new orleans city park wpa road bridges available for naming

New Orleans City Park

WPA Road Bridges

Available for Naming and

Sponsorship Revised 8/11

Sponsoring or Naming a City Park WPA Bridge

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s played a pivotal role in City Park’s growth. The Roosevelt Administration invested $12 million in City Park. Twenty thousand men and women were put to work building Tad Gormley Stadium, the Botanical Garden, roadways and bridges.

Today, nine WPA bridges adorn the park with their eloquent simplicity. Each is slightly different from the other, but all are distinguishable by their graceful arches and definition of space.

Bridge Sponsorship

A bridge can be sponsored for $50,000. Payment may extend over a term of up to five years. The park will install an appropriate sized plaque on the bridge to acknowledge the donor’s sponsorship.

Sponsorship funds will be placed in the park’s endowment. The term of the sponsorship is the life of the asset. (These bridges are very well built.)

Naming a Bridge

A bridge can be named for $100,000. Payment may extend over a term of up to five years. The park will install an appropriate sized plaque on the bridge listing the name of the bridge. Other infor-mation may be included on the plaque if the donor desires.

Naming funds will be placed in the park’s endowment. The naming rights last for the life of the as-set. (These bridges are very well built.)

Bridge #1

Available for Naming

Available for Sponsorship

On Palm Drive - 31°N 92°W - Near Little Lake, Disc Golf Course

One of two WPA bridges with the hand tools artwork.

Full view one side of bridge

View from the bridge

This bas-relief image

represents Water

This bas-relief image

represents Earth

The WPA art work on

the sides of the

bridge, called

bas-relief sculpture,

is a unification

between art and

construction. The

hand tools represent

how much of the

WPA work done in

City Park was done

by hand without the

use of machinery.

Bridge #2 :



Next to Little Lake - 29°59.325N 90°05.625W - Near NOMA, Christian

Brothers School

One of two bridges to have the floating woman image imprinted on to

the bridge. The only bridge to have both hand tools and the floating

woman image.

WPA art work on sides of bridge

Benches on the edges of the bridge

The view from the bridge

The view from the water

The WPA art work on

the sides of the

bridge, called

bas-relief sculpture,

is a unification

between art and

construction. The

hand tools represent

how much of the

WPA work done in

City Park was done

by hand without the

use of machinery.

Bridge #3- named: Grandjean Bridge


Directly behind the back exit of NOMA, next to the

Sculpture Garden

- 29°59.225N 90°05.662W

WPA art-

work on

sides of

bridge

View from bridge of the smaller part of Big Lake

Current memorial plaque naming the bridge

View of bridge from the water

View of bridge from the street

Bridge #4- named: Enrique Alferez Bridge

(McFadden)

Sponsored: Douglas J Allen and Carole T Allen

Connecting the two pieces of Big Lake, to the right

of the front of NOMA, street leads to Christian

Brothers School

- 29°59.227N 90°05.562W

From the mid 30s

onward, the

architecture for the

bridges moved from

the Art Deco to a more

streamlined

geometrical look.

Views of bridge

View from the water

Bridge #5



On Diagonal, North of I610, Near Dog Park and

Rugby Field

- 29°59.80N 90°05.768W

WPA artwork on sides of bridge

View of one whole side of the bridge View from the bridge

View of the side of the bridge

The WPA artwork on sides of the bridge, called bas-relief sculpture, is a unification between art and construction. These scenes of

men working with hand tools represent how much of the WPA work done in City Park was done by hand, without the use of

machinery. It is said to depict a somewhat ideal working universe.

Bridge #6



On Harrison, by the entrance to forest

- 30°00.167N 90°05.668W

Volunteer Center is between bridges 6&7

View from the bridge

Seating on the sides of the bridge

A full view of one side of the bridge

View from the water: Form the mid 30s onward, the

architecture for the bridges moved from the Art Deco to a

more streamlined geometrical look.

Bridge #7



On Harrison, Near Marconi, Volunteer Center is between

bridges 6&7

- 30°00.217N 90°05.764W

One of two bridges to have the floating woman image

imprinted on to the bridge.

Seating on the sides of the bridge

A full view of one side of the bridge

WPA art work on sides of bridge

View from the water: This bridge has the Art Deco

bas-relief sculpture on the side of the bridge as well

as the geometrical look for the bench seating at the

edges of the bridge.

Bridge #8



On Harrison, near Wisner

- 30°00.006N 90°05.389W

WPA artwork on the

side of the bridge

A view from side of the bridge

WPA art on side of bridge

View from the water: From the mid 30s

onward, the architecture for the bridges

moved from the Art Deco to a more

streamlined geometrical look.

View of one side of bridge

Bridge #10 - named: Anseman Bridge


On Anseman, next to Anseman Oak and old grove,

crosses over Bayou Metairie

- 29°59.136N 90°05.965W

WPA artwork on side of bridge

View from the water

Current plaque on bridge

Placed during the WPA construction, this bridge has

working lights.

View from the water: From the mid 30s

onward, the architecture for the bridges

moved from the Art Deco to a more

streamlined geometrical look.

Bridge #9 - named: Dreyfous Bridge*


On Dreyfous, Next to the Casino Building and the back

exit of the NOMA’s Sculpture Garden

- 29°59.136N 90°05.965W

A full view from one side of the bridge Artwork on the bridge

A full view of one

side of the bridge

*Not a

WPA bridge

Interested in learning more about WPA Road Bridge Sponsorship or other

sponsorship opportunities?

Please contact Amanda Frentz, Development Associate

[email protected] / 504-483-1700

new orleans city park wpa road bridges available for naming

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