Crescent City Connection, Twin cantilever bridges in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

The Crescent City Connection is a pair of parallel steel bridges in New Orleans, Louisiana, crossing the Mississippi River with a combined eight general lanes and two reversible lanes for vehicles with multiple occupants. The two structures together form part of United States Highway 90 Business and link the eastern and western banks of the city.

Construction of the first span began in November 1954 under the Mississippi River Bridge Authority, and it opened on April 15, 1958, as the Greater New Orleans Bridge, then the longest cantilever bridge in the world. The second span, begun in March 1981, opened in September 1988, and a 1989 public contest renamed the pair the Crescent City Connection.

The name comes from a 1989 public contest and refers to the crescent-shaped bend of the Mississippi that gave the city its nickname. Drivers use the spans daily as a matter-of-fact link between the two banks, while many locals regard them as a permanent part of the skyline.

The spans remain open to traffic around the clock and form a major part of the city road network. Drivers should watch for lane direction changes during rush hours when the middle lanes switch direction.

The bridge is commonly known among local Vietnamese Americans as Cầu Con Cò, the "Pelican Bridge", after the blue signs at either end that show a pelican from the state flag. The reversible HOV lanes, little used and walled off from normal traffic, have been used for film shoots, including stunt and pyrotechnic work for Denzel Washington's Déjà Vu in April 2006.