Gramercy Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Gramercy Bridge
Official Name:Veterans Memorial Bridge
Carries:4 lanes of
Crosses:Mississippi River
Locale:Gramercy, Louisiana and Wallace, Louisiana
Maint:LaDOTD
Id:614704340300011
Design:Cantilever bridge
Mainspan:1460feet
Length:3101feet
Width:4 lanes
Below:165feet
Traffic:9,000 (2007)
Cost:$109.6 million
Open:1995
Coordinates:30.0458°N -90.6725°W
State:LA
Type:LA
Route:3213
Length Mi:3.79
Length Ref:[1]
Location:Gramercy

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.[2] 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.[1] (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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://southeastroads.com/la_state_highways.html Louisiana State Highway Log
  2. The Zachary Taylor Parkway,https://web.archive.org/web/20071009170841/http://www.zacharytaylorparkway.com/Parkway/index.php Bridges Replace Ferries