Gramercy Bridge
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| 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 |
| ID number | 614704340300011 |
| Design | Cantilever bridge |
| Longest span | 1,460 feet (445 m) |
| Total length | 3,101 feet (945 m) |
| Width | 4 lanes |
| Clearance below | 165 feet (50 m) |
| AADT | 7,600 |
| Opening date | 1995 |
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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. This is the newest Mississippi River bridge in Louisiana (until 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 sunk after being struck by a ship.[1] 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]
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| Louisiana Highway 3213 |
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| Length: | 3.79[2] mi (6.10 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |  LA 18 |
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| Major junctions: |
 LA 44 near Gramercy |
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| 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.[2] (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.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Zachary Taylor Parkway, Bridges Replace Ferries
- ^ a b Louisiana State Highway Log
- ^ Sen. Amedee Announces Funding Awarded for Gramercy Bridge Extension, September 24, 2004
- 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  |
Gramercy Bridge |
Downstream Edgard-Reserve Ferry  |
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