Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Summary

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is a bascule bridge^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of bascule_bridge entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,101 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is located in Jefferson Parish^[3].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is located in St. Tammany Parish^[4].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is in the country of United States^[5].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's image is recorded as Lake Pontchatrain Causeway Aerial - Jan2013 (32382802513).jpg^[6].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's instance of is recorded as bascule bridge^[7].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's instance of is recorded as road bridge^[8].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's instance of is recorded as transport megaproject^[9].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's instance of is recorded as twin bridges^[10].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's maintained by is recorded as Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission^[11].
• Lake Pontchartrain is named after Lake Pontchartrain Causeway^[12].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's crosses is recorded as Lake Pontchartrain^[13].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's made from material is recorded as reinforced concrete^[14].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's Commons category is recorded as Lake Pontchartrain Causeway^[15].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5475586^[16].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20002287^[17].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20030699^[18].
• +1956-08-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lake Pontchartrain Causeway^[19].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's terminus location is recorded as Metairie^[20].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's terminus location is recorded as Mandeville^[21].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.199722222222, 'lon': -90.122777777778}^[22].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03nvwk^[23].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as network=US:LA:Causeway^[24].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's BridgeReports.com ID is recorded as 1233410^[25].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's BridgeReports.com ID is recorded as 1233411^[26].
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's bridgehunter.com ID is recorded as 19135^[27].

Body

Geography

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Jefferson Parish^[3], a parish of Louisiana^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1825^[30] and St. Tammany Parish^[4], a parish of Louisiana^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1810^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+38.442'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include bascule bridge^[7], road bridge^[8], transport megaproject^[9], and twin bridges^[10]. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[35].

History and Context

+1956-08-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lake Pontchartrain Causeway^[19]. Lake Pontchartrain is named after it^[12].

Why It Matters

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway ranks in the top 3% of bascule_bridge entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,101 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]