When did they build the Crescent City Connection?

The Crescent City Connection (CCC), formerly the Greater New Orleans Bridge (GNO), refers to twin cantilever bridges that carry U.S. Highway 90 Business (US 90 Bus.) over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They are tied as the fifth-longest cantilever bridges in the world. read more

Without that money, the country's fifth busiest bridge and its approaches would deteriorate, they said, or other road projects in Louisiana would be delayed or cancelled to finance Crescent City Connection work. Opponents condemned tolls as an unfair burden on West Bank residents, and they pointed to years of waste and questionable spending. read more

Last November, voters in Jefferson, Orleans and Plaquemines parishes approved a 20-year extension of the Crescent City Connection tolls by a scant 18 votes out of the more than 308,000 cast. Given a rare chance for a do-over Saturday, opponents rallied and soundly rejected the measure without any of November's drama. read more