Green Bridge (New Orleans)

The Green Bridge is the unofficial local name of the Paris Road Bridge carrying Louisiana Highway 47 across the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet between St. Bernard Parish and New Orleans, Louisiana. It is sometimes also called Paris Road Bridge. The name "the Green Bridge" came from it originally being painted green. About 1980 it was repainted brown, and more recently grey, but locals continued referring to it as "the green bridge".

Green Bridge
Coordinates	30°00′18″N 89°56′20″W
Carries	4 lanes of LA 47
Crosses	Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
Locale	New Orleans, Louisiana
Other name(s)	Paris Road Bridge
Maintained by	Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Characteristics
Design	Steel through arch
Material	Concrete, steel
Total length	6,642 feet (2,024 m)
Longest span	702 feet (214 m)
No. of spans	3
Piers in water	2
Clearance below	135 feet (41 m)
History
Designer	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Constructed by	Foster and Creighton Company
Construction start	June 1964
Construction end	July 21, 1967
Construction cost	$12,250,000
Opened	July 21, 1967
Replaces	Paris Road pontoon bridge
Location

Interstate 510 ends just to the north of the bridge. Both ends of the bridge are in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, but Chalmette, Louisiana is a short distance south of the bridge, which provides the most important road link for St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and is one of only four routes into the parish, the others being Judge Perez Drive, the Chalmette Ferry, and the St. Bernard Highway.