Gramercy Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name= Gramercy Bridge


caption=
official_name= Veterans Memorial Bridge
also_known_as=
carries= 4 lanes of LA 3213
crosses= Mississippi River
locale= Gramercy, Louisiana and St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
maint= LaDOTD
id= 614704340300011
design= Cantilever bridge
mainspan= convert|1460|ft|m|0
length= convert|3101|ft|m|0
width= 4 lanes
clearance=
below= convert|165|ft|m|0
traffic= 7,600
open= 1995
closed=
toll=
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coordinates= coord|30|02|45|N|90|40|21|W|region:US_type:landmarkInfobox LA Highway
type=LA
route=3213
length_mi=3.79
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://southeastroads.com/la_state_highways.html Louisiana State Highway Log] ]
formed=
dir1=South
from=
junction=
dir2=North
to= near Gramercy
previous_type=LA
previous_route=3212
next_type=LA
next_route=3214The 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. [The Zachary Taylor Parkway, [http://www.zacharytaylorparkway.com/Parkway/BridgesReplaceFerries.php Bridges Replace Ferries] ] While the Veterans Memorial Bridge has not transformed the local economy as extensively as its upriver cousin, the Sunshine Bridge, the farming industry has benefited from the quicker river crossing.Fact|date=February 2007

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. [http://southeastroads.com/la_state_highways.html Louisiana State Highway Log] ] (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. [ [http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Amedee/Releases/2004/09-24-2004.htm Sen. Amedee Announces Funding Awarded for Gramercy Bridge Extension] , September 24, 2004]

ee also

*List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River

References

* Weeks III, John A. "LA-3213 Veterans Memorial Bridge, Gramercy, LA". [http://www.johnweeks.com/lower_mississippi/pages/lmiss14.html http://www.johnweeks.com/lower_mississippi/pages/lmiss14.html] . Retrieved January 31, 2006.
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Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Gramercy Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Sunshine Bridge
upstream signs =
downstream = Edgard-Reserve Ferry
downstream signs =