Thankfully, refineries can customize the product a bit for the market. They do this mostly to change the boiling point, but it affects freezing point too. Northern regions in winter will have gasoline with a lower freezing point. Southern Arizona in summer will have gasoline with a higher freezing point. Gas with ethanol will freeze lower. I would hazard a guess that for northern-state winter blend gas, going down to -70F (the freezing temperature of octane) is fine. Of course, that's probably all moot. Gasoline engines don't start when they get too cold, because the fuel doesn't vaporize properly.
Visitors Guide. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway holds the title for the longest bridge over water at 23 miles long. It officially opened in 1956, and cut travel time from North Shore communities to the city of New Orleans by 50 minutes.
Trending Now. Answers. Best Answer: The formation of the Louisiana Bridge Company in 1954 represents the formal beginning of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway time line. Work began in 1955 on the first span, with the acquisition of 40 acres between Mandeville and Lewisburg for the operations that would create the pre cast bridge sections.