NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Huey P. Long Bridge
expansion project, designed to modernize the span built in 1932, will
open to motorists
June 16.
Transportation Secretary Sherri LeBas said Tuesday the $1.2 billion widening project, which began in 2006, is expected to
finish four months ahead of schedule.
The renovated bridge has three 11-foot lanes in each direction and new intersections with traffic signals at Bridge City Avenue
and Jefferson Highway. Drivers began using two new bridge lanes in April.
The driving surfaces will more than double
from the original 18-feet wide to 43-feet wide on both sides of the
bridge. A new
east bank bound overpass is expected to be finished within the
next two months with the final work, a west bank bound overpass,
shortly before the entire span is opened.