| Bridge City, Louisiana | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
| Pushpin Map: | Louisiana |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bridge City in Louisiana |
| Coordinates: | 29.9239°N -90.1661°W |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.58 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.24 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.18 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.06 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 7219 |
| Population Density Km2: | 666.77 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1727.03 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 70094 |
| Area Code: | 504 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-09480 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Land Km2: | 10.83 |
| Area Water Km2: | 2.76 |
Bridge City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was established in the 1930s during the construction of the Huey P. Long Bridge over the Mississippi River. The town is located on the south side (referred to as the "West Bank") of the river. It is part of the New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
The Bridge City CDP population was 7,706 at the 2010 census.[2] At the 2019 American Community Survey, its population declined to 6,602 residents.[3] The population of Bridge City rebounded to 7,219 in 2020.[4]
Bridge City is located on the east side of Jefferson Parish at (29.923956, -90.166030). The community is bordered to the northeast, across the Mississippi, by New Orleans in Orleans Parish. The remaining neighbors of Bridge City are all within Jefferson Parish: Elmwood and Jefferson to the north across the Mississippi, Avondale to the southwest, and Westwego to the southeast. Via the Huey P. Long Bridge carrying US 90, downtown New Orleans is 10miles to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bridge City CDP has a total area of 13.6km2, of which 10.8km2 are land and 2.8km2, or 20.30%, are water.[5] Bridge City is the home of the Avondale Shipyard.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,982 | 27.46% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 3,128 | 43.33% | |
| Native American | 32 | 0.44% | |
| Asian | 180 | 2.49% | |
| Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.03% | |
| Other/Mixed | 219 | 3.03% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,676 | 23.22% |
Bridge City is host to Louisiana's annual Gumbo Festival.
Bridge City is an unincorporated area of Jefferson Parish. Bridge City comes under the Jefferson Parish government. Bridge City is in the Third District Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The Bridge City Fire Department is District 70. The Bridge City Center for Youth, a juvenile correctional facility for boys operated by the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice, is in Bridge City.[8]
The area's public schools are operated by the Jefferson Parish Public School System.[9]
Most areas of the CDP are zoned to:[10] Gilbert PreK-8 School in Avondale, formerly Henry Ford Middle School until 2019.[11] A small section is zoned to Isaac Joseph Elementary School in Westwego.[12] For middle school, most areas are zoned to Gilbert PreK-8 while some are zoned to Worley Middle School.[13] The high school which includes the CDP is L.W. Higgins High School in Marrero.[14]
In regards to advanced studies academies, residents are zoned to the Marrero Academy.[15]
Previously areas were zoned to Mildred S. Harris Elementary School (formerly Bridge City Elementary School) in Bridge City.[16] The school was given its last name, after the founding principal of the school, in 2012. Members of the family of the founding principal and former student Nedra Cassard had campaigned to have the school renamed, and the district voted in favor of renaming. The school was founded in 1952.[17] It closed in 2023.[18] There was an unsuccessful community campaign to try to salvage the school.[19]
Myrtle C. Thibodeaux Elementary School (formerly Westwego Elementary School) in Westwego and Catherine Strehle Elementary School in Avondale formerly served portions of Bridge City.[16] In the early 2010s Henry Ford Middle School had Bridge City CDP in its boundary.[20]