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A little known fact is that the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad owns the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana.  The Public Belt maintains the railroad portion of the bridge and the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development / LADOTD maintains the roadway portion.  

The Huey P. Long Bridge, completed in 1935, is the longest and highest steel railroad bridge in the United States. It is 4.35 miles long from abutment to abutment. It is a combination rail - highway structure and provides a four-lane highway, two one-way lanes on each side of a double- track railroad.

The first phase of the Huey P. Long Bridge Widening Project in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, began in April 2006. This four-phase project, long-awaited by local communities, will add an additional travel lane and inside and outside shoulders to each side of the highway portion of the bridge. The widening will be complete in 2013.

In January 2010, the Huey P. Long Bridge Project was awarded the American Concrete Institute's "Best Concrete Project Award, 2009 Highway and Bridge Projects Award of Excellence".

Check out more information on the Huey P. Long Bridge widening project.