Hargis

Aidan Hargis

http://www.thecauseway.us/causeway_new/default.html
 * 1) What is the name of the bridge? __The name of my awesome CAUSEWAY is "The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway"__
 * 2) When and where was the bridge built? __The bridge took its modern form in 1948, and was totally completed in 1956. It is located in southern Louisiana.__
 * 3) What is the purpose of this bridge? What does it span and what does it connect? __To connect people from one side of Lake Pontchartrain to the other. It spans the entire lake and it only connect__ __on either of the two sides.__
 * 4) Why was this bridge needed? __To replace the old ferry system that was originally intended to let people cross the lake.__
 * 5) What type of bridge is it (arch, suspension, cable, beam, etc.)? __It is a causeway. A causeway is a low level bridge used to cross large bodies of water__
 * 6) How much did it cost? __USD $26 million__
 * 7) What materials were used to build this bridge? __Concrete..Just concrete__
 * 8) What were some of the special challenges that the bridge engineers faced? How did they overcome these challenges? __The lake was so long that it was troubling to build the bridge. They used boats.__
 * 9) How long did it take to build this bridge? __Five years for the first causeway, same for the second__
 * 10) What are the measurements of this bridge? __23.87 miles long__
 * 11) Did you find any fun or interesting facts or stories about this bridge? __It has its own police force, is the longest bridge over water in the world, and was hardly damaged by hurricane Katrina__. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=lake+pontchartrain+causeway&sll=30.222231,-90.118607&sspn=0.001476,0.002671&ie=UTF8&hq=lake+pontchartrain+causeway&hnear=&ll=30.199475,-90.167128&spn=0.57745,0.215662&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=30.195708,-90.123249&panoid=7LK63G5h2Cquy27uMIjfbw&cbp=12,174.47,,0,4.46&output=svembed" width="425" height="350" [[image:http://www.transport.polymtl.ca/civ1120/etud_h09/MERCIER-AUB/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway.jpg caption="http://www.transport.polymtl.ca/civ1120/etud_h09/MERCIER-AUB/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway.jpg"]] media type="youtube" key="FoceTszpw5w" width="425" height="350"