The southbound bridge of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway will be closed Saturday night (May 6) for emergency repairs, the Causeway Commission staff said. The northbound bridge is to remain open.
Causeway toll hike starts Saturday
Commuters will pay higher tolls across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway starting Saturday – an increase that will go toward $130 million in safety improvements for the bridge.
“I think about them every day’: Trooper recalls fiery Causeway crash rescue
Trooper Stephen Paulus is on the state police explosives team, and yet, he’ll tell you nothing in all of his training prepared him for what happened on a routine commute across the Causeway.