Me back in 2016: At 5:54, I see Honda of Slidell Supreme Ford/Nissan of Slidell Lakeshore Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram KIA Levis Chevrolet/Cadillac Toyota of Slidell Hyundai of Slidell And Brian Harris Mazda/Buick GMC
also.....used to do the power run on thursday nights with a few dozen other cycle riders who would gather at garrett honda on the I-10 service road,then ride out (at ludicrious speed) to the union 76 truck stop in slidell.
Hurricane Katrina brought one unemployed seafarer/marine employee to NYC, on post-storm emergency maritime business in October of 2005. He would meet a teacher, and they would become friends. In 2008 they would marry. Sounds funny, but it took a hurricane for me (the teacher) to get married (to the merchant seafarer) - and I was 59 at the time! Ric was in his 60's. Strange twists and turns, life has. We will be moving back to NOLA next year. Can't wait.
isn't there an exit out that way that's blocked off with concrete piers? Remember being told nasa or some industry had bought the land there and an abandoned small town is still there.
There are two overpasses over I-10 east of Michoud Boulevard that were built in the early 70s, and supposed to be a part of the New Orleans East development. The development never extended east past Michoud, probably because the land was too swampy, and that later became part of the Bayou Sauvage Wildlife refuge. For a short time around 2005, they actually connected one of them to the interstate and you could drive to a dead-end where there was some kind of nature trail into Bayou Sauvage. But since then, the exit ramps have been busted up and have pretty much disappeared, with only the overpasses remaining. You can see them at 03:19 and 03:37. Even the overpass at Michoud Blvd isn't actually Michoud, which runs perpendicular to the overpass. The overpass ends on the north side of I-10 and dead-ends just past Michoud Blvd on the south side. Each of these overpasses was supposed to connect to a main street through the development that probably would have run all the way to the lake to the north and to Chef Menteur Highway to the south.
thanks so much,had always wondered what had happened there.Nice to know the gov't is so careful with our money.Have to think someone would have surveyed the land before they built the exits and overpass.Live near Chicago now,so guess I am drawn to corruption and waste.
Montee Adams I’ve always called then the phantom overpasses. They were built to serve the New Orleans East development that came to a grinding halt in the early 70s, when they realized that there was no solid ground out there and anything they built would sink to infinity. When people refer to the bridge to nowhere, they’re usually talking about the Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River, that used to just end, and there was a half-cloverleaf that took you to the river road. The Veterans Memorial Bridge and Hale Boggs bridge at one time had similar configurations. They all now connect to state highways.
Me back in 2016:
At 5:54, I see
Honda of Slidell
Supreme Ford/Nissan of Slidell
Lakeshore Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram KIA
Levis Chevrolet/Cadillac
Toyota of Slidell
Hyundai of Slidell
And Brian Harris Mazda/Buick GMC
I haven't been to New Orleans before
also.....used to do the power run on thursday nights with a few dozen other cycle riders who would gather at garrett honda on the I-10 service road,then ride out (at ludicrious speed) to the union 76 truck stop in slidell.
Hurricane Katrina brought one unemployed seafarer/marine employee to NYC, on post-storm emergency maritime business in October of 2005. He would meet a teacher, and they would become friends. In 2008 they would marry. Sounds funny, but it took a hurricane for me (the teacher) to get married (to the merchant seafarer) - and I was 59 at the time! Ric was in his 60's. Strange twists and turns, life has. We will be moving back to NOLA next year. Can't wait.
Everything happens for a reason. Prepare for a much slower pace here than you have in NYC!
to me thats the twinspan.
Why is it called 504?
504 is the telephone area code in New Orleans.
I love your channel.
4:28 I didn't even know that Frank Davis had passed :-(
Thanks for watching. Frank Davis passed away in 2013...some sort of cancer. A big loss for New Orleans.
Yeah in 2013 he did
isn't there an exit out that way that's blocked off with concrete piers? Remember being told nasa or some industry had bought the land there and an abandoned small town is still there.
There are two overpasses over I-10 east of Michoud Boulevard that were built in the early 70s, and supposed to be a part of the New Orleans East development. The development never extended east past Michoud, probably because the land was too swampy, and that later became part of the Bayou Sauvage Wildlife refuge. For a short time around 2005, they actually connected one of them to the interstate and you could drive to a dead-end where there was some kind of nature trail into Bayou Sauvage. But since then, the exit ramps have been busted up and have pretty much disappeared, with only the overpasses remaining. You can see them at 03:19 and 03:37. Even the overpass at Michoud Blvd isn't actually Michoud, which runs perpendicular to the overpass. The overpass ends on the north side of I-10 and dead-ends just past Michoud Blvd on the south side. Each of these overpasses was supposed to connect to a main street through the development that probably would have run all the way to the lake to the north and to Chef Menteur Highway to the south.
thanks so much,had always wondered what had happened there.Nice to know the gov't is so careful with our money.Have to think someone would have surveyed the land before they built the exits and overpass.Live near Chicago now,so guess I am drawn to corruption and waste.
@@504RoadTrips would those be the bridges to nowhere?
Montee Adams I’ve always called then the phantom overpasses. They were built to serve the New Orleans East development that came to a grinding halt in the early 70s, when they realized that there was no solid ground out there and anything they built would sink to infinity.
When people refer to the bridge to nowhere, they’re usually talking about the Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River, that used to just end, and there was a half-cloverleaf that took you to the river road. The Veterans Memorial Bridge and Hale Boggs bridge at one time had similar configurations. They all now connect to state highways.
@@504RoadTrips thank you so much. As a tour driver, you have no idea how much this information has helped me.