Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge

The Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge, also known as the Gateway to the Gulf Expressway,[1] is a concrete trestle toll bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana.[2] With a total length of 13,300 m or 43,600 ft (8 miles), it is one of the longest bridges in the world.

Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge
Carries	LA 1
Crosses	Bayou Lafourche and marsh
Locale	Lafourche Parish
Maintained by	LA DOTD
Characteristics
Total length	13,300 meters (43,600 feet)
History
Opened	2009
Statistics
Toll	Yes

The bridge carries Louisiana Highway 1 over Bayou Lafourche and marshes in south Louisiana. The bridge which opened in 2009, connects Leeville to Port Fourchon, with a planned future expansion northward to Golden Meadow.[3]

See also

• Louisiana Highway 1#Highway 1 elevated toll expressway
• List of bridges in the United States
• List of longest bridges

References

1. Gateway to the Gulf Expressway at Google Maps, Retrieved 21 June 2017.
2. "LA 1 Improvements". U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
3. "LA 1 Coalition". LA1Coalition.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-03-28.