In January of 1956, the Dixie-Roto Magazine published an article, with color photographs, telling the story of the ongoing construction of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which, they said, was actually a bridge since it didn't meet the definition of a "causeway."
Here is that article, entitled "Spanning The Lake," accompanied by two color aerial photographs.
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