25 Largest Lakes in the US

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11. Lake Pontchartrain

US States/Canadian Provinces/Mexican States: Louisiana

Area: 631 sq mi/1,634 km2

Type: natural

The average depth of Lake Pontchartrain is between at 12 and 14 ft/3.7 and 4.3 m, but there are also shipping channels as well, due to dredging. It’s broadly oval shaped, around 40 miles/60 km wide and 24 miles/39 km long. The world-wide famous Lake Pontchartrain Causeway crosses the lake which is the longest continuous bridge over water across the globe.

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Disclosure: No positions. 25 largest lakes in the US is originally published on Insider Monkey.

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