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| Bridge Name: | Israel LaFleur Bridge |
| Official Name: | Israel LaFleur Bridge |
| Also Known As: | I-210 Bridge |
| Open: | 1962 |
| Toll: | Free both ways |
The Israel LaFleur Bridge is a concrete pillar vehicular bridge located in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The bridge was built in 1962 as part of Interstate 210 (Lake Charles Loop; a highway expansion that travels over the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles, and back up to Interstate 10). It is named after Israel LaFleur, who spearheaded the project to build it.[1]
The bridge is about 8500feet long, and 140feet high. It is one of the tallest structures in southwest Louisiana.
The bridge survived the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Rita. The bridge's structural rating is 96%, even after surviving two major hurricanes and being sixty years old.