Gramercy Bridge

Gramercy Bridge
Coordinates30°02′45″N 90°40′21″W / 30.04583°N 90.67250°W / 30.04583; -90.67250
Carries4 lanes of LA 3213
CrossesMississippi River
LocaleGramercy, Louisiana and Wallace, Louisiana
Official nameVeterans Memorial Bridge
Maintained byLaDOTD
ID number614704340300011
Characteristics
DesignCantilever bridge
Total length3,101 feet (945 m)
Width4 lanes
Longest span1,460 feet (445 m)
Clearance below165 feet (50 m)
History
Construction cost$109.6 million[1][unreliable source?]
Opened1995
Statistics
Daily traffic9,000 (2007)
Location
Map
Louisiana Highway 3213 marker
Louisiana Highway 3213
LocationGramercy
Length3.79 mi[2] (6.10 km)

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.[3] 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.)

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.

  1. ^ The world's longest cantilever road bridges, roadtraffic-technology.com, 21 February 2014, retrieved 6 August 2014
  2. ^ a b Louisiana State Highway Log
  3. ^ The Zachary Taylor Parkway,[1] Bridges Replace Ferries Archived 2007-05-02 at the Wayback Machine