Gramercy Bridge
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| Image:Gramercy bridge.JPG | |
| Official name | Veterans Memorial Bridge |
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| Carries | 4 lanes of LA 3213 |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | Gramercy, Louisiana and St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana |
| Maintained by | LADOTD |
| Design | Cantilever bridge |
| Total length | 945.2 meters (3,101 feet) |
| Width | 4 lanes |
| Clearance below | 50.3 meters (165 feet) |
| Opening date | 1995 |
| Coordinates | |
The Veterans Memorial Bridge, also known as the Gramercy Bridge, is a truss bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Gramercy, Louisiana in St. James Parish with St. John the Baptist Parish. This is the newest Mississippi River bridge in Louisiana, one of many built to replace the ferry system following a 1976 accident that killed 78 when a ferry sunk after being struck by a ship.<ref>The Zachary Taylor Parkway, Bridges Replace Ferries</ref> While the Veterans Memorial Bridge has not transformed the local economy as extensively as its upriver cousin, the Sunshine Bridge, the farming industry has benefitted from the quicker river crossing.[citation needed]
Image:LA 3213.PNG Louisiana Highway 3213 | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 3.79<ref name="log">Louisiana State Highway Log</ref> mi (6.10 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: | Image:LA 18.PNGLA 18 | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions: | Image:LA 44.PNGLA 44 near Gramercy | ||||||||||||
| North end: | LA 641 near Gramercy | ||||||||||||
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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.<ref name="log">Louisiana State Highway Log</ref> (LA 641 continues north across U.S. Highway 61 (Airline Highway) to Interstate 10.)
Plans have been made to extend LA 3213 south from the bridge to Louisiana Highway 3127, an inland bypass to LA 18.<ref>Sen. Amedee Announces Funding Awarded for Gramercy Bridge Extension, September 24, 2004</ref>
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- Weeks III, John A. "LA-3213 Veterans Memorial Bridge, Gramercy, LA". http://www.johnweeks.com/lower_mississippi/pages/lmiss14.html. Retrieved January 31, 2006.
| Crossings of the Mississippi River | |||
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| Upstream Sunshine Bridge LA 70 | Gramercy Bridge Image:LA 3213.PNG | Downstream Edgard-Reserve Ferry | |
