An empty barge rammed into the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway during heavy fog early on the morning of Jan. 17, 1960, knocking out two 52-foot sections of the bridge and damaging a third.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway officials released photographs Thursday (March 23) from an early-morning fatal wreck that they say was caused by a drunken driver. The photos include images of a pickup ...

The driver who went over the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Monday morning is OK, according to police. A two-car accident on the bridge about 8:24 a.m. sent one car into the water.

As if Lake Pontchartrain Causeway motorists don't have enough to contend with during the heavy morning commutes, up paddles a replica of history's most ill-fated ocean liner to raise the ante a ...

Syrians celebrate the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus; a pileup on the 24-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans; Navy beats Army in their annual college football game in ...

NEW ORLEANS — The northbound lanes of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway have reopened after a crash closed the bridge Wednesday morning. The Causeway Police Department confirmed that the bridge ...

Syrians celebrate the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus; a pileup on the 24-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans; Navy beats Army in their annual college football game in ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard ended its search for a person whose truck plunged into Lake Pontchartrain after the body was recovered Wednesday evening. A Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office ...

A $100 million project to make the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway safer to travel has resulted in 25% fewer collisions and fewer injuries, according to officials. Tolls to travel the southbound lanes of ...

The southbound lanes of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Metairie is expected to fully open to commuters by the end of the week after two years of construction. Skip to content.