NEW ORLEANS — A fisherman pulled a woman to safety Thursday morning after she allegedly jumped from the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway bridge. As our partners at The Times-Picayune report, Causeway ...

METAIRIE, La. — Authorities are searching Lake Pontchartrain for a missing boater after a sailboat struck the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway early Sunday. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The incident unfolded Thursday morning when a woman stopped along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway – a long, parallel bridge that ...

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in South Louisiana is the longest bridge in the U.S. and is the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. The causeway consists of two parallel bridges ...

The body found in Lake Pontchartrain has been identified as Philippe G. Lannelongue, a 58-year-old Kenner man who went overboard after a sailboat crashed into the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway early ...

The story of the 24-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway’s creation begins in 1948 when the state legislature put a constitutional amendment before voters. It authorized a $30 million bond issue to ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A boater thrown overboard when his sailboat struck the Causeway Bridge early Sunday (Aug. 31) was the subject of a search on Lake Pontchartrain, authorities said. The United ...

Based on a satellite image captured Tuesday, Mississippi River water flowing through the Bonnet Carre Spillway has overtaken about a third of Lake Pontchartrain. The image shows a roughly oval-shaped ...

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has reopened. The bridge was closed around 3:30 p.m. due to stormy weather over Lake Pontchartrain. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has reopened. The bridge was closed ...