Talk:Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

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Contents 1 Pop Culture 2 Longest Bridge? 3 Chesapeake Bay Bridge 4 More images 5 Bad Link 6 Contradiction 7 Orders of Magnitude?

[edit] Pop Culture

Isn't this bridge also used in.. I hate to mention it... True Lies with Arnie?

[edit] Longest Bridge?

I cannot find my World Almanac at the moment, but I'm really uncomfortable with the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway's "longest bridge" designation. The longest bridge is in Louisiana, but it's not obvious on any map. It's the last several miles of I-55 near the junction with I-10, which is itself a several miles long bridge at the junction with I-55. With the continuation of I-310, it's quite a distance -- longer than the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway and all one continuous bridge. I think this needs to be addressed and a new article written for that bridge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goeverywhere (talk • contribs) 08:43, 4 September 2006

I have added a footnote from the Guinness World Records Aaron charles 18:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

This bridge should be number one — but it's officially a causeway, not a bridge. - Gtxm78 (talk) 19:26, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Is there any reason that the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is mentioned? Is there some specific link with that? If not I think it should be removed. violet/riga (t) 00:24, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I agree with the above statement entirely. I am removing the reference. --Zippanova 06:31, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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www.thecauseway.com is down. I linked to Google's cached copy. --D. F. Schmidt (talk) 15:14, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Google's cached copy deleted (www.thecauseway.com isn't down anymore)129.217.129.133 12:17, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More images

This article is in need of images that actually show the length of the bridge. --Jack Zhang 01:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Link

Has anyone noticed that the Guiness Book of World Records Link is no longer valid? Searching the site, the record does not seem to be posted there any longer.

Unfortunately as the website mentions only a small percentage of records appear on the site Nil Einne 13:37, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

Well, this should be fairly self-evident...what's the speed limit at night, and can you find a current source? =David^(talk)_(contribs) 04:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm not seeing the contradiction. --MPD ^{T / C} 06:16, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

It's not a contra. Also changing facts per here. --MPD ^{T / C} 06:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Causeway night speed limit is 55 mphVesago1978 (talk) 21:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)JME1

[edit] Orders of Magnitude?

What's with the orders of magnitude link at the bottom of the page. There is no reference to this term in the rest of the article, and it doesn't really seem to apply that well anyway. Is there any reason to keep it? Jf00830 (talk) 19:48, 12 December 2007 (UTC)