Huey P. Long Bridge: TRICENTENNIAL MOMENTS

Opened to motorists in December 1935, the Huey P. Long Bridge was the first span to cross the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

[@teewest7287]

Scariest bridge I ever been on growing up as a kid

[@vickyswindoll686]

Me too!

[@jakedrago7805]

And now is the safest and smoothest over the river … never thought I’d ever say that

[@haroldjackson5630]

I have been wanting to build a model of the bridge for my train set

[@ChiralSpirals]

1:26. ...Oh yeah... I remember those crains...

[@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva]

The man, the myth, the legend: Huey Long! Long live the Kingfish!

[@teresabeebe718]

Long bridge

[@bubba6284]

Visiting the state capitol building in Louisiana (the one he had built) and seeing the hallway area where he was assassinated and seeing the bullet holes in the wall is way more interesting than this bridge.