Chef Menteur Pass Bridge

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The Chef Menteur Pass Bridge offered free access to and from New Orleans, helping to make the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain and the rest of the Gulf Coast more accessible to the city. Political candidate Huey Long was a vocal opponent to toll bridges. Upon becoming governor in 1928, Long sped along the construction of toll-free routes across the Lake. This bridge, along with a completed stretch of approach on either side, opened to the public on September 11, 1929.

For more in this area, read about Fort Macomb, or take a tour about the community that lived in Lake Catherine & the Rigolets.