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The '''Danziger Bridge''' is a vertical lift bridge that carries seven vehicular lanes of U.S. Route 90 (Chef Menteur Highway) across the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. Built to replace the old Danziger Bridge, a draw bridge constructed in 1931–1932, the current Danziger Bridge was constructed on the south side of the old bridge between 1983 and 1987 and officially opened in February 1988. Named after a New Orleans lawyer and businessman,<ref>Laura Maggi, ''Family members of Danziger Bridge's namesake say its name will resonate in history'', New Orleans Times-Picayune, Sept. 26, 2011.</ref> it became the widest lift bridge in the world.<ref name="longest bridge">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Th4XrLC8WhUC&q=widest+lift+bridge+in+the+world&pg=PA28 | title=Legendary Locals of Metairie | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | date=2013 | accessdate=December 1, 2015 | author=Campanella, Catherine | pages=28| isbn=9781467100601 }}</ref> Most marine traffic is accommodated in the down position.
Attorney Alfred Danziger, a member of a prominent New Orleans Jewish family, served as personal attorney for Governor Huey Long as well as assistant attorney general in 1934 and executive counsel for Mayor Robert Maestri from 1936 to 1946.<ref name="Why is the bridge over the Industrial canal called the Danziger Bridge?">[https://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/new-orleans-know-it-all/Content?oid=1248447] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130117202522/https://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/new-orleans-know-it-all/Content?oid=1248447 |date=2013-01-17 }}, Blake Pontchartrain, "Why is the bridge over the Industrial Canal Called the Danziger Bridge," Bestofneworleans.com, Gambit, September 25, 2007.</ref> He was also a principal fundraiser for the historically black Dillard University which was founded in 1930 by merging Straight University and other African American serving institutions.<ref name="Chris Rose: Who was Alfred Danziger?">[https://www.projectnola.com/the-news/news/42-fox-8/153291-chris-rose-who-was-alfred-danziger] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130131205801/https://www.projectnola.com/the-news/news/42-fox-8/153291-chris-rose-who-was-alfred-danziger |date=2013-01-31 }}, "Chris Rose: Who was Alfred Danziger?", ProjectNOLA.com, August 3, 2011.</ref>
In 2005, the bridge was the site of the Danziger Bridge shootings, in which two unarmed African American civilians were killed by members of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD.) Four (4) other civilians were also wounded.
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Category:Bridges in New Orleans Category:Vertical lift bridges in Louisiana Category:U.S. Route 90 Category:Bridges completed in 1988 Category:Road bridges in Louisiana Category:Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System Category:1988 establishments in Louisiana