Gramercy Bridge
Gramercy Bridge | |
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| Carries | 4 lanes of File:Louisiana 3213 (2008).svg LA 3213 |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | Gramercy, Louisiana and Wallace, Louisiana |
| Official name | Veterans Memorial Bridge |
| Maintained by | LaDOTD |
| ID number | 614704340300011 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilever bridge |
| Total length | 3,101 feet (945 m) |
| Width | 72 feet (22 m) |
| Longest span | 1,460 feet (445 m) |
| Clearance below | 165 feet (50 m) |
| History | |
| Construction cost | $109.6 million[1][unreliable source?] |
| Opened | 1995 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 9,000 (2007) |
| Location | |
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Louisiana Highway 3213 | |
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| Location | Gramercy |
| Length | 3.79 mi[2] (6.10 km) |
The Gramercy Bridge (officially the Veterans Memorial Bridge), is a cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Gramercy, Louisiana in St. James Parish with St. John the Baptist Parish. It is the second newest Mississippi River bridge in Louisiana (due to the completion of the John James Audubon Bridge), one of many built to replace the ferry system following a 1976 accident that killed 78 when a ferry with an inebriated pilot and crew sank after being struck by a ship.[3] The bridge and its approaches are Louisiana Highway 3213 (LA 3213), which runs 3.79 miles (6.10 km) from Louisiana Highway 18 on the west bank north over the bridge, past an interchange with Louisiana Highway 44, to its terminus at Louisiana Highway 641.[2] (LA 641 continues north across U.S. Highway 61 (Airline Highway) to Interstate 10.)
LA 3213 now extends from the bridge to LA 3127 on a two lane roadway that crosses over railroad tracks about halfway down the road.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b Louisiana State Highway Log
- ^ The Zachary Taylor Parkway,[1] Bridges Replace Ferries Archived 2007-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Weeks III, John A. "LA-3213 Veterans Memorial Bridge, Gramercy, LA". http://www.johnweeks.com/lower_mississippi/pages/lmiss14.html. Retrieved January 31, 2006.
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- Bridges over the Mississippi River
- Bridges completed in 1995
- Road bridges in Louisiana
- Cantilever bridges in the United States
- Buildings and structures in St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation buildings and structures in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
- 1995 establishments in Louisiana
- Transportation in St. James Parish, Louisiana