Pole 1278776 — New Orleans, LA

At 19 m, structure 1278776 is about 30% of the 63 m average across the 127 structures registered in Orleans Parish. It is about 22% of the Louisiana average of 87 m across 5,039 registrations. Among the 16,558 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (POLE), the average overall height is 31 m, so this one is about 38% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 2 m, which puts the top of the structure 21 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at coordinates 30.03886, -90.00917, with the site address filed as "On railroad right of way near RR MP NO-189.0". Orleans Parish has 127 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 10th-largest count among the 64 Louisiana counties with registrations, and 89 of them are marked constructed. Louisiana as a whole has 5,039 registrations, the 14th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Chalmette, LA · 1000007, a structure at 320 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1278776 on May 10, 2024. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 3,706 in Louisiana.

The FCC record lists Norfolk Southern Railway Company of Atlanta, GA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004228979. Across the registry it holds 549 structure registrations, the 48th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (204 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2011-ASW-994-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".