[1] The bridge was originally a toll structure, costing $1.25 for a motor vehicle with one driver plus ten cents for each additional passenger.

With a free alternative, the toll bridge faced financial ruin and was sold to the state in 1938 for $940,000.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina virtually destroyed the I-10 Twin Span Bridge to the east.

However, due to its sturdy construction, the Maestri Bridge was largely undamaged and was the only route to New Orleans from the East until the Twin Spans could be temporarily fixed, as US 90 was also closed due to damage to the Fort Pike Bridge.

LA DOTD awarded a $5.7 million contract to rehabilitate the bridge's railings.