First Free Bridge Across Pontchartrain Opens

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Governor Huey P. Long cuts the ribbon to commemorate the opening of the Chef Menteur Pass Bridge in September 1929.

Courtesy of The Times-Picayune

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By Graham Cooper
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…