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Location Information:
The
Crescent City Connection,
abbreviated as CCC, (formerly the
Greater New Orleans Bridge) refers
to twin cantilever bridges that
carry U.S. Route 90 Business over
the Mississippi River in New
Orleans, Louisiana. They are tied as
the fifth-longest cantilever bridges
in the world. Each span carries four
general-use automobile lanes;
additionally the westbound span has
two reversible HOV lanes across the
river. The westbound span, which
carries motorists into the city's
Central Business District on the
Eastbank, requires a toll of $1
($0.40 with an electronic toll tag).
It is the farthest downstream bridge
on the Mississippi River. It is also
the widest and most heavily-traveled
bridge on the lower Mississippi; the
only other comparable bridges on the
Mississippi are in the
Minneapolis-St. Paul area (the I-35W
Saint Anthony Falls Bridge, the
Dartmouth Bridge, and once fully
expanded, the Wakota Bridge). The
tolls collected on the Crescent City
Connection are defined in Louisiana
state law R.S. 47:820.5(B). This law
states that from October 1, 1994
through December 31, , tolls
will be collected at a rate of $0.20
per axle for toll tag users, and
$0.50 per axle for cash users. Prior
to Hurricane Katrina, annual toll
collections averaged $20 million
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