New Orleans is known for a lot of things – Mardi Gras, jazz music, amazing food — but it's especially known for its creepy history. Madame LaLaurie's mansion where she tortured her slaves still stands today, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is rumored to be crawling with ghosts, and so are several others bars and hotels in the area. Basically you can find a haunted anything around New Orleans — including a haunted bridge.
The Huey P. Long Bridge, built during the Great Depression by engineer Ralph Modieski, is rumored to be a forever home for several spirits. Plenty of people have sworn they've seen mysterious spectral figures appear out of nowhere while driving and walking the bridge. But who could they be?
The Huey P. Long Bridge is certainly a feat of mechanical engineering — but it came at a great cost.
Men did die working on the bridge. Some fell into the river and drowned. After the bridge was completed in the midst of the Great Depression, homeless people walking on the bridge were allegedly struck by cars, killing them.
One of the darkest rumors is that during construction, several workers were entombed in the cement blockings holding the bridge in place.
Since the bridge was built, people have claimed to see these spectral workers walking along the bridge or appearing out of nowhere.
The most famous ghost, though, might be the bridge's designer himself, Ralph Modieski. It's said Modieski still wanders the bridge, inspecting his handiwork.
Oh, and the bridge capitalizes on its spooky reputation to this day. It's featured in ghost tours, and New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House sets up under the bridge each year.
Clearly, this bridge is spookier than it looks! Keep an eye out next time you walk Huey P. Long Bridge... you never know what — or who — you might see.
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