Hey Blake,
While driving the Causeway across Lake Pontchartrain recently, two questions came to mind. How long did it take to build, and was it always a toll bridge? If so, how much was the first toll?
The story of the 24-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway’s creation begins in 1948 when the state legislature put a constitutional amendment before voters. It authorized a $30 million bond issue to finance the bridge’s construction.
“The causeway would be modeled after the famous causeways of Biscayne Bay, Fla. and the Zuider Zee, Holland,” reported a May 1948 New Orleans States article…