What is Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish)?
{{Hatnote|This article is about a bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; a second [[Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)|Huey P. Long Bridge]] is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.}} {{Infobox Bridge |bridge_name= Huey P. Long Bridge |image= Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana November 2007.jpg |image_size=300px |caption= The Huey Long Bridge in 2007, when widening work had just begun. |official_name= |also_known_as= |carries= 6 lanes of {{jct|state=LA|US|90}}<br />2 tracks of the [[New Orleans Public Belt Railroad|NOPB]] |crosses= [[Mississippi River]] |locale= [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana]] |maint= [[New Orleans Public Belt Railroad]] |id= 022600060100001 |design= [[Cantilever bridge|Cantilever]] [[truss bridge]] |mainspan= {{convert|790|ft|m|0}} |length= {{convert|8076|ft|m|0}} (road)<br />{{convert|22996|ft|m|0}} (rail) |width= |clearance= |below= {{convert|153|ft|m|0}} |traffic= 43,000 (2008) |cost= $13.4 million<ref>{{cite book | title = Historic Jefferson Parish: From Shore to Shore|author=Betsy Swanson|page=100|year=2003|publisher=Pelican Publishing }}</ref><ref>{{citation|url= http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/06/12_billion_huey_p_long_bridge.html|title =$1.2 billion Huey P. Long Bridge widening to end steering-wheel death grip|publisher=Nola|author=Andrea Shaw|date=June 13, 2013|access-date= November 1, 2021}}</ref> (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US-GDP|13.4|1935 |fmt=c|r=0}} million in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars) |open= December 1935 <br />(widened June 2013) |coordinates= {{coord|29|56|39|N|90|10|08|W|region:US_type:landmark}} }} The '''Huey P. Long Bridge''' is a bridge in [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana]]. It is a cantilevered steel [[through-truss bridge]]. It carries a [[railroad]] line and [[US 90]] over the [[Mississippi River]]. The bridge opened in December 1935. It was named for the Governor [[Huey P. Long]], who was killed on September 8 of that year. It was designed by [[Polish American|Polish-American]] engineer [[Ralph Modjeski]]. It is a [[National Historic Civil Engine