Tag: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened for traffic on Aug. 30, 1956. The 24-mile bridge that stretches from Metairie to Mandeville, holds the record as the world’s longest continuous bridge over water.  The bridge was a pathway connecting the urban area of New Orleans to the then-rural north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The Greater New Orleans […]