O’Keefe’s term in office was marked by a controversy over whether two bridges over the Rigolets and Chef Menteur Pass would be toll-free bridges as advocated by Public Service Commissioner Huey Pierce Long, Jr., or toll bridges operated by a firm controlled by the mayor's political allies.
(The other route is the Rigolets; both straits connect Pontchartrain to the Gulf via Lake Borgne.)
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