MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 946 times:
Officials broke ground today on the new Twin Spans Interstate 10 bridge connecting New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana. The current bridge, as you may recall, was severly damaged by Hurricane Katrina last year.
Here is a paragraph from the article...
"The new $803 million bridge will be built just east of the current I-10 bridge. Though it’s projected to be completed in five years, the westbound span of the bridge should be finished by 2009. Officials said the bridge would be built six lanes wide and 30 feet high. A high performance concrete will be used in order to protect the bridge from storm surge and salt water corrosion."
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 935 times:
Quoting MSYtristar (Thread starter): "The new $803 million bridge will be built just east of the current I-10 bridge. Though it’s projected to be completed in five years, the westbound span of the bridge should be finished by 2009. Officials said the bridge would be built six lanes wide and 30 feet high. A high performance concrete will be used in order to protect the bridge from storm surge and salt water corrosion."
That is significantly higher than the current Twin Span. How exactly are they going to get people on and off the bridge. Right now, I-10 leads directly onto the Twin Span, which starts out as a causeway.
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BMIFlyer From UK - England, joined Feb 2004, 8810 posts, RR: 62 Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 930 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 1): How exactly are they going to get people on and off the bridge. Right now, I-10 leads directly onto the Twin Span, which starts out as a causeway.
Im guessing a "ramp" at each end?
By the way - $800 million is a bloomin lot for a bridge!
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 919 times:
Quoting BMIFlyer (Reply 2): $800 million is a bloomin lot for a bridge!
Remember, most of the money given out in NO goes towards strip clubs and other activities, so that is the reason for the large sum.
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 902 times:
Quoting BMIFlyer (Reply 2): By the way - $800 million is a bloomin lot for a bridge!
That is cheap compared to what they spent in Alaska. This isn't exactly a short little bridge either Lee. It is about 9 miles long and requires a drawbridge section.
Quoting BMIFlyer (Reply 2): Im guessing a "ramp" at each end?
That would make things more expensive. I would think that they would do a simple realignment of the highway
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Slider From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6518 posts, RR: 37 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 847 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 4): That is cheap compared to what they spent in Alaska.
LOL! That's what I was going to say....they should call Ted Stevens for advice on pork and they could easily make that a $2B bridge before all is said and done.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 750 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 4): That is cheap compared to what they spent in Alaska.
Not by frackin' much, and those bridges in Alaska are still a pipe dream . . .
Not that I think we need them or anything - quite a waste IMO - but don't pick on us for our pork, at least WE can take care of ourselves instead of screaming how the federal gov't fucked us over and then re-electing an incompetent slug into city hall.
KBOS From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 413 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 738 times:
For your sake, lets just hope they don't hire the same people that built Boston's 14.5 billion dollar tunnel......
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Halls120 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 702 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 4): Quoting BMIFlyer (Reply 2):
By the way - $800 million is a bloomin lot for a bridge!
That is cheap compared to what they spent in Alaska. This isn't exactly a short little bridge either Lee. It is about 9 miles long and requires a drawbridge section.
A drawbridge? Why does it need a drawbridge when it currently doesn't have one?
You must be confusing the I-10 twin spans that don't have a drawbridge with the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway that does have a drawbridge on the north span.
DeltaGator From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 16 Reply 11, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 698 times:
Quoting BMIFlyer (Reply 2): By the way - $800 million is a bloomin lot for a bridge!
It's a long bridge (as has been stated) and that is cheap for Louisiana IMO. I'm guessing this cost doesn't include all the graft and corruption that the local yokel politicians will demand.
BTW, what is up with the current bridges on I-10? Are they repaired or is it still broken. If still broken how much does traffic suck?
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Halls120 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 692 times:
Quoting DeltaGator (Reply 11): BTW, what is up with the current bridges on I-10? Are they repaired or is it still broken. If still broken how much does traffic suck?
I believe that at least one of the two spans has been repaired.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 13, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 672 times:
Quoting DeltaGator (Reply 11): BTW, what is up with the current bridges on I-10? Are they repaired or is it still broken. If still broken how much does traffic suck?
Both spans have been repaired, and traffic is rolling on both spans in both directions.
There is no drawbridge on that section.
I'd like to see I-10 to the west expanded to three lanes in both directions, as well, at least as far as the second LaPlace exit (exit 206, I believe).
Tom at MSY
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