The Florida Avenue Bridge is a vertical lift bridge spanning the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. The bridge has one railroad track, two vehicle lanes and two sidewalks. A parallel high-elevation four-lane roadway bridge is planned.
Read more about Florida Avenue Bridge: History, The Current Bridge, Plans For A Newer Bridge
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“In Florida consider the flamingo,
Its color passion but its neck a question.”
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“Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.”
—Paul Simon (b. 1949)