"The Park," nestled between Lake Pontchartrain and the Industrial Canal, was devastated after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ... he takes me on his weekly 80-mile drive from New Orleans to a ...

Katrina whipped up 15-foot waves on Lake Pontchartrain, flooding the London Canal levee that lies west of Pontchartrain Park. As much as 20 feet of water flooded the neighborhood. Not a single ...

Katrina makes ... Surge waters from Lake Pontchartrain rush into the London Avenue Canal, continuing to rise until about 9 a.m. Far down the canal, near the Mirabeau Avenue bridge, the walls ...

Read more: 15 Defunct Car Brands We Wish Still Existed Lake Pontchartrain is a shallow, brackish, tidal lagoon that's 40 miles ... Katrina with little damage, while the nearby Interstate 10 bridge ...

It was built in the 1880's and rebuilt again in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina took out ... The Norfolks Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge measures 5.8 miles long or about 30,264 feet.