory (6 out of 9), the superstructure condition rating: satisfactory (6 out of 9), the substructure condition rating: satisfactory (6 out of 9), and the sufficiency rating: 92.9 (out of 100) Cameras The Acadiana chapter secured funding to erect a monument to the 82nd Airborne Division which was dedicated on October 20, 1990. There is a visitor's center at mile marker 121 (La.
The Acadiana Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, created January 1980, in Lafayette, Louisiana with headquarters in Lafayette, Louisiana, petitioned the Louisiana Legislature and on July 10, 1989, act 793 was passed, and the bridge was renamed the Louisiana Airborne Memorial Bridge. The 82nd Airborne Division Association put forth a challenge in 1988, to member chapters in all states, to pursue having a bridge in their state designated as an Airborne Memorial Bridge. One of the main objectives of the division, and all airborne divisions was for paratroopers and glider borne forces to seize bridges for regular follow-on forces to use. The United States Army Airborne Forces (paratroopers and glider soldiers) was created by executive order and the 82nd Airborne Division was formed at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana in March 1942. Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, I-10, Whiskey Bay Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Bridge renamed The speed limit for 18-wheelers was lowered to 55 mph (90 km/h), and they must remain in the right lane while crossing the bridge. In 2003, the Louisiana Legislature enacted new traffic regulations for the bridge. In 1999, Governor Mike Foster lowered the speed limit on the bridge from 70 to 60 mph (115 to 95 km/h). Accidents along the bridge can be problematic as the Atchafalaya Basin is sparsely inhabited. The average daily traffic count is (as of 2015) 30,420 vehicles.Īccidents occur frequently near the two river crossings as both are very narrow and lack shoulders. While the bridges run parallel for most of their length, they merge when crossing the Whiskey Bay Pilot Channel and the Atchafalaya River. The bridge includes two exits: one for Whiskey Bay ( Louisiana Highway 975) and another for Butte La Rose (LA 3177). At the time of its completion, it was the second longest bridge in the United States, behind the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge. The bridge was opened to the public in 1973, construction was said to have begun in 1971. With a total length of 96,095 feet (29,290 m 18 mi 29 km), it is the third longest bridge in the US, the second longest on the interstate system, and 14th-longest in the world by total length. state of Louisiana between Baton Rouge and Lafayette which carries Interstate 10 over the Atchafalaya Basin. The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, also known as the Louisiana Airborne Memorial Bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges in the U.S.
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