Gramercy Bridge

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Gramercy Bridge

Official name	Veterans Memorial Bridge
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
Coordinates	30°02′45″N, 90°40′21″W

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]}

Louisiana Highway 3213

Length:

3.79 mi^[2] (6.10 km)

South end:

LA 18

Major
junctions:

LA 44 near Gramercy

North end:

LA 641 near Gramercy

Highways in Louisiana
< LA 3212		LA 3214 >

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]