Gramercy Bridge
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Gramercy Bridge | |
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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 | 4 lanes |
| 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) |
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The Gramercy Bridge (officially the Veterans Memorial Bridge), is a
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 Interstate 10
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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
References
KML is from Wikidata
- ^ The world's longest cantilever road bridges, roadtraffic-technology.com, 21 February 2014, retrieved 6 August 2014
- ^ a b Louisiana State Highway Log
- ^ The Zachary Taylor Parkway,[1] Bridges Replace Ferries Archived 2007-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gramercy Bridge.
- Weeks III, John A. "LA-3213 Veterans Memorial Bridge, Gramercy, LA". http://www.johnweeks.com/lower_mississippi/pages/lmiss14.html. Retrieved January 31, 2006.
- Gramercy Bridge at Structurae
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