Lake Pontchartrain was named by French explorer, Pierre La Moyne in 1699. He named the lake for the French minister of Marine, Comte de Pontchartrain.
About 54 miles on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.
Lake Pontchartrain is a generally oval-shaped lake whose south shore is metropolitan New Orleans, LA. It is about 24 miles at most from north to south, which is the approximate length of the Causeway that crosses it. It is about 40 miles east-to-west, yielding a total area of about 630 square miles.
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New Orleans lies in a crescent along the the Mississippi river. Lake Pontchartrain lies to the north of the city.
The address of the Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corporation is: , New Orleans, LA 70112-2454
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Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit in 1701.
The longest bridge in the United States is the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway in Louisiana. It is 23.87 miles long and opened in 1956 as a two lane bridge. A second bridge opened in 1969 so that there are now two side by side bridges carrying two lanes each for traffic in both directions.
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