Greater New Orleans Bridge

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The Greater New Orleans Bridge, commonly known as the Crescent City Connection, is a pair of cantilever bridges spanning the Mississippi River and serving as a major transportation link for the New Orleans metropolitan area.

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Greater New Orleans Bridge canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge over the Mississippi River
cantilever bridge
road bridge
steel bridge
twin bridge
alsoKnownAs Crescent City Connection
Crescent City Connection No. 1 and No. 2
carries U.S. Route 90 Business
connects east bank of New Orleans
west bank of New Orleans
constructionMaterial steel
crosses Mississippi River
crossesAt between downtown New Orleans and Algiers
design cantilever
function pedestrian traffic (on limited occasions)
vehicular traffic
hasLaneConfiguration multiple lanes in each direction
hasLocalNickname CCC
hasPart Crescent City Connection No. 1
Crescent City Connection No. 2
hasScenicViewOf Mississippi River
New Orleans skyline
hasTrafficType automobile traffic
bus traffic
truck traffic
isMajorTransportLinkFor New Orleans metropolitan area
isOneOf largest bridges over the Mississippi River in Louisiana
locatedIn Louisiana
New Orleans
United States
locatedInMetropolitanArea New Orleans metropolitan area
maintainedBy Crescent City Connection Division
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
numberOfSpans 2 main cantilever spans
officialName Greater New Orleans Bridge
opened 1958
1988
ownedBy State of Louisiana
linked to: Louisiana
partOf U.S. Highway System
passesNear New Orleans Central Business District
regionServed Jefferson Parish
Orleans Parish
tollsRemoved 2013
tollStatus former toll bridge

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crescent City Connection alsoKnownAs Greater New Orleans Bridge
Greater New Orleans Bridge officialName Greater New Orleans Bridge
Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 1 formerlyKnownAs Greater New Orleans Bridge