Even experienced drivers and motorists are scared to cross this bridge.
An engineering wonder, the almost 24-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway connects New Orleans to the other side of Lake Pontchartrain. A more efficient north-south route was provided by the causeway, which was constructed in 1956 in reaction to the city’s expansion.
Some of the causeway’s most distinctive features include an eight-mile section where drivers experience a weird seasickness due to a lack of land visibility. Its legendary past is filled with remarkable occurrences, such infants being born on the way and cops accompanying drivers who were frozen. The bridge was the site of a successful landing by an aircraft that had run out of fuel over the lake.
Plans to enlarge the causeway were put up when the daily traffic exceeded 5,300 automobiles. With the addition of a second, parallel span in 1969, it was formally recognized as the world’s longest bridge across water. It wasn’t until 2011 that this record was finally broken.
A competing claim surfaced in 2011 from China’s Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, sparking a short-lived debate over measurement standards. The “longest bridge over water (continuous)” was officially designated as the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway by Guinness, who explained the situation by establishing two categories. It has maintained its standing as an enduring engineering marvel for almost sixty years after its creation, despite facing additional hurdles.
