Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Also known as The Causeway, chaussée du lac Pontchartrain

set of two parallel bridges over Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana, United States

Key facts

Coordinates: 30°11′59″N 90°07′22″W / 30.1997°N 90.1228°W / 30.1997; -90.1228
Carries: 4 lanes of Causeway Boulevard
Crosses: Lake Pontchartrain
Locale: Metairie and Mandeville , Louisiana, U.S.
Other name: The Causeway
Maintained by: Causeway Commission
Design: Low-level trestle with mid-span bascule
Total length: 23.87 mi (38.42 km)
Clearance above: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Opened: August 30, 1956 (southbound) , May 10, 1969 (northbound)
Daily traffic: 43,000
Toll: $6.00 (southbound)

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The southern end of the causeway at Metairie, Louisiana, in 1998 The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (French: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain), also known simply as The Causeway, is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is 23.83 miles (38.35 km) long. The southern terminus of the causeway is in Metairie, Louisiana, and the northern terminus is in Mandeville, Louisiana. Both are in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway holds the Guinness World Record for longest continuous span over water in the world. It previously was listed as longest bridge over water in the world; in 2011, in response to the opening of the Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China, Guinness World Records created two categories for bridges over water: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway then became the longest bridge over water (continuous), while the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge became the longest bridge over water (aggregate).