Louisiana's $2B Mississippi River bridge project faces new delays amid unresolved environmental and design issues.

Crescent City Connection bridge reflects into puddles as it lights up over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) ...

New Orleans police are investigating an unclassified death after a body found in the Mississippi River near the Algiers Ferry Sunday morning. Police said the incident took place on the Crescent ...

Choice for new Miss. River Bridge threatens forest with 300 -year-old cypress trees. (Laura Comeaux) DOTD Secretary Dr. Shawn Wilson says the final decision on where to put the new bridge relies ...

NEW ORLEANS — Salt water inching up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico is progressing more slowly than projected, authorities said Thursday, meaning water systems in the greater New ...

Scientists have said saltwater intrusion in the Lower Mississippi River region becomes an issue when the river’s flow falls below 300,000 cubic feet per second. As of last week, Murphy said, the ...

And then in May of 1993, it was the Claiborne Avenue Bridge that was hit. A tugboat was pushing an empty barge in the canal to the Mississippi River locks when it hit a support pier.

A saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River is moving toward New Orleans much slower than expected, officials said Thursday. The Army Corps of Engineers previously estimated that New Orleans was ...

New Orleans police are investigating an unclassified death after a body found in the Mississippi River near the Algiers Ferry Sunday morning. Police said the incident took place on the Crescent ...