In order to visit some of Lauren’s friends during our trip, we also needed to go across to the North Shore. That meant crossing Lake Pontchartrain. While there are major roads on the east and west side, those are rather a long way around depending on where you were going or coming from. Someone had come up with the idea of building a bridge across the Lake, which was a distance of twenty-six miles. Yeah, you could actually do a marathon by starting at one end of the bridge and running to the other. I wonder if someone has done that yet. Just because of the thought association I had to take a picture of the “13.1” mile marker (which is the half-marathon distance).
While it looks like the bridges for the Florida Keys, it’s not the
same. There’s no islands to anchor this
to. It’s just two sets of double lanes
going in each direction, which an expanse of water were the median should be. Rarely is there a turn-around spot too, and
there’s not much of a shoulder to pull off on, or to allow emergency vehicles
to get through. This is a toll-road
also, but only in one direction. When
you’re heading north out of New Orleans it’s free, but the return trip south is
five bucks. Keep that in mind for the
poor commuters who use this every day.
The day we went over the weather was pleasant, so we got a nice
view of the clam water and clear skies.
This must be quite the white-knuckle situation if you’re driving on this
during a good thunderstorm.
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