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133: 185: 22: 525: 418:. The name "Green Bridge" came from it originally being painted green. It was repainted brown in 1980, and recently repainted grey, but locals continue to call it "the Green Bridge". 439:
is a short distance south of the bridge, which provides the most important road link for St. Bernard Parish, and is one of only four routes into the parish, the others being
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and opened to traffic on July 21, 1967 with the bridge being completed on November 14 of that year.
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Annual Report FY 1993 of the Secretary of the Army on Civil Works Activities
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ends just north of the bridge. Both ends of the bridge are in
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Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
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Coordinates
30°00′18″N 89°56′20″W / 30.005°N 89.939°W / 30.005; -89.939
LA 47
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
through arch
Clearance below
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Foster and Creighton Company
pontoon bridge
Louisiana Highway 47
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
St. Bernard Parish
New Orleans East
Louisiana
Army Corps of Engineers
Interstate 510

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