The Crescent City Connection Division (CCCD) is an agency within the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public transportation, roadways, bridges, canals, select levees, floodplain management, port facilities, commercial vehicles, and aviation which includes 69 airports, in the U.S....

. The purpose of the CCCD is to plan, construct, operate, maintain and police all Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

 crossings in Jefferson

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna....

, Orleans, and St. Bernard Parishes

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

St. Bernard Parish is a parish located southeast of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Chalmette, the largest city in the parish. As of 2000, its population was 67,229. It has been ranked the fastest-growing county in the United States from 2007 to 2008 by the U.S....

. Prior to the 1989, the CCCD was known as the Mississippi River Bridge Authority (MRBA) and had control of only the Greater New Orleans Bridge (now the Crescent City Connection).

Currently, the agency is responsible for the Crescent City Connection

Crescent City Connection

The Crescent City Connection, abbreviated as CCC, refers to twin cantilever bridges that carry U.S. Route 90 Business over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They are tied as the fifth-longest cantilever bridges in the world...

 bridges and three ferries: Jackson Avenue-Gretna Ferry

Jackson Avenue-Gretna Ferry

The Jackson Avenue-Gretna Ferry is a ferry across the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana, connecting Jackson Avenue in New Orleans with Huey P. Long Avenue in Gretna. It carries automobiles for $1.00; bicycles and pedestrians for free...

, Canal Street Ferry

Canal Street Ferry

The Canal Street Ferry, also known as the Algiers Ferry, is a ferry across the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana, connecting the foot of Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans with Algiers on the West Bank...

 and Chalmette-Lower Algiers Ferry

Chalmette-Lower Algiers Ferry

The Chalmette – Lower Algiers Ferry is a ferry across the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana, connecting Chalmette and Algiers.-External links:**Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development,...

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The Canal Street Ferry was purchased on 1960, followed by the purchase of the Jackson Avenue Ferry in 1965. The CCCD initiated the Chalmette Ferry in 1969.

The Crescent City Connection Police Department

Crescent City Connection Police Department

The Crescent City Connection Police Department is responsible for all properties run by the Crescent City Connection Division and approximately 14 miles of roadway comprising the approaches to the Crescent City Connection; the U.S. Route 90/U.S. Route 90 Business interchange east to the Broad...

 is responsible for all properties run by the CCCD and approximately 14 miles of highway comprising the approaches to the Crescent City Connection; the U.S. Route 90

U.S. Route 90

U.S. Route 90 is an east–west United States highway. Despite the "0" in its route number, U.S. 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route; it has always ended at Van Horn, Texas. A short-lived northward extension to U.S...

/U.S. Route 90 Business

U.S. Route 90 Business (New Orleans, Louisiana)

U.S. Highway 90 Business is a business route of U.S. Highway 90 in and near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Unlike a standard business route, it is built to higher standards than the segment of U.S. 90 that it parallels, with over half built to freeway standards and designated Interstate 910...

 (Westbank Expressway) interchange east to the Broad Street Overpass of Interstate 10

Interstate 10

Interstate 10 is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90, I-80, and I-40. It is the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway, although I-4 and I-8 are further south. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 in Santa Monica,...

 (Pontchartrain Expressway

Pontchartrain Expressway

The Pontchartrain Expressway is a parallel 6-lane section of Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 90 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The designation begins on I-10 near the Orleans Parish/Jefferson Parish line at the I-610 Split. The expressway follows I-10 into the Central Business District of New Orleans ...

). The CCCPD also patrol General Degualle Drive, Mardi Gras Boulevard, and Calliope Street; all surface streets providing access to the bridge.

The Crescent City Connection Police Department was authorized by an act of the Louisiana Legislature. Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1101.1 gives officers with the Crescent City Connection Police Department all other powers of sheriffs of the parishes of Jefferson and St. Bernard and police officers of the city of New Orleans and the cities of Gretna and Westwego as peace officers, in all places and on all premises under the jurisdiction and control of the Crescent City Connection, the Huey P. Long Bridge, the Westbank Expressway, and the ferries and the public ways contiguous thereto.